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Architectural drawing of Harrah's Marina Hotel Casino (Atlantic City), alterations and sketches of the site plan study showing the marina, October 15, 1981
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Archival Collection
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Plans for proposed changes to Harrah's Marina Hotel Casino in Atlantic City. Drawn on tissue paper with pen.
Site Name: Harrah's Marina Resort (Atlantic City)
Address: 777 Harrah's Boulevard, Atlantic City, NJ
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Architectural drawing of Harrah's Marina Hotel Casino (Atlantic City), alterations and sketches of the site plan study, October 15, 1981
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Archival Collection
Description
Plans for proposed changes to Harrah's Marina Hotel Casino in Atlantic City. Transferred onto parchment using the ozalid process.
Site Name: Harrah's Marina Resort (Atlantic City)
Address: 777 Harrah's Boulevard, Atlantic City, NJ
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Architectural drawing of Marina Holiday Inn (Atlantic City), north and south elevations, January 31, 1980
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Archival Collection
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Elevations of the Atlantic City Marina Holiday Inn (name later changed to Harrah's Marina Resort). Paper ozalid. Gilliam Brady Associates Inc., mechanical engineers; GAI Associates Inc., electrical engineers; Reaves Engineering Inc., civil engineers; Tom Pappas Inc., structural engineers.
Site Name: Harrah's Marina Resort (Atlantic City)
Address: 777 Harrah's Boulevard, Atlantic City, NJ
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Architectural drawing of Marina Holiday Inn (Atlantic City), east and west elevations, January 31, 1980
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Archival Collection
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Elevations of the Atlantic City Marina Holiday Inn (name later changed to Harrah's Marina Resort). Paper ozalid. Gilliam Brady Associates Inc., mechanical engineers; GAI Associates Inc., electrical engineers; Reaves Engineering Inc., civil engineers; Tom Pappas Inc., structural engineers.
Site Name: Harrah's Marina Resort (Atlantic City)
Address: 777 Harrah's Boulevard, Atlantic City, NJ
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Architectural drawing of Marina Holiday Inn (Atlantic City), southwest and southeast elevations, January 31, 1980
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Archival Collection
Description
Elevations of the Atlantic City Marina Holiday Inn (name later changed to Harrah's Marina Resort). Paper ozalid. Gilliam Brady Associates Inc., mechanical engineers; GAI Associates Inc., electrical engineers; Reaves Engineering Inc., civil engineers; Tom Pappas Inc., structural engineers.
Site Name: Harrah's Marina Resort (Atlantic City)
Address: 777 Harrah's Boulevard, Atlantic City, NJ
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Architectural drawing of Marina Holiday Inn (Atlantic City), building sections, January 31, 1980
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Archival Collection
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Sections of the Marina Holiday Inn in Atlantic City (name later changed to Harrah's Marina Resort). Paper ozalid. Gilliam Brady Associates Inc., mechanical engineers; GAI Associates Inc., electrical engineers; Reaves Engineering Inc., civil engineers; Tom Pappas Inc., structural engineers.
Site Name: Harrah's Marina Resort (Atlantic City)
Address: 777 Harrah's Boulevard, Atlantic City, NJ
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Architectural drawing of Marina Holiday Inn (Atlantic City), building cross-sections, January 31, 1980
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Archival Collection
Description
Sections of the Marina Holiday Inn in Atlantic City (name later changed to Harrah's Marina Resort). Paper ozalid. Gilliam Brady Associates Inc., mechanical engineers; GAI Associates Inc., electrical engineers; Reaves Engineering Inc., civil engineers; Tom Pappas Inc., structural engineers.
Site Name: Harrah's Marina Resort (Atlantic City)
Address: 777 Harrah's Boulevard, Atlantic City, NJ
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Photograph of a faro card game in the Boulder Club (Las Vegas), 1953
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Archival Collection
Description
Faro table in the Boulder Club Card Room. Transcribed from photo: "The card room at the back of the old Boulder Club where Larry Hazelwood played bridge, Jimmy Young played poker, etc. Permission to take this photo given by Jimmy Young, part owner along with Ken Houssels, Sr., Larry Hazelwood, Connie Hurley, and Mrs. Witcher. At the table left a shill from Horseshoe; right- Blackie- a Boulder Club shill; Standing behind Blackie, Boulder Club Bar manager, Ben; Standing next to Ben two regulars of the Boulder Club." Transcribed from photo sleeve: "About August, 1953"
Site Name: Boulder Club
Address: 118 East Fremont Street
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Postcard of the MGM Grand Hotel (Las Vegas), 1973-1980
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Archival Collection
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Postcard of the MGM Grand before the 1981 expansion with the words "Greetings for MGM Grand Las Vegas, Nevada." Printed text on back of postcard: "MGM Grand Hotel Las Vegas, Nevada. This unbelievable 120 million dollar, 26 story hotel has 2100 rooms, two major showrooms, five entertainment lounges, a movie theatre, 145,000 square feet of convention space, 75,000 square feet of shopping arcade, five dining rooms and a Jai Alai fronton. Color by allen Photo Inc. Distributed by Ferris H. Scott, 1320 N. Broadway, Santa Ana Calif., 90012, Mirro-Krome Card by H. S. Crocker Co., Inc., anaheim Calif., 92801" The MGM Grand Hotel was burned by a fire in 1980, rebuilt in 1981, and sold to Bally's Corporation to become Bally's Las Vegas in 1985.
Site Name: MGM Grand Hotel
Address: 3645 Las Vegas Boulevard South, Las Vegas, NV
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Photograph of YESCO workers installing Vegas Vic at the Pioneer Club (Las Vegas), 1951
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Archival Collection
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Workers installing the now-famous Vegas Vic sign on the front of the Pioneer Club. Stamped on back of photo: "Photo by Desert Sea News Bureau. Las Vegas, Nevada." Transcribed from photo sleeve: "First Highrise Hotel -- Center of action downtown throughtout the '30s was the Apache Hotel which boasted an elevator and a nitery downstairs. The corner is now Binion's Horseshoe, but the spot has undergone many name changes from Tony Cornero's 'S.S. Rex' to the Eldorado where the mobs were fighting for control of the race wire. Bugsy Siegel's influence was first felt here in the early '40s."
Site Name: Pioneer Club
Address: 25 East Fremont Street
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