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New Stardust Tower topping off ceremony: video

Date

1905-06-12

Description

Video opens with Stardust employees, others, and two three showgirls gathered on top of the new Stardust 32-story tower wearing hard hats; Sam Boyd is sitting next to a podium and Stardust sign that says "We're back with style"; construction cranes are seen in the background. Bill Boyd is introduced and gives his remarks about topping off ceremonies and what this means for the company. A tree is lifted up by a crane and placed on the top of the building, executives gather around for photographs with the showgirls and eachother. After photographs have completed, it cuts to the barbeque celebration down below at the hotel. Executives are named, people clap, and people continue eating and talking outdoors. Original media VHS, color, aspect ratio 4 x 3, frame size 720 x 486. From the Stardust Resort and Casino Records (MS-00515) -- Photographs and audiovisual material -- Digitized audiovisual material file.

Moving Image

The City of Las Vegas Department of Design and Development: "Destination City of Las Vegas", undated

Level of Description

File

Archival Collection

Bruce Turner Collection on Transportation and Water in Southern Nevada
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Collection Number: MS-00648
Collection Name: Bruce Turner Collection on Transportation and Water in Southern Nevada
Box/Folder: Oversized Box 15

Archival Component

Boulder City Hospital, Boulder City, Nevada: photographic print, 1954 March 10

Level of Description

Item

Archival Collection

Morgan Sweeney Photograph Collection
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Collection Number: PH-00228
Collection Name: Morgan Sweeney Photograph Collection
Box/Folder: Folder 01

Archival Component

Photograph of Clown musical band, Searchlight (Nev.), July 4, 1906

Date

1906-07-04

Description

Caption: Clown band, Searchlight, Nevada 1906

Image

Transcript of interview with Chic Hecht by Julie Sefman, April 2, 1976

Date

1976-04-02

Archival Collection

Description

Interview with Chic Hecht Julie Sefman on April 2, 1976. In this brief interview, Hecht talks about his time in the state senate working to bolster the budget with sales tax and gaming tax, starting a community college and health programs. He also talks about Pop Squires, a newspaper man and advocate for building Hoover Dam, who had a home on the site of Chic Hecht's clothing store on Fremont Street. Hecht also describes his time in the military and his involvement with the Military Intelligence Association.

Text

Slide of Boulder City, Nevada, circa late 1930s-1950s

Date

1936 to 1959

Archival Collection

Description

An aerial view of Boulder City and Lake Mead.

Image

Photograph of Howard Hughes in France, July 11, 1938

Date

1938-07-11

Description

The black and white view of Howard Hughes surrounded by a crowd of people in France. Text printed on accompanying strip of paper: "Howard Hughes as he landed in Paris on the first leg of his round-the-world flight. 7-11-38."

Image

Photographs of New York, New York ARK rally, Culinary Union, Las Vegas (Nev.), 1997 May 30 (folder 8 of 9)

Date

1997-05-30

Description

Arrangement note: Series I. Demonstrations, Subseries I.B. Other Demonstrations and Strikes

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