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Register of the Hotel Nevada, July 1, 1910-Sept. 12, 1911
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Archival Collection
Description
Guest register for the Hotel Nevada which opened on the southeast corner of Main Street and Fremont Street in Las Vegas in 1906. This particular volume lists guest names and their home cities for the period spanning July 1910 through September 1911.
Site Name: Hotel Nevada (Las Vegas, Nev.)
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Manley Sorensen oral history interview
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Abstract
Oral history interview with Manley Sorensen conducted by Michael Kelser on March 02, 1977 for the Ralph Roske Oral History Project on Early Las Vegas. In this interview, Sorensen discusses the history of Las Vegas, Nevada. Sorensen discusses how Las Vegas has changed since 1936, including how the casinos in the city have changed and the disappearance of water springs around Las Vegas. Sorensen also discusses the El Rancho Hotel fire, prospecting for recreation, environmental changes, nuclear weapons tests, and flooding in Las Vegas.
Archival Collection
Photograph of the Aladdin and Dunes from Las Vegas Boulevard (Las Vegas), late 1960s
Date
Archival Collection
Description
Looking north down the Strip with the Aladdin on the right and the Dunes on the left.
Site Name: Las Vegas Strip
Address: Las Vegas Boulevard, Las Vegas, NV
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Photograph of the coffee shop in the Mint (Las Vegas), circa 1960
Date
Archival Collection
Description
An exterior view of the coffee shop inside of the Mint Hotel in downtown Las Vegas.
Site Name: Mint Las Vegas
Address: 128 East Fremont Street
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Photograph of a rendering of the Showboat Hotel and Casino (Atlantic City), 1987
Date
Archival Collection
Description
Artist's conception of the Showboat Hotel and Casino (Atlantic City).
Site Name: Showboat Hotel and Casino (Atlantic City)
Address: 801 Boardwalk, Atlantic City, NJ
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Photograph of an aerial view of the Showboat Hotel and Casino (Atlantic City), 1987
Date
Archival Collection
Description
An aerial view of the Showboat Hotel and Casino in Atlantic City.
Site Name: Showboat Hotel and Casino (Atlantic City)
Address: 801 Boardwalk, Atlantic City, NJ
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Photograph of the Sands Hotel under construction (Las Vegas), circa 1952
Date
Archival Collection
Description
An unidentified man holding blueprints stands on one of the Sands buildings under construction.
Site Name: Sands Hotel
Address: 3355 Las Vegas Boulevard South
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Photograph of a rendering of the proposed Sahara Atlantic City resort, before 1987
Date
Archival Collection
Description
Artist's rendering of the proposed but never built Sahara Boardwalk in Atlantic City.
Site Name: Sahara Hotel and Casino
Address: 2535 Las Vegas Boulevard South
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Aerial photograph of the original Sahara Hotel and Casino complex (Las Vegas), circa 1955
Date
Archival Collection
Description
Aerial view of the Sahara Hotel and Casino complex in its original configuration.
Site Name: Sahara Hotel and Casino
Address: 2535 Las Vegas Boulevard South
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