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Bob Fletcher and Vicky Lano: publicity, 1971-1972

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File

Archival Collection

Thunderbird Hotel Records
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Collection Number: MS-00180
Collection Name: Thunderbird Hotel Records
Box/Folder: Box 09

Archival Component

Captain Joseph "Pete" Peterson: photographic print

Date

1994-06-05

Description

From the North Las Vegas Library Photograph Collection on North Las Vegas, Nevada (PH-00277) -- Capt. Joseph "Pete" Peterson, Right Wing, Thunderbirds Precision Flying Team Nellis Air Force Base. (1-19-82)

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Marsh, Arno

Arno Marsh was born in 1928 and grew up in Grand Rapids, Michigan. Both of his parents were musicians. Marsh moved to Las Vegas, Nevada in 1957. He signed on to play with Charlie Ventura at the Thunderbird Hotel and several other hotels on the Las Vegas Strip.

Person

Robert B. Griffith Photograph Collection

Identifier

PH-00106

Abstract

The Robert B. Griffith Photograph Collection (approximately 1950-1970) contains black-and-white and color photographic prints, negatives, and slides of Las Vegas, Nevada including Fremont Street, Helldorado parades, and hotel and casino properties along the Strip including the Sahara Hotel and Casino, the Flamingo Las Vegas, the El Rancho, the Thunderbird Hotel and Casino, and the Hotel Last Frontier. Also included are photographs of Lake Mead Recreation Area and tunnel drilling within and near the Las Vegas Valley, Nevada. Other Nevada locations outside of Las Vegas include Reno, Virginia City, and Crystal Bay, Nevada.

Archival Collection

George Lee oral history interview

Identifier

OH-03437

Abstract

Oral history interview with George Lee conducted by Stefani Evans and Su Kim Chung on February 29, 2024 for the Reflections: the Las Vegas Asian American and Pacific Islander Oral History Project. In this interview, Lee describes his four decades of experience as a Las Vegas blackjack dealer (36 at the Four Queens Casino), after leaving behind a career in dance. Lee was selected to originate the role of "Tea" in a 1954 New York City Ballet stage production of The Nutcracker. He also danced in South Pacific at the Thunderbird, and with Carol Channing's revue at The Riviera, and a traveling production of Disney on Parade. After dancing in Alcazar de Paris at the Desert Inn Hotel in 1980, he quit dancing and went to dealer school. He worked swing shift at the Four Queens Hotel, and attended ballet classes at UNLV during the day. Lee, now 89, still works five days a week at the Four Queens. In this interview, Lee talks about ballet, typecasting, discipline, and being "ten times better." He discusses becoming a U.S. citizen in 1959 and changing his surname from Li to Lee.

Archival Collection

Costume design drawing, showgirl in purple long-sleeved top and bell-bottom pants, Las Vegas, 1968

Date

1968

Description

Costume Details: Showgirl in purple long-sleeved top, bare midriff, purple bell-bottom pants with white decoration, wide gold belt, white floral headpiece.
Show Name: Thoroughly Modern Minsky
Site Name: Thunderbird (resort)

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