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Lido b-roll footage (minimal audio): video, 1997 April 17
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Title card: "National Finals Rodeo BBQ cook-off and party - Stardust"; opens on someone barbequing ribs and says "Recipe for a Great Marketing Opportunity!". Advertisement for the third annual barbeque cook-off and party hosted by Stardust during the National Finals Rodeo week. Shows promotional shows of the rodeo and the Stardust Hotel; shots of previous cook offs, lots of people wearing cowboy hats and boots and milling around the event tents. The voiceover explains that there will be sponsorships, over 50,000 people in attendance, and the Stardust will provide a "massive media campaign" to advertise the event. Original media VHS, color, aspect ratio 4 x 3, frame size 720 x 486.
Archival Collection
Collection Name: Stardust Resort and Casino Records
Box/Folder: Digital File 00, Box 358
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Transparency of Toinavah Wall, Arizona, circa early 1900s
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Postcard of a military camp, 1939
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Archival Collection
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Aerial photograph of the front exterior of Circus Circus (Las Vegas), 1968
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Archival Collection
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Aerial view of the front exterior and fountains in front of Circus Circus on the Las Vegas Strip before the construction of the first hotel tower.
Site Name: Circus Circus Las Vegas
Address: 2880 Las Vegas Boulevard South
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Two unidentified women: photographic print
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Archival Collection
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Bell Family Scrapbook scanning, Set 4, proofed 11.04.2010 Two unidentified women at unknown location
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Sam S. Earl oral history interview
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Oral history interview with Sam S. Earl conducted by Laura Button on March 09, 1981 for the Ralph Roske Oral History Project on Early Las Vegas. Earl discusses the family’s early residence in a tent and their religious participation. He also discusses welfare benefits, gambling, the first members of the police force, and the Helldorado parade. Earl then talks about his work on the Hoover (Boulder) Dam, as a building contractor, and as a truck driver.
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