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Photograph of women gambling, Las Vegas (Nev.), 1934-1950

Date

1934 to 1950

Description

Women sit at a table gambling during the Helldorado Days festival.

Image

Postcard of gun fight gambling scene, 1954

Date

1954

Description

A postcard illustrating a gambling scene where someone is cheating. The caption reads, "When a pair of sixes beats aces: Surprised in the act of padding his hand with aces fed to him by the town roust-about, the crooked gambler looks into the muzzles of a pair of six guns". The depiction is from an original oil painting by Ernest Reedstrom.

Image

Postcard of cowboys gambling with hands up, approximately 1900s-1980s

Date

1900 to 1989

Description

A postcard illustrating an outside gambling scene with cowboys.

Image

Postcard of Bill Friedman gambling, 1970s

Date

1970 to 1979

Description

Bill Friedman giving a gaming demonstration. He was a professor for the University of Nevada, Las Vegas' College of Hotel Administration for a decade and then went on to simultaneously be the president of Castaways Hotel and Casino and the Silver Slipper Casino in Las Vegas. Friedman is currently the president of Friedman management Group.

Image

B-roll footage for Pioneer Hotel and Gambling Hall in Laughlin, Nevada advertisements: video

Date

1984-07-26

Description

B-roll of Pioneer Hotel and Gambling Hall in Laughlin, Nevada. Boats pass by on the river, camera pans to a man and woman talking and standing by the water. Audio abruptly begins, and a woman is giving the couple direction as the camera rolls. Couple then appear on the beach, and the neon signs are visible as the sun begins to set; couple speak to another infront of Vegas Vic sign, then move to a boat on the river, and then ends with the couple talking inside a Pioneer Hotel room. Original media U-matic S, color, aspect ratio 4 x 3, frame size 720 x 486. From the Production Company Audiovisual Collection (MS-00930) -- Digitized audiovisual material file.

Moving Image

"Is Compulsive Gambling Treatable?", 1982

Level of Description

File

Archival Collection

Julian Taber Collection on Gambling Addiction
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Collection Number: MS-00578
Collection Name: Julian Taber Collection on Gambling Addiction
Box/Folder: Box 02 (Restrictions apply)

Archival Component

Article on pathological gambling, 1988

Level of Description

File

Archival Collection

Charter Hospital of Las Vegas, Nevada Records on Problem Gambling
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Collection Number: MS-00320
Collection Name: Charter Hospital of Las Vegas, Nevada Records on Problem Gambling
Box/Folder: Box 01

Archival Component

Silver Slipper Gambling Hall and Saloon: postcard

Date

1960 to 1970

Description

Silver Slipper Gambling Hall and Saloon on the Las Vegas Strip (1960-1970)

Image

Fisher, Susan E., "Gambling and Problem Gambling Among Casino Patrons" report, 1996 February

Level of Description

File

Archival Collection

Gary W. Royer Collection on Gaming
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Collection Number: MS-00658
Collection Name: Gary W. Royer Collection on Gaming
Box/Folder: Box 140

Archival Component

"Casino Gambling is Hot: Gambling Debt Collection is Not" journal article, approximately 1985 to 2004

Level of Description

File

Archival Collection

Larry A. Strate Faculty Papers
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Collection Number: UA-00104
Collection Name: Larry A. Strate Faculty Papers
Box/Folder: Box 01

Archival Component