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Photograph of Main Street, Searchlight, Nevada, circa 1920s
Date
1920 to 1929
Archival Collection
Description
Two boys stand in the middle of Main Street in Searchlight, Nevada with a gambling club sign visible.
Image
Photograph of slot machine and sign inside Stardust Casino, Las Vegas (Nev.), circa 1974
Date
1973 to 1975
Archival Collection
Description
Interior view of the Stardust Hotel, with a slot machine and a casino tournament sign near what seems to be an open employee doorway. Other slot machines and a walkway can be seen to the left, with a blurred person visible moving away from the photographer. The signs above the machines read "Shop" and "Change." The tournament sign in the center reads "Play Now to Enter the 20th International Gin Rummy Tournament. $40,000.00." This color photograph was taken before the casino was renovated in the mid 1970s. Site Name: Stardust Resort and Casino Street Address: 3000 South Las Vegas Boulevard
Image
Postcard of Michelangelo da Caravaggio and Der Falschpieler, approximately 1900s-1980s
Date
1900 to 1989
Archival Collection
Description
Postcards with Gambling Scenes. A postcard illustrating Michelangelo da Caravaggio playing poker with Der Falschspieler on the front. The back shows intricate typography in German.
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United States laws and gaming regulation, 1949 to 2005
Level of Description
Sub-Series
Scope and Contents
Materials include news reports, copies of legislation, and legal analyses of state and federal regulations on gaming from 1949 to 2005 collected by Eugene Martin Christiansen. The materials are primarily comprised of newspaper articles and reports concerning state-level regulation of legal gambling, but the materials also include some federal legislation.
Archival Collection
Eugene Martin Christiansen Papers
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Collection Number: MS-00561
Collection Name: Eugene Martin Christiansen Papers
Box/Folder: N/A
Collection Name: Eugene Martin Christiansen Papers
Box/Folder: N/A
Archival Component
Sands Hotel "There's No Business Like Show Business" Helldorado Parade float: photographs
Date
1954-05
Archival Collection
Description
Series XX. Helldorado Parades
Fremont Street (Las Vegas, Nev.)
Westerner Gambling Hall and Saloon (Las Vegas, Nev.)
Mixed Content
