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NCAA Championship wagering at Las Vegas sportsbooks: video, 1997 October 05
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Stardust Hotel hosts 1997 "Old Timers Reunion", and event for 500 Las Vegas residents who have lived here for over 30 years. Local news segment about the event with entertainers who performed in Las Vegas in the 1940s and 1950s, and reporters interview various "Old Timers" and celebrities who are attending. Video shows footage of various hotels imploding as people reminesce about Las Vegas as it was 30 years ago. Original media VHS, color, aspect ratio 4 x 3, frame size 720 x 486.
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Collection Name: Stardust Resort and Casino Records
Box/Folder: Digital File 00, Box 032
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Transcript of interview with Archie Curtis by Laurence R. Biggs, March 7, 1979
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Elgin Holbert Jr. oral history interview
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Oral history interview with Elgin Holbert Jr. conducted by Claytee D. White on April 28, 2021 for African Americans in Las Vegas: a Collaborative Oral History Project.
Elgin Holbert Jr. discusses growing up in the Westside community of Las Vegas, the activities he participated in as a child, community leaders he admired, and his observations of mixed family life (as his father was Black and his mother was white). Elgin also speaks of his work as a Red Cap on the Union Pacific Railroad (UPR), his time at Nevada Power, and his experience dealing cards at various Las Vegas casinos including the Riviera Hotel and Casino (for 15 years), the Tropicana Las Vegas (for 15 years), and the Treasure Island Hotel (for 20 years).
Subjects discussed include: Viola Cunningham; Union Pacific Railroad; Riviera Hotel and Casino; Tropicana Las Vegas Hotel Casino; Treasure Island Hotel; Cotton Bowl; Jimmy Gay; Jefferson Recreational Center; and Eleanor Walker
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