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Photograph of Bill Harrah and Martin Stern, Jr. at the Harrah's Tahoe tower (Stateline, Nev.), 1972

Date

1972

Description

Transcribed from photo sleeve: "Bill Harrah (rt) and Martin Stern, Jr. signing a girder at the topping out ceremony for the Lake Tahoe Hotel Tower, 1972." Handwritten transcription from original: "During construction of Harrah's Tahoe Hotel Tower. Mr. Harrah and Martin Stern, Architect."
Site Name: Harrah's Tahoe
Address: 15 Highway 50

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Photograph of a rendering of the Harrah's Tahoe tower (Stateline, Nev.), circa 1972

Date

1970 to 1973

Description

Martin Stern's final design of the Harrah's Tahoe tower. Transcribed from photo: "Harrah's, Lake Tahoe, plans to complete this 18 story hotel by mid-1973. The 270 room structure will have an attached three-level garage to handle over 400 cards, and a sky lounge dining room. The new hotel will be of earthen colors and face its narrowest façade toward Lake Tahoe." Transcribed from photo sleeve: "Harrah's Tahoe. Stern's final design as constructed."
Site Name: Harrah's Tahoe
Address: 15 Highway 50

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