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Architectural drawing of the New Frontier Hotel and Casino (Las Vegas), proposed Hilton Hotel, plot plan, July 6, 1965
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Archival Collection
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Proposed plan for a remodel of the New Frontier Hotel and Casino from 1965. Original medium: pencil on parchment. Harold L. Epstein, structural engineer; J. L. Cusick and Associates, electrical engineers; W. L. Donley and Associates, mechanical engineers.
Site Name: Frontier
Address: 3120 Las Vegas Boulevard South
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Video interview with Rose Hamilton, Carolyn Haywood, Marilyn Armstrong, Hannah Johnson, Bobbie Gilmore and Delores "Dodi" Johnson, January 20, 2007
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Archival Collection
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Oral history conversation with Rose Hamilton, Carolyn Haywood, Marilyn Armstrong, Hannah Johnson, Bobbie Gilmore and Delores (Dodi) Johnson. The group shares memories of how they and their families came to live in Las Vegas during the late 1940s and early 1950s.
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Photograph of Jay and Joyce Sarno on the back of Tanya the Elephant, Circus Circus, Las Vegas, Nevada, February 1971
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Archival Collection
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Photograph of Joyce and Heidi Sarno with Tanya the Elephant at Circus Circus, Las Vegas, Nevada, February 1971
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Archival Collection
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Las Vegas Citizens Committee for Community Improvement meeting minutes, September 23, 1968
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Archival Collection
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Las Vegas Citizens Committee for Community Improvements minutes: report on access road to the Las Vegas Paiute Colony, dump sites, Mardi Gras Hotel.
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6 different promotional spots for winning cars by playing Stardust Slots: video, 2001 October 23
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Local news segments report on the Desert Inn implosion. Ben Correa reports from the parking lot area after the implosion, showing 18,000 tons of debris. The Stardust Hotel is clearly seen behind the reporter. Video of the implosion is shown, and people are interviewed as they wait for and watch the implosion at 2:00am. Steve Crupi reports from the Frontier Hotel property where they had a different but similar view of the implosion. Both reporters say that Steve Wynn's latest project construction will begin on the site shortly. Second segment also reports on the implosion, but also goes into detail about the history of the Desert Inn with old news footage, audio, and black-and-white stills from when the casino was relatively new. Audio clips of past performers and entertainmers play over image stills. Original media VHS, color, aspect ratio 4 x 3, frame size 720 x 486.
Archival Collection
Collection Name: Stardust Resort and Casino Records
Box/Folder: Digital File 00, Box 027
Archival Component
Lucille Matyas oral history interview
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Oral history interview with Lucille Matyas conducted by Michael Bernstein on February 23, 1975 for the Ralph Roske Oral History Project on Early Las Vegas. In the interview, Matyas discusses moving from Ohio to Las Vegas, Nevada in 1935. Matyas also discusses her work with the Southern Nevada Telephone Company, the Reynolds Electrical & Engineering Co., Inc. (REECo) in association with the Nevada Test Site, her life as a housewife, and her work with the Central Telephone (Centel) Corporation.
Archival Collection
Paz, Jacob, Dr.
Dr. Jacob Paz was born November 14, 1938 and grew up in an agricultural environment in Israel where he attended Kadoorie High School. After his graduation, Paz joined the Israeli army. He attended technical school for two years and started working for the Israel Atomic Energy commission in Dimona, Israel, making atomic bombs. Paz was accepted into University of California Davis, and moved to the United States to study veterinary medicine.
Person
Photograph of Harold Hind and Betty Hind seated at a table with others, Las Vegas (Nev.), circa 1948
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Archival Collection
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Photographs of Lido production "Avec Plaisir," Paris (FRA), 1959
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Archival Collection
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