Southern Nevada event, tourism, and advertisement series include posters from Southern Nevada organizations and local businesses promoting the city of Las Vegas, natural tourist locations surrounding Las Vegas, merchandise sales, and special events such as marathons, political rallies, and public celebrations from 1891 to 2002, with a focus between 1975 and 2002.
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Political campaign and activism posters include material from political candidates running in the city of Las Vegas and the state of Nevada from 1940 to 1974. Also included are posters from local- and state-level organizations promoting political candidates, policies, legislation, and issues associated with civil rights, labor laws, and education.
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The gambling tournaments subseries includes advertisement and results of video poker, table games, sports, and slot tournaments between 1988 and 2006. Within this subseries, lottery contests and drawings includes promotional material, entry information, and results of lottery contests and drawings held by the Stardust Resort and Casino between 1989 and 2006.
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The special events subseries includes advertisements and press releases promoting events held at the Stardust Resorts and Casino including parties, anniversaries, special shows, holiday special events, and ceremonies between 1987 and 2006.
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The sporting events subseries includes advertisements and press releases for sports events held at the Stardust Resorts and Casino including football, boxing, and rodeos between 1989 and 2006.
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The advertisement, marketing, and publications subseries includes correspondence, newsletters, newspaper and magazine clippings, and documentation of television shows and films requesting to feature the Stardust between 1980 and 2006.
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The entertainment and shows subseries includes photographs, press releases, newspaper and magazine clippings, and audiovisual material describing Stardust Resorts and Casino entertainers and shows between 1950 and 2006.
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The market research reports and studies subseries includes surveys and findings for Stardust Resorts and Casino earnings, visitor statistics, and customer profiles between 1987 and 2004.
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The Slot Club subseries includes advertisements, press releases, and promotional material for the Stardust Slot Club between 1989 and 2003.
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The photographs subseries (1950-2006) includes photographic prints, contact prints, transparencies, negatives, and slides of restaurants and shops, casino exteriors and interiors, and historical photographs of the Stardust Resorts and Casino remodeling construction, performers, events, and reproductions of artists' renderings of the property. Some photographs were taken by Ian Vaughan, Greg Cava, Tony Scodwell, Larry Hanna, and Peter Harasty.
Within this subseries, restaurants and shops includes photographs of menus, brochures, food dishes, dining rooms, storefronts, store interiors, and promotional campaigns associated with restaurants and shops in the Stardust between 1987 and 2001. Exteriors and interiors includes photographs of the Stardust's marquee, casino building exterior, hotel towers, views of the Strip featuring the Stardust, conference rooms, lobbies, casino interiors, pools, spas, hotel rooms, and lounges between 1985 and 2004. Historical photographs includes photographs from 1950 to 2006 depicting key events in the Stardust's history, including the Stardust's grand opening, photographic reproductions of the Stardust's original artist's renderings, and photographs of the Stardust's remodelings over time.
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