Staged photo of swimmers at the Desert Inn's swimming pool. Stamp on back of photo: "Please credit Union Pacific Railroad Photo."
Site Name: Desert Inn
Address: 3045 Las Vegas Boulevard South
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The front of the El Rancho Vegas with a woman in a bikini. Stamp on back of photo: "Please credit Union Pacific Railroad Photo."
Site Name: El Rancho Vegas
Address: 2500 Las Vegas Boulevard South
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Index to the architectural plans for the construction of the Playboy Hotel and Casino in Atlantic City. Printed on mylar. Fred D. Anderson, architect.
Site Name: Playboy Hotel and Casino (Atlantic City)
Address: Florida Ave & Boardwalk, Atlantic City, NJ
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Oral history interview with Helen Mott Cecil conducted by Claytee D. White on April 24, 2007 for the Boyer Early Las Vegas Oral History Project. Helen Mott Cecil discusses growing up in Las Vegas, Nevada on the Westside, including seeing the Helldorado parades and Hoover (Boulder Dam). She also discusses working for Farmers Home Association and in the medical care and entertainment industry during the 1930s. She then discusses her divorce and other topics like the atomic bomb testing, the bus system, and downtown Las Vegas.
Archival Collection
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Desert Inn owner Wilbur Clark serves a piece of cake to his wife Toni Clark at the Desert Inn's first anniversary celebration in Las Vegas, Nevada. Site Name: Desert Inn (Las Vegas, Nev.)
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Frank Sinatra (right) and Jack Entratter with Copa Girls at a rehearsal of "Ziegfeld Follies" in the Copa Room of the Sands Hotel in June 1954.
Show Name: Ziegfeld Follies
Site Name: Sands Hotel and Casino
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