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Commercial Hotel flag mounted wall sign and wall sign and Monte-Carlo sign, Elko, Nevada: photographic print

Date

1930 (year approximate) to 1939 (year approximate)

Description

View of the Commercial Hotel and the Monte-Carlo bar during the day.


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Photograph of the June Taylor Dancers posing at the Flamingo Hotel, Las Vegas, Nevada, circa 1949

Date

1947 to 1951

Description

June Taylor Dancers pose on the diving board at the pool of the Flamingo Hotel, Las Vegas. Nevada. (1949)

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Bob's Big Boy Restaurant marquee** and mounted sign sign, Reno Nevada: photographic print

Date

1986

Description

Sign for Bob's Big Boy Restaurant at night.


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Appian Inn, menu

Date

1950 (year approximate) to 1980 (year approximate)

Description

Restaurant: Appian Inn Location: 3555 Las Vegas Blvd South, Las Vegas, Nevada, United States

Text

Scrapbook: includes clippings about Wright, black-and-white photographs of the construction of the Riviera, invitation to the Riviera's grand opening, show program signed by Liberace, and materials about the Flamingo Hotel, 1954-1956

Level of Description

File

Archival Collection

Marshall L. Wright Collection on the Riviera Hotel
To request this item in person:
Collection Number: MS-00394
Collection Name: Marshall L. Wright Collection on the Riviera Hotel
Box/Folder: Oversized Box 01

Archival Component

Bob Hope at the Flamingo Hotel with several unidentified people: photographic print

Date

1948

Description

Dorothy Bell Scans UNLV-Public Lands Institute. Photograph of Bob Hope at the Flamingo Hotel during Helldorado Days. Other individuals in the photograph are unknown. Copyright notice on back states: "if used for publication please credit Gale's Studio, Las Vegas, Nev." Also handwritten on the back of the photograph is "Bob Hope Jack Walsh Flamingo Hotel Helldorado Days 1948."

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Film transparency of the Googie style front exterior and parking lot of the Flamingo Hotel (Las Vegas), mid-late 1950s

Date

1953 to 1957

Archival Collection

Description

Daytime view of the front exterior of the Flamingo Hotel, featuring the Champagne Tower. The neon sign with the Flamingo name features circular neon 'bubbles' like those on the tower.
Site Name: Flamingo Hotel and Casino
Address: 3555 Las Vegas Boulevard South

Architecture and Design Style: Googie

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Proposal for the Flamingo plan for future expansion (Las Vegas), before 1975

Date

1970 to 1975

Description

Bound proposal for a Flamingo high rise addition including artist's conceptions, vicinity map, themes, and architectural drawings for all major components. The project was never built. Folder on last page marked "additional criteria" is empty.
Site Name: Flamingo Hotel and Casino
Address: 3555 Las Vegas Boulevard South

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Las Vegas Flamingo Hotel office opening: photographic print

Date

1950 (year approximate) to 1959 (year approximate)

Description

Las Vegas Flamingo Hotel opens office in the Beverly Hilton for reservations and promotion. Standing from left to right is Chuck Dressen, George Raft, Al Parvin, Joyce Johnson, Abe Schiller, an unidentified individual, Thomas Hull, and Marshall Wright. Stamped on back of photo, "Photo by Irving L. Antler, Ambassador Hotel P. O. Box 97 Los Angeles 5, Calif. Dunkirk 2-9191"

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Photograph of the June Taylor Dancers posing at the Flamingo Hotel, Las Vegas, Nevada, circa 1949

Date

1947 to 1951

Description

The June Taylor Dancers, wearing swim suits, pose on a diving board at the swimming pool at the Flamingo Hotel in Las Vegas, Nevada.

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