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From the Nye County, Nevada Photograph Collection (PH-00221) -- Series I. Amargosa Valley, Nevada -- Subseries I.A. Fishel Family (T&T Ranch). The corner of what is currently Mecca Road and Highway 373, Amargosa Valley, Nevada.The foundation of the Mecca Club is being laid. A Packard automobile is visible in the background. The woman is dressed in black blouse with her back to the camera is Billie Bettles. Bob Fishel, Billie Bettles's son by a former marriage is visible on the far left.
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Oral history presentation by Clement "Clem" Bernier for an unidentified audience of students, approximately 1977. In his presentation, Bernier identifies himself as a "hotel man" and explains that he has been general manager of the Hacienda Hotel and Casino for a year and considered it a very different challenge to his earlier years in hotel management. He discusses how he became a hotel general manager, the work involved in learning the trade, and the differences between managing a regular hotel and managing a hotel and casino. He also asks and takes questions from the audience.
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