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Photograph of Bill Harrah and Martin Stern, Jr. at the Harrah's Tahoe tower (Stateline, Nev.), 1972
Date
Archival Collection
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
Archival Collection
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
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Photograph of entrance of the New Frontier (Las Vegas), after 1955
Date
Archival Collection
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 businesses on Fremont Street, Las Vegas, Nevada, 1943
Date
Archival Collection
Description
Looking northwest on Fremont Street from between First and Second Streets. Mike's Liquor is at 106 Fremont St. The exterior corner of the Las Vegas Pharmacy at 32 Fremont St. on the corner of First St. is seen. The exteriors of the Pioneer Club, Las Vegas Club and Hotel Sal Sagev are seen on the south side of the street.
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
Archival Collection
Description
Five-page letter from Homer Rissman to Frank Hofues regarding the Lady Luck Casino, later named the Hacienda.
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Photograph of parade on Fremont Street by the Pioneer Club (Las Vegas), October 31, 1944
Date
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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Photograph of construction of the Sahara (Las Vegas), circa 1966
Date
Archival Collection
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
Archival Collection
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
Archival Collection
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
Archival Collection
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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