Plot and first floor plans for the proposed Holiday Casino in Las Vegas. Original medium: paper ozalid. The property became Harrah's Las Vegas in 1992. Site Name: Holiday Casino Address: 3475 Las Vegas Boulevard South
Plot plan of the proposed Holiday Inn and Holiday Casino in Las Vegas. Includes comparitive quantitities and revision date. Original medium: paper ozalid. The property became Harrah's Las Vegas in 1992. Site Name: Holiday Casino Address: 3475 Las Vegas Boulevard South
Artist's rendering of the proposed Silver Nugget façade. Includes revision dates. J. L. Cusick and Associates, electrical engineers; Harold L. Epstein and Associates, structural engineers; W. L. Donley and Associates, mechanical engineers. Site Name: Silver Nugget Address: 2140 Las Vegas Boulevard North
Las Vegas history 1953-1980. Migration to Las Vegas from Louisiana. Personal history: family, occupation(s), and education. Westside. Development of race relations in Las Vegas. Residential segregation. Discrimination of blacks: no better than the South. Inequality of employment opportunities. Development of the Strip. Black entertainers.
Tracye Ann Collins interviews teacher Judith Ann Allaire in her classroom at Valley High School in Las Vegas, Nevada. Allaire was born in Chicago, Illinois on March 24th, 1944, and relocated to Las Vegas, Nevada in 1955. This interview covers education, growing up in Las Vegas, and politics in Nevada. Allaire also discusses the various job titles she has held, such as medical social worker, secretary, cocktail waitress, drug counselor, dancer, and teacher, in Las Vegas, Nevada.
On March 3, 1980, Donna Malloy interviewed John McKay (b. July 7th, 1926 in North Dakota) about his life in Las Vegas, Nevada. McKay begins by speaking about his family history, his career in the electronics and engineering field for aerospace, as well as his experiences in two wars. Moreover, McKay speaks about his hobbies of hunting and fishing and his time as a musician around Las Vegas. McKay also spends time going over how the city of Las Vegas has grown and changed, the increase in crime, and the extreme floods in the 1950s. Lastly, McKay talks about the Nuclear Test Site, how casino gaming chips were used as money around the city, how the city of Las Vegas started and the future of the valley.