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Susan Oliver of Hollywood, California arrives at the Hughes Executive Terminal at McCarran in Las Vegas, Nevada to begin her duties as official hostess of the second annual International Exposition of Flight. She is greeted by (identified left to right) G. Barney Rawlings, vice president of sales for the Riviera Hotel; Keith Hanna, administrative director for the Frontier Hotel; and John Seymour, general manager of Hughes Airport operations: photographic print, 1968 May
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Archival Collection
Collection Name: Erle A. Taylor Photograph Collection
Box/Folder: Folder 02
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Oversized menus from Las Vegas, Nevada including Minnie Woo's Latitude 20, the Riviera Hotel and Casino's Cafe Noir, Castaways Hotel and Casino, Caesar's Palace Hotel and Casino's Bacchanal; oversized menus from the California restaurants Ma Tante Sumi, Seafood Broiler, and Wompoppers Wagon Works; oversized menus from New York, New York restaurants including The "21" Club and Le Cirque, 1960s-2000s
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Archival Collection
Collection Name: Walter E. Lundberg Collection on Dining and Entertainment
Box/Folder: Oversized Box SH-074
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Marshall L. Wright Photograph Collection
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The Marshall L. Wright Photograph Collection consists of black-and-white photographic prints and negatives from approximately 1950 to 1960. Wright was an executive at the Riviera Hotel in Las Vegas, Nevada, and the photographs depict him with friends and business associates, and at events promoting the hotel. Also included are photographs of the Riviera Hotel and Las Vegas Strip.
Archival Collection
Transcript of interview with Irving Kirshbaum by Cheryl Rogers, February 23, 1979
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Archival Collection
Description
Interview with Irving Kirshbaum by Cheryl Rogers on February 23, 1979. In this interview, Kirshbaum discusses the Riviera Hotel where he began working in 1955. He also talks about the landscape of the Las Vegas Strip in the 1950s, and the state of gambling, comps, customer service, and dealer training. The interviewer asks about the treatment of minorities at the Riviera, and in Las Vegas generally, and the effect of corporate ownership on casinos.
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Riviera Hotel & Casino (Las Vegas Strip, Nev.)
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Corporate Body
Elmo and Charlotte Ellsworth Papers
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The Elmo and Charlotte Ellsworth Papers (1948-1977) are comprised of business correspondence, room reservation records, promotional materials, and photographs from Elmo's employment at the Flamingo and Riviera Hotels in his work of securing conventions. There is also correspondence and promotional materials from his wife Charlotte Ellsworth, who worked as a reservations manager at the Riviera Hotel and the Frontier Hotel in Las Vegas, Nevada and the MGM Grand Hotel in Reno, Nevada.
Archival Collection
Wolfman Jack's "Disco Party" Script
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Wolfman Jack's "Disco Party" script contains a single annotated copy from the Riviera Hotel show in Las Vegas, Nevada. The show starred Wolfman Jack, Peaches & Herb, and France Joli with special guest stars Tuxedo Junction and took place at the Riviera Hotel from October 11 through October 17, 1979. Executive Producers include Tino Barzie and Jay Harvey. Written at the top of the script is "Rick's Copy" and appears to be Rick Warren's (musical director) copy, with notes throughout.
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Ruby Lee Taylor and Susana Loli oral history interview
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Oral history interview with Ruby Lee Taylor and Susana Loli conducted by David Schwartz on April 22, 2015 for the Boyer Early Las Vegas Oral History Project. In this interview, Taylor and Loli discuss their careers working at the Riviera Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada and their membership in the Culinary Workers Union Local 226. They begin by discussing their individual job responsibilities, the benefits of being in the union, and the entertainment at the Riviera. They describe which shifts they prefer to work and give an overview of a hotel employee's life. Taylor and Loli conclude by discussing their responses to learning of the Riviera's closing and the health care provided by their union.
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