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New Years Eve Menu from the Sahara Hotel and Casino, 1981

Date

1981

Description

1981 Don Rickles & Eddie Fisher New Years Eve Menu from the Sahara Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada.

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Menu from Bacchanal (restaurant) at Caesars Palace, January 28, 1968

Date

1968-01-28

Archival Collection

Description

Hand-written menu for the Bacchanal restaurant at Caesars Palace for January 28, 1968, includes hors d'ouevres, soup, fish, entrees, salad and dessert.

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Biographical essay by Judy Newman, 2014

Date

2014

Description

Judy Newman describes her early life in an orphanage in Poland, and went to Israel in the 1950s, where she met her husband.

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Biographical essay by Lucy Gliuck Jacobs, 2014

Date

2014

Description

Lucy Gliuck Jacobs describes her time in Auschwitz, where her parents perished. She was the only survivor of her family of seven children.

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Program for State of Israel Commendation Dinner, December 4, 1977

Date

1977-12-04

Archival Collection

Description

This program is for the State of Israel Commendation Dinner to recognize E. Parry Thomas as a distinguished Citizen of Nevada in 1977. The dinner was held at the Dunes Hotel.

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Biographical essay by Shirley Weiss, 2014

Date

2014

Description

Shirley Weiss describes her childhood housed in army barracks in the ghetto in Beregszasz (Berehove), Hungary. She was sent to Auschwitz-Birkenau, and several other camps, and eventually liberated from Terez?n in 1945. She came to the United States via Sweden.

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Biographical essay by Sidney Barouch, 2014

Date

2014

Description

Sidney Barouch describes his experience during World War II living in Tunis, Tunisia, which was a French colony. Barouch discusses the facets of the war front in northern Africa, and the experiences of his family as Jews and business owners.

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Western Union Mailgram from Jewish Federation of Las Vegas, December 17, 1984

Date

1984-12-17

Archival Collection

Description

Western Union Mailgram from Shirley Kravitz of the Jewish Federation of Las Vegas to Michael Mack featuring an urgent message about the relocation of Jews from Ethiopia.

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Map of Caesars Palace buildings, circa 1969

Date

1969 (year approximate)

Archival Collection

Description

Labeled map of the original buildings of Caesars Palace resort, hotel, and casino.

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Planning notes and memorandum for Spanish Steps restaurant at Caesars Palace, 1977-1978

Date

1977-12-12 to 1978-02-27

Archival Collection

Description

The memorandum and planning notes for a Spanish restaurant at Caesars Palace include menu ideas and suggested names for the restaurant.

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