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Poker Palace Neon Survey document, August 23, 2017
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Archival Collection
Description
Site address: 2757 N Las Vegas Blvd
Sign owner: Marvin and Laura Coleman
Sign details: This location opened 1974 with a castle theme. This location is also claimed as a locals casino. In 2015 their main pylon roadside sign caught on fire, but it was recently replaced.
Sign condition: 4- the signs that were not in the fire are still in relatively good condition
Sign form: Two pylons and architectural sign
Sign-specific description: The building itself has many different neon signs on it mostly red neon. Also the buildings architecture matches the palace theme. There are two pylon signs the first one states "Poker Palace Bingo" in channeled neon letters, then below is a reader board. The second pylon is just north a little of the first one, this is the one that caught on fire in 2015. After the fire the beam bases of the sign remained. This sign has "Poker Palace Casino" in red channeled letters.
Sign - type of display: Neon and incandescent
Sign - media: Steel and plastic
Sign - non-neon treatments: Reader board
Sign animation: Flasher for incandescent light bulbs.
Sign environment: This is located in North Las Vegas in a residential area and by a few other small businesses.
Sign - date of installation: Late 2015/ early 2016 for new pylon sign, others look to be older
Sign - date of redesign/move: 2015 pylon sign went up in flames and was destroyed, then replaced
Sign - thematic influences: The building looks like a palace which goes with their names and theme. Also their signs showcases similar shapes to the building.
Survey - research locations: Poker Palace website http://pokerpalace.net/History.html , Images of sign , Review Journal article https://www.reviewjournal.com/local/local-las-vegas/nlv-casino-marquee-fire-sends-up-plume-visible-for-miles/
Surveyor: Wyatt Currie-Diamond
Survey - date completed: 2017-08-23
Sign keywords: Architectural; Neon; Incandescent; Steel; Plastic; Flashing; Reader board; Pylon; Fascia
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Las Vegas Art Museum Records
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Abstract
The Las Vegas Art Museum Records (1952-2009) contain administrative files, press, marketing materials, and scrapbooks that document the history of the Las Vegas Art Museum (LVAM). Collection materials include exhibition files, annual reports, financial statements, board meeting agendas and minutes, event invitations, press releases, and newspaper and magazine clippings documenting the museum's activities. Materials include photographs from museum events as well as photographs of artwork displayed as part of visiting and permanent exhibitions. Audio and video recordings include interviews with museum staff and local news coverage of events. Also included are architectural floor plans for the Sahara West Library, which was used as a gallery space for LVAM. Digital files in this collection include recordings and presentation slides from LVAM lectures with curators and artists. Other digital files include photographs from LVAM events and workings files from LVAM staff.
Archival Collection
Harry Hayden Whiteley Photograph Collection
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Abstract
The Harry Hayden Whiteley Photograph Collection (approximately 1940-1967) contains photographic prints and one photographic negative depicting buildings, people, and project locations associated with the Las Vegas, Nevada architect Harry Hayden Whiteley. There is also one album containing photographs of contemporary churches compiled by Whiteley between 1953 to 1958.
Archival Collection
Prisoner correspondence, approximately 1998 to 2009
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Scope and Contents
Records in this series are comprised of correspondence collected by Mercedes Maharis to support the Spartacus Project Report which alleged widespread abuse and mismanaged record-keeping in the Nevada prison system. The majority of correspondence in this series are from inmates writing to Maharis about their experiences and issues with the state prison system and prison wardens.
Archival Collection
Archival Component
Allen, Philip W. (Philip Wymer), 1918-
Philip Wymer Allen was born August 3, 1918 in Russell Iowa.
Allen obtained a bachelor of science degree from Parsons College in Iowa in 1940; one year of education at Iowa State College in 1941; Associates degree in Meteorology from the University of Chicago, Illinois in 1942; and one year of education at UCLA in 1967.
Allen was active in the United States Army Air Corps from June 23. 1941 to January 16, 1946.
Allen married Jean Luers Allen May 12, 1946.
Person
Barth, Delbert S.
Delbert Sylvester Barth was born on July 16, 1925, in Lawrenceburg, Indiana. Delbert married R. Lucille Barth on July 10, 1946, and they had four children: Delbert II, Christopher, Deborah, and Diana.
Barth retired from his position as Rear Admiral at the Nevada Test Site but remained at the United States Public Health Service and the Test Manager’s Advisory Panel.
Barth was director of the United States Environmental Protection Agency’s National Environmental Research Center in Las Vegas.
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John, Elton
Bio taken from Wikipedia: "Sir Elton Hercules John CBE (born Reginald Kenneth Dwight; 25 March 1947) is an English singer, pianist, and composer. He has worked with lyricist Bernie Taupin as his songwriting partner since 1967; they have collaborated on more than 30 albums to date. In his five-decade career Elton John has sold more than 300 million records, making him one of the best-selling music artists in the world. He has more than fifty Top 40 hits, including seven consecutive No. 1 US albums, 58 Billboard Top 40 singles, 27 Top 10, four No. 2 and nine No. 1.
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Lynch, Denny, 1903-1995
Charles Denny Lynch Sr. was a newspaper editor in Pahrump, Nevada. He was born on September 18, 1903 in Hillsboro, West Virginia and moved to Pahrump in 1976. Dissatisfied with newspaper publications at the time, Lynch started the Pahrump Tribune which ran between 1979 and 1983. In 1979, he also wrote the book A History of Pahrump Valley. Lynch married his wife, Nora Agnes Waggoner in 1928. In November 1995, Lynch was hospitalized at Valley Hospital in Las Vegas, Nevada where he later died on November 8, 1995.
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