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Audio clip 2 from interview with Maurice "Maury" Halfon Behar, March 14, 2016
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In this clip, Maury Behar discusses how he came to live in Las Vegas, Nevada.
Photograph of Regents, Las Vegas, 1950s - 1960s
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Archival Collection
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Sands media brochures, envelopes, Sands Times magazines, Sands printing block, and story boards. Includes portrait of Congressional Committee on Interstate Commerce Investigating Grand Canyon Air Disasters hearings
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Archival Collection
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Series XXIII. Audiovisual Tapes and Promotions
Sands Hotel and Casino
Mixed Content
James Dunbar, Benny Figgins, and Pete George oral history interview
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Oral history interview with James Dunbar, Benny Figgins, and Pete George conducted by David G. Schwartz on July 19, 2016 for the Boyer Early Las Vegas Oral History Project. The three interviewees describe their experiences working for Caesars Palace Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada since its grand opening on August 06, 1966. George begins the interview by recalling his work in various positions including showroom custodian, showroom cocktail server, and banquet server. Figgins then describes his initial positions as a casino porter, convention porter, dishwasher, restaurant busser, and in 1972, his primary occupation as a dealer for table games. Dunbar explains working as a valet at the Flamingo Hotel and Casino while serving Caesars Palace executives during and after Caesars Palace's construction. The three interviewees then recall stories about notable casino executives and celebrities.
Archival Collection
An Interview with Paul Huffey and Michael Mack
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Oral history interview with Paul Huffey conducted by Claytee D. White on February 02, 2010 for the Voices of the Historic John S. Park Neighborhood. Paul Huffey discusses his family moving to the John S. Park Neighborhood in 1947, his father working on the construction of Hoover Dam, and Huffey working at Ronzoni's Department Store when he was in high school. Huffey then discusses graduating from the University of Nevada, Reno and teaching history at Basic High School in Henderson, Nevada for nine years.
Archival Collection
