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Film transparency of the Las Vegas Club and the Overland Hotel on Fremont Street at night (Las Vegas), 1948-1955

Date

1948 to 1955

Archival Collection

Description

Evening view of the Las Vegas Club and Overland Hotel on Fremont Street.
Site Name: Overland Hotel
Address: East Fremont Street, Las Vegas, NV

Image

Film transparency of the West end of Fremont Street in the daytime from the train depot (Las Vegas), circa 1955

Date

1953 to 1957

Archival Collection

Description

Daytime view of Fremont Street from the train depot circa 1955.
Site Name: Fremont Street
Address: Fremont street, Las Vegas, NV

Image

Film transparency of gamblers at a craps table in the Hotel Last Frontier (Las Vegas), 1950-1959

Date

1950 to 1959

Archival Collection

Description

Gamblers playing craps. The gambler playing craps has $350 in his hand.
Site Name: Frontier
Address: 3120 Las Vegas Boulevard South

Image

Film transparency of gamblers playing craps at the Golden Nugget Gambling Hall (Las Vegas), circa 1950s

Date

1950 to 1959

Archival Collection

Description

Gamblers at a craps table at the Gambling Nugget Gambling Hall.
Site Name: Golden Nugget Las Vegas
Address: 129 East Fremont Street

Image

Film transparency of the Helldorado Parade near the Overland Hotel and Las Vegas Club on Fremont Street (Las Vegas), circa 1950s

Date

1950 to 1959

Archival Collection

Description

The Helldorado Parade in front of the Overland Hotel on Main and Fremont and the Las Vegas Club. Helldorado is an annual parade that celebrates Las Vegas' western history.
Site Name: Fremont Street
Address: Fremont street, Las Vegas, NV

Image

Photograph of the Chuck Wagon Buffet at the El Rancho Vegas (Las Vegas), circa 1953

Date

1951 to 1955

Description

The Chuck Wagon Buffet in the El Rancho Vegas with an assortment of food and an ice sculpture of a swan.
Site Name: El Rancho Vegas
Address: 2500 Las Vegas Boulevard South

Image

Photograph of the casino area of the El Rancho Vegas (Las Vegas), circa 1953

Date

1951 to 1955

Description

Table games and slots in the El Rancho Vegas casino
Site Name: El Rancho Vegas
Address: 2500 Las Vegas Boulevard South

Image

Photograph of the cocktail lounge at the El Rancho Vegas (Las Vegas), circa 1953

Date

1951 to 1955

Description

Site Name: El Rancho Vegas
Address: 2500 Las Vegas Boulevard South

Image

Photograph of Flamingo Hotel neon sign and porte-cochère (Las Vegas), 1970s.

Date

1970 to 1979

Archival Collection

Description

On the sign: 'Phil Ford & Mimi Hines, special guest star Bobby Golsboro. Stark Naked & The Car Thieves. Shango. Mills Brothers. Rhetta Hughes. The Characters. Moses & The Highbrows.'
Site Name: Flamingo Hotel and Casino
Address: 3555 Las Vegas Boulevard South

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Kevin Chung oral history interview: transcript

Date

2021-12-18

Description

Oral history interview with Kevin Chung conducted by Cecelia Winchell, Stefani Evans, and Jerwin Tiu on December 18, 2021 for Reflections: The Las Vegas Asian American and Pacific Islander Oral History Project. Kevin Chung discusses his upbringing in Southern Vietnam and how he and his family were forced to leave the country during the Vietnam War. Chung talks about his family's migration to Minnesota and how they adapted to American culture. He shares his educational background, his professional pursuits as a teacher, and the reasons he and his wife decided to move to Las Vegas. Chung reflects on the importance of STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Art, and Math) in education with an emphasis on the arts and shares his teaching philosophy. He also gives details of his family's lives and talks about the importance of bringing together his Vietnamese and American cultures to connect the different generations of his family.

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