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Photograph of the façade of the Moulin Rouge Hotel (Las Vegas), 1955

Date

1955

Description

Façade, tower, and sign of the Moulin Rouge Hotel. Stamp on back of photo: "Please credit Union Pacific Railroad Photo, Public Relations Department, 422 West 6th St., Los Angeles 14, Calif, File Print Stock, Los Angeles Neg."
Site Name: Moulin Rouge Hotel
Address: 900 West Bonanza Road, Las Vegas, NV

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Photograph of Bill Harrah and Martin Stern, Jr. at the Harrah's Tahoe tower (Stateline, Nev.), 1972

Date

1972

Description

Transcribed from photo sleeve: "Bill Harrah (rt) and Martin Stern, Jr. signing a girder at the topping out ceremony for the Lake Tahoe Hotel Tower, 1972." Handwritten transcription from original: "During construction of Harrah's Tahoe Hotel Tower. Mr. Harrah and Martin Stern, Architect."
Site Name: Harrah's Tahoe
Address: 15 Highway 50

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Architectural drawing of Sahara Hotel 400 hi-rise addition (Las Vegas), east elevation, December 29, 1961

Date

1961-12-29

Description

Architectural plans for the addition of a hotel tower for the Sahara from 1961. Includes revisions and sign tower detail. Printed on onion skin. Leon Gluckson, architect; Berton Charles Severson, architect.
Site Name: Sahara Hotel and Casino
Address: 2535 Las Vegas Boulevard South

Latest Drawing Revision: 1962-01-26

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Photograph of entrance of the New Frontier (Las Vegas), after 1955

Date

1956 to 1961

Description

View of the façade, entrance, and neon sign of the New Frontier from Las Vegas Boulevard. Stamp on back of photo: "Please credit Union Pacific Railroad Photo, Public Relations Department, 422 West 6th St., Los Angeles 14, Calif, File Print Stock, Los Angeles Neg."
Site Name: Frontier
Address: 3120 Las Vegas Boulevard South

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Photograph of parade on Fremont Street by the Pioneer Club (Las Vegas), October 31, 1944

Date

1944-10-31

Archival Collection

Description

View of parade on Fremont Street showing details of the Pioneer Club façade. Handwritten text on back of photo: "Tuesday Oct 31-1944, Democratic Parade, Driver Dan Potter, Ed [illegible], 2" seat Senator McCarran, Berkeley Bunker Congressman, Hap Hazard County Committee chairman, Art Philips, Elected back to [illegible]"
Site Name: Fremont Street
Address: Fremont street, Las Vegas, NV

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Letter from Homer Rissman to Frank S. Hofues, Santa Monica, December 21, 1955

Date

1955-12-21

Description

Five-page letter from Homer Rissman to Frank Hofues regarding the Lady Luck Casino, later named the Hacienda.

Text

Photograph of construction of the Sahara (Las Vegas), circa 1966

Date

1965 to 1966

Description

Construction of the 1966 tower addition to the Sahara Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas.
Site Name: Sahara Hotel and Casino
Address: 2535 Las Vegas Boulevard South

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Photograph of the front exterior and porte-cochère of the Tropicana Hotel (Las Vegas), 1957

Date

1957

Description

Front entrance and porte-cochère of the Tropicana Hotel in 1957.
Site Name: Tropicana Hotel
Address: 3801 Las Vegas Boulevard South, Las Vegas, NV

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Photograph of a scale model of the Riviera Hotel and Casino (Las Vegas), 1955

Date

1955

Description

Scale model of the Riviera Hotel and Casino.
Site Name: Riviera Hotel and Casino
Address: 2901 Las Vegas Boulevard South

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Photograph of the assembly of the Sands Hotel porte-cochère (Las Vegas), 1967

Date

1967

Description

A crane lifting the canopy of the Sands Hotel porte-cochère.
Site Name: Sands Hotel
Address: 3355 Las Vegas Boulevard South

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