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Four Thunderbirds flying in formation: photographic slide, 1969 December

Level of Description

Item

Archival Collection

Erle A. Taylor Photograph Collection
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Collection Number: PH-00237
Collection Name: Erle A. Taylor Photograph Collection
Box/Folder: Binder PB-006

Archival Component

Photograph of the Thunderbird marquee and parking lot, Las Vegas (Nev.), 1970-1979

Date

1970 to 1979

Description

A nighttime photograph of the Thunderbird marquee advertising "Kings IV, Buckley and Collins," and "Thoroughly Modern Minsky World Famous Burlesque produced by Harold Minsky in the Continental Theatre." On September 2, 1948, the Thunderbird Hotel was the fourth resort to open on the Las Vegas Strip. The resort was built by developer Marion Hicks and owned by Lieutenant Governor of Nevada Clifford A. Jones. The resort had a Native American theme and featured portraits, a Navajo-based restaurant, the only bowling alley ever on the Strip, and a showroom. In 1955, articles surfaced in the Las Vegas Sun saying that Meyer Lansky and other underworld figures held hidden shares in the hotel. In 1964, the casino was purchased by Del Webb for $10 million. He ran the resort until 1972, when he sold it to Caesars World, owner of Caesars Palace, for $13.6 million. A $150-million, 2,000-room resort called the Mark Anthony was planned for the site, but Caesars was unable to find financing, and sold the property four years later to banker E. Parry Thomas at a loss of $5.7 million. Thomas later sold it to Major Riddle, owner of the Dunes Hotel, who renamed the resort as the Silverbird in 1976. The Thunderbird has the distinction of being the resort where singer Rosemary Clooney made her first appearance in Las Vegas in 1951, and where Judy Garland made her final Vegas appearance in 1965. Site Name: Thunderbird Hotel (Las Vegas, Nev.) Street Address: 2755 South Las Vegas Boulevard

Image

Film transparency of the bar area in the Thunderbird Hotel (Las Vegas), circa 1950s

Date

1950 to 1959

Archival Collection

Description

View of the bar and lounge area in the Thundebird Hotel. Portraits of Native Americans line the wall behind the bar.
Site Name: Thunderbird Hotel
Address: 2755 Las Vegas Boulevard South

Image

Thunderbird Hotel, Las Vegas, Nevada, approximately 1950-1969

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File

Archival Collection

L. F. Manis Photograph Collection
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Collection Number: PH-00100
Collection Name: L. F. Manis Photograph Collection
Box/Folder: Binder PB-012

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Thunderbird Hotel, Las Vegas, Nevada, approximately 1948-1954

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File

Archival Collection

L. F. Manis Photograph Collection
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Collection Number: PH-00100
Collection Name: L. F. Manis Photograph Collection
Box/Folder: Binder PB-012

Archival Component

Thunderbird Hotel, Las Vegas, Nevada, approximately 1948-1954

Level of Description

File

Archival Collection

L. F. Manis Photograph Collection
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Collection Number: PH-00100
Collection Name: L. F. Manis Photograph Collection
Box/Folder: Binder PB-012

Archival Component

Thunderbird Hotel, Las Vegas, Nevada, approximately 1948-1954

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File

Archival Collection

L. F. Manis Photograph Collection
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Collection Number: PH-00100
Collection Name: L. F. Manis Photograph Collection
Box/Folder: Binder PB-012

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Wilkinson, R. T. & Co., Thunderbird Hotel pool, 1964 March 27

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File

Archival Collection

Frank Mitrani Photographs
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Collection Number: PH-00332
Collection Name: Frank Mitrani Photographs
Box/Folder: Box 13

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Thunderbirds, The Discovery Channel, 2002

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File

Scope and Contents

Additional information from donor: USAF Air Demonstation Squadron based at Nellis AFB-Nevada.

Archival Collection

Scott Rayer Collection of Television Programs about Las Vegas, Nevada
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Collection Number: MS-01130
Collection Name: Scott Rayer Collection of Television Programs about Las Vegas, Nevada
Box/Folder: Digital File 00

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