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New Year's 1907, menu, Kaiserhof

Date

1905-03-21

Archival Collection

Description

Note: Menu was originally bound with cord. Illustration on cover of two infants atop a champagne bottle. "1907" is handwritten on the cover. German eagle emblem on page 2. Includes wine list Menu insert: Wine lists; Spirits Lists; Beer lists Restaurant: Hotel Kaiserhof (Essen, Germany) Location: 266-274 Clark St., Chicago, Illinois, United States

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New Year's menu, Hotel Morgan

Date

1870 to 1933

Archival Collection

Description

Note: No date on menu Menu insert: Guest lists Restaurant: The Morgan (Restaurant: Des Moines, Iowa) Location: Des Moines, Iowa, United States

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Saharan Magazine from the Sahara Hotel and Casino, July 1966

Date

1966-07

Description

An issue of the Saharan Magazine from the Sahara Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada. Some of the headlines in the magazine include: "Liberace Heads Show with Special Appearance of "Day of Decision" Artist", "Sahara Maestro Louis Basil Tells All (about work with Super Stars)", "Sahara news in pictures", "Crowds Hail Opening of $3 Million Sahara-Tahoe Theatre, largest in U.S.", and "We Get Visitors!"

Mixed Content

New Year's dinner 1891, The Langham

Date

1905-03-05

Archival Collection

Description

Note: With compliments of Geo. W. Chamberlain, steward of The Langham--cover. Cover has illustration of two women surrounded by cherubs. One woman, in Victorian-era dress, is holding a ribbon; the other, in medieval costume, is playing a lute. Includes monthly calendar for 1891. Pages are printed on paper with floral backgrounds. Menu bound with pale green ribbon Menu insert: Calendars Restaurant: The Langham Hotel Location: London, England

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Stratosphere Tower "The New Icon": video

Date

1995-11-07

Archival Collection

Description

Las Vegas, Nevada newscast showing the implosion of the Landmark Hotel and Casino revealing the Stratosphere Tower, the tallest structure in Nevada. Original media VHS, color, aspect ratio 4 x 3, frame size 720 x 486. From the Bob Stupak Professional Papers (MS-01016) -- Professional papers -- Audiovisual material -- Digitized audiovisual clips file.

Moving Image

Tony Cordasco oral history interview, 2024 July 03

Level of Description

File

Scope and Contents

Oral history interview with Tony Cordasco conducted by Stefani Evans and Claytee D. White on July 3, 2024 for Game On! The Oral History of Las Vegas Sports project. In this interview, Tony Cordasco recalls his childhood in Newark, New Jersey, and eventually moving to Las Vegas, Nevada in 1979, where he became the first sports director of the new "KJON" radio station. In 1981, the station earned its FCC license as KUNV, and he was the first program director. After graduating with a degree in communications in 1982, he worked at news radio stations in Las Vegas and New Jersey until returning to Las Vegas permanently in 1987 to host a daily sports radio show and UNLV basketball play-by-play on a new station, KROL, co-owned by Sig Rogich and Mark Ratner. He also headed public relations for sports at The Showboat, which offered professional bowling, boxing, and wrestling. In 2000, he joined Red Bull as its marketing director and produced the company's first marketing plan. After fifteen years with the company, he opened his own consulting firm. He discusses his personal history with sports reporting and commentating and his work with Red Bull; the Professional Women's Volleyball team, Vegas Thrill; Jerry Tarkanian; and attending boxing matches at the Caesars Palace Sports Pavilion. Digital audio and photograph available.

Archival Collection

Game On! The Oral History of Las Vegas Sports Interviews
To request this item in person:
Collection Number: OH-03922
Collection Name: Game On! The Oral History of Las Vegas Sports Interviews
Box/Folder: Digital File 00

Archival Component

Newspaper, Tonopah Bonanza, July 14, 1906

Date

1906-07-14

Description

Newspaper, Tonopah Bonanza, July 14, 1906

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Newspaper, Las Vegas Age, July 4, 1908

Date

1908-07-04

Description

Newspaper, Las Vegas Age, July 4, 1908

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