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Captain Joseph "Pete" Peterson: photographic print
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Archival Collection
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"Let's Go A-Go-Go" act performing on the Strip and touring Caesars Palace under construction: video, 1966
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Scope and Contents
Static view of the Hacienda Horse and Rider sign; cuts to the "Let's Go A-Go-Go" performers talking and then viewing the Las Vegas Strip from a balcony at The Dunes. Behind the performers, parts of the Strip can be seen including The Sands, The Sahara, Guardian Angel Cathedral, The Desert Inn, and downtown in the distance. Other sequences show the Flamingo and the Dunes sign from the elevated viewpoint. Cuts to Caesars Palace construction site where owner Jay Sarno leads a tour through the property; Sarno walks the group through the pool area where construction laborers work on the just poured swimming pool. Footage then cuts to a dressing room scenes as women apply makeup followed by clips from a performance in various outfits. Footage then cuts to the Hacienda pool where the act meets with Hacienda Casino owner Judy Bailey; group is filmed near the Thunderbird Casino driving away in a Corvette. Footage also shows The Riviera marquee featuring an ad for Betty Grable starring in Hello Dolly with smaller acts touted including Shecky Greene, Tony Sandler, and Ralph Young. Original media 16mm film, black-and-white, frame size 720 x 486, aspect ratio 4 x 3.
Archival Collection
Collection Name: The Production Company Audiovisual Collection
Box/Folder: Digital File 00
Archival Component
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.
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Costume design drawing, showgirl in purple long-sleeved top and bell-bottom pants, Las Vegas, 1968
Date
Archival Collection
Description
Show Name: Thoroughly Modern Minsky
Site Name: Thunderbird (resort)
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Seagrave, Jim, 1939-
Jim Seagrave has worked in various gaming establishments in Las Vgeas, Nevada. Positions he has held include Publicity Director at the Frontier Hotel, Publicity Director for the Stardust Hotel, and Vice President of Advertising at The Orleans.
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Robert B. Griffith Photograph Collection
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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