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The Resorts World Las Vegas project under construction as seen from Las Vegas Boulevard, looking west in Las Vegas, Nevada: digital photograph

Date

2020-02-06

Description

Photographed as part of the UNLV Special Collections and Archives' Building Las Vegas collecting initiative started in 2016. This photo series documents ongoing construction work at the Resorts World Las Vegas site.

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Workers on an elevated platform paint on the Resorts World Las Vegas tower, looking south in Las Vegas, Nevada: digital photograph

Date

2020-02-06

Description

Photographed as part of the UNLV Special Collections and Archives' Building Las Vegas collecting initiative started in 2016. This photo series documents ongoing construction work at the Resorts World Las Vegas site.

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The former Summerset Shopping Center sign repurposed as a Bagelmania sign juxtaposed near the Resorts World Las Vegas project under construction, looking west in Las Vegas, Nevada: digital photograph

Date

2020-02-06

Description

Photographed as part of the UNLV Special Collections and Archives' Building Las Vegas collecting initiative started in 2016. This photo series documents ongoing construction work at the Resorts World Las Vegas site.

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Program for Folies Bergere at the Tropicana Hotel and Country Club, Las Vegas (Nev.), circa 1968

Date

1967 to 1969

Archival Collection

Description

A program for the show "Folies Bergere" performed at the Tropicana Hotel and Country Club in Las Vegas, Nevada. It also includes photos and advertisements for the Blue Room, the Gourmet Room, and La Fontaine Lounge.
Show Name: Les Folies Bergere (Tropicana Hotel: Las Vegas, Nevada)
Site Name: Tropicana Hotel and Casino (Las Vegas, Nev.)

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Letters regarding the jazz concert "The Wide Wild World of Jazz," Las Vegas, November 27, 1965

Date

1965-11-27

Description

A series of letters regarding "The Wide Wild World of Jazz," a concert held at the Sands Hotel Convention Hall in Las Vegas, Nevada. The correspondence includes information about the 22-piece orchestra, conducted by Raoul Romero, the various guest artists, and information regarding the charity, the Clark County Association for Retarded Children. Site Name: Sands Hotel and Casino

Mixed Content

Newsletter, "Forest Hard Board News," September 1963

Date

1963-09

Description

Volume 15, number 9, of the publication "Forest Hard Board News" that includes an article titled "Burlite Enriches Plush Hotel." The article examines the high costs of the Aqueduct, the new 83 room and suite building at the Sands Hotel, in Las Vegas, Nevada. The article also focuses on the use of Forest Burlite in the rooms. Site Name: Sands Hotel and Casino

Mixed Content

Postcard of people playing blackjack at the Flamingo Hotel and Casino, Las Vegas (Nev.), late 1950s-early 1960s

Date

1956 to 1963

Description

Postcard showing people gambling at a blackjack table in the Flamingo Hotel and Casino, Las Vegas, Nevada. Caption: "Hit me!" Caption on back: "'21' -- or 'blackjack,' Las Vegas, Nevada. Color courtesty -- Flamingo Hotel." "P35067." Site Name: Flamingo Hotel and Casino (Las Vegas, Nev.) Street Address: 3555 South Las Vegas Boulevard

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Film transparencies from an event at the Mesquite Club of Las Vegas, mid-1980s

Date

1983 to 1986

Description

Twenty two film transparencies from an event at the Mesquite Club of Las Vegas. This event was probably in conjunction with WE CAN or the President's Child Safety Partnership. WE CAN (Working to Eliminate Child Abuse and Neglect) was a chapter of the National Committee to Prevent Child Abuse. Site Name: Mesquite Clubhouse Street Address: 702 E Street Louis Avenue

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Film negative of Howard Anderson and the Desert Inn (Las Vegas), 1981

Date

1981

Description

Inverted black and white negative showing Howard Anderson standing in front of the Desert Inn, with a marquee announcing Annie the musical.
Site Name: Desert Inn
Address: 3045 Las Vegas Boulevard South

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Photograph of Fremont Street and the front exterior of the Golden Nugget (Las Vegas), circa 1979

Date

1977 to 1981

Description

Golden Nugget on Fremont Street in the late 1970s. Also visible are the Horseshoe, the Golden Gate, the Vegas Vic sign, and the Plaza.
Site Name: Fremont Street
Address: Fremont street, Las Vegas, NV

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