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Boyd Gaming/Stardust Resort makes donation to Oklahoma City bombing victims: video, 2000 December 31 to 2001 January 01

Level of Description

File

Scope and Contents

Aerial footage from local Las Vegas, Nevada news stations of New Years Eve fireworks going off along Las Vegas Boulevard. Various songs play over the video footage; for other videos you can hear crowds cheering, fireworks erupting, and music playing in the distance. The Stardust Hotel is featured in most of the videos. Final segment is an actual newsbroadcast segment that also shows Times Square in New York City. Original media VHS, color, aspect ratio 4 x 3, frame size 720 x 486.

Archival Collection

Stardust Resort and Casino Records
To request this item in person:
Collection Number: MS-00515
Collection Name: Stardust Resort and Casino Records
Box/Folder: Digital File 00, Box 031

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Photograph of the first flight inaugurating contract air mail from Las Vegas to Salt Lake City, Las Vegas (Nev.), April 17, 1926

Date

1926-04-17

Description

A black and white photograph of a crowd gathering for the first flight inaugurating contract air mail in Las Vegas. A stamp in the top left corner reads: "First flight inaugurating contract air mail, Las Vegas - Salt Lake City, Las Vegas, Nevada April 17, 1926 10:40 a.m." Handwritten on the bottom right corner is: "first mail plane Las Vegas April 17 '26." Three individuals on the right side of the photo are labled: Mayor Hesse, and the Rockwell brothers, owners of the airfield. The Rockwell brothers purchased Anderson Field in 1925 and renamed it Rockwell Field.

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Photograph of Boulder City High School classroom, 1945

Date

1945

Description

A crowded classroom at Boulder City High School in Boulder City, Nevada.

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Photograph of the unveiling of the memorial plaque, Hoover Dam, September 30, 1935

Date

1935-09-30

Archival Collection

Description

An image of a crowd of people at the unveiling ceremony for the memorial plaque at Hoover Dam.

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Photograph of Howard Hughes at Floyd Bennett Airfield, New York, July 14, 1938

Date

1938-07-14

Description

The black and white view of Howard Hughes, surrounded by crowds, as he stands before a microphone after landing his Lockheed 14 aircraft for the Around the World flight at Floyd Bennett Airfield in New York. Description on photograph's accompanying sheet of paper: "Howard Hughes (with hat) as he arrived in New York after completing a round the world flight. 7/14/38 (Press Association)"

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Stardust Resort and Casino radio advertisement for December/January packages: audio, 1991 October 08

Level of Description

File

Scope and Contents

Audio begins before video. Opens to people serving themselves at a buffet, and a large "Stardust Resort and Casino" banner hangs over the buffet, held by a giant gorilla. Bobby Berosini stands with his organutan, while guests play carnival-type games, and a band and singer perform on stage. It is a Stardust employee event, but unclear what the event is celebrating. Vladimir, a star of Enter the Night, poses with other hotel employees. A fire dancer performs onstage for the crowd to drums. Video abruptly ends. Original media Betacam, color, aspect ratio 4 x 3, frame size 720 x 486.

Archival Collection

Stardust Resort and Casino Records
To request this item in person:
Collection Number: MS-00515
Collection Name: Stardust Resort and Casino Records
Box/Folder: Digital File 00, Box 042

Archival Component

Film transparency of a stagecoach entry in the Helldorado Parade on Fremont Street, Las Vegas, Nevada, May, 1958

Date

1958-05

Description

Three men riding a stagecoach with a banner on the side reading "Nevada Beverage Company" in the Helldorado Parade on Fremont Street, May 1958. Two women and a child are riding inside the coach, while two men wave to the crowd from the back of the coach. They are in front of the Boulder Club, located at 118 Fremont Street. The Boulder Club was in operation from 1931-1960. A sign on the Boulder Club reads ""Farmer" Page - Enjoy the Old West - Jackpots, Craps, Bar, Keno, Roulette, Twenty-One."

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