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Showgirl and Stardust logo image unveiled on Western Pacific Airlines: video, approximately 1985 to 1995

Level of Description

File

Scope and Contents

Segment by unknown San Diego newstation on the expanding population, real estate, and economic upturn that Las Vegas is experiencing. Video opens with a Stardust Hotel and Casino craps game, while a voiceover describes Las Vegas as "Lost Vegas" and "Lost Wages" but that tourists and locals live together side-by-side. Reporter explains the population is rapidly growing, and many Californians and San Diegans are moving to the city, as it rebrands from "Sin City" to a reasonable, welcoming place to live. The reporter explains that many casinos were "in the red" and how it was in a economic downturn. However, many new casinos are being expanded or new ones built now that the economy is looking up. Features many shots of the Stardust Hotel interior and exterior. Original media VHS, color, aspect ratio 4 x 3, frame size 720 x 486.

Archival Collection

Stardust Resort and Casino Records

Archival Component

Rancho Mirage Condos, 1982 February 10

Level of Description

File

Scope and Contents

This set includes: site plans, floor plans, exterior elevations, redlining and preliminary sketches.

This set includes drawings for M.E.I. Lost World Resort (client).

Archival Collection

Gary Guy Wilson Architectural Drawings

Archival Component

Marty Brill recording, 1993 May 29

Level of Description

File

Scope and Contents

Brill discusses a car accident in which he lost a finger, depression after this accident, his move from music to comedy, his first live performance, his dispute with Merv Griffin, his acting career, his thoughts on then-current comedy and culture.

Archival Collection

Arnold Shaw Interviews and Performance Recordings

Archival Component

Photograph of John Perkins, Pueblo Grande de Nevada, 1926

Date

1926

Description

John Perkins posing at Pueblo Grande de Nevada, also known as the "Lost City," near Overton, Nevada.

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