The Harvey's Lake Tahoe Hotel and Casino series (1830-1995) consists of books, guides, and magazines about gambling artifacts; casino promotional information and photographs, employee information; photocopies of Harvey's coin, token, and check collection; newspaper clippings about Harvey's hotel and assorted artifacts and ephemera including faro boards and case keepers, playing cards and holders, slot machine payoff signs, table-top gambling games, drinking glasses, matchbooks, and other casino merchandise. Also included are notes compiled on U.S. and world casinos and a collection of pre-Castro Cuba postcards collected by Andy Gazsi.
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Harvey's Lake Tahoe Hotel and Casino Collection
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Artist's conception of the proposed Lake Tower addition that was built in 1987 for Harvey's Lake Tahoe. Site Name: Harvey's Lake Tahoe Address: US Highway 50, Stateline, NV
View from the north of the proposed expansion of Harvey's Lake Tahoe. Inverted negative film transparency. Site Name: Harvey's Lake Tahoe Address: Stateline; Douglas County; Nevada
Transcribed from photo sleeve: "Bill Harrah (rt) and Martin Stern, Jr. signing a girder at the topping out ceremony for the Lake Tahoe Hotel Tower, 1972." Handwritten transcription from original: "During construction of Harrah's Tahoe Hotel Tower. Mr. Harrah and Martin Stern, Architect." Site Name: Harrah's Tahoe Address: 15 Highway 50