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Photographs of Frontier Strike, Culinary Union, Las Vegas (Nev.), 1991 August (folder 1 of 1)

Date

1991-08

Description

Culinary Union workers strike at the Frontier Hotel and Casino in August of 1991. Strikers are seen with signs marching in a parking lot. The American flag is shown multiple times, along with a portable restroom with a multiple protesting sign, including one depicting Margaret Elardi. Police officers are also seen on site. The Frontier marquee is depicted and reads: "Welcome Boilermakers, players bar 10am to 10pm, boilermakers 50 cents, bottle beer 25 cents."Arrangement note: Series I. Demonstrations, Subseries I.A. Frontier Strike Site name: Frontier Hotel and Casino

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Photographs of Harrah's signs, Las Vegas (Nev.), 2002

Date

2002

Description

Daytime and nighttime views of the Harrah's Las Vegas Hotel and Casino signs on the Strip. Information about the sign is available in the Southern Nevada Neon Survey Data Sheet.
Site name: Harrah's Las Vegas
Site address: 3475 S Las Vegas Blvd
Sign owner: Harrah's Entertainment
Sign form: Pylon; Fascia; Porte-cochère
Sign - type of display: Neon; Incandescent; Backlit
Sign - media: Steel; Plastic
Sign - non-neon treatments: Graphics; Paint
Sign animation: Chasing, flashing, oscillating
Sign - date of installation: 1995
Surveyor: Joshua Cannaday
Survey - date completed: 2002
Sign keywords: Chasing; Flashing; Oscillating; Pylon; Fascia; Porte-cochère; Neon; Incandescent; Backlit; Steel; Plastic; Graphics; Paint

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Photograph of Joyce Sarno at a piano at Caesars Palace, Las Vegas, Nevada, February 1969

Date

1969-02

Archival Collection

Description

Joyce Sarno playing a piano at Caesars Palace, Las Vegas, Nevada. Site Name: Caesars Palace (Las Vegas, Nev.)

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Letter from A. M. Folger (Las Vegas) to Frank Strong, February 21, 1948

Date

1948-02-21

Archival Collection

Description

Discussion of drilling two wells on the Las Vegas Ranch to make up for the irrigation water lost by the City forbidding the use of effluent, and of giving up acreage for the Elks and a sewer treatment plant.

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