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Photograph of men competing in the World Series of Poker, Las Vegas (Nev.), July 1979

Date

1979-07

Description

A group of men compete in the World Series of Poker at Binion's Horseshoe Photograph Collection, 1940-1985. PH-00318. Special Collections & Archives, University Libraries, University of Nevada, Las Vegas. Las Vegas, Nevada.'s Horseshoe Casino. The Kodak developing stamp on the back is dated July 1979.

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Glass slides of Las Vegas hotels and aerial views of Clark County (Nev.), 1950s-1960s (tray 1 of 3)

Date

1950 to 1969

Description

Slides collected by the Culinary Workers Union Local 226 depict Las Vegas and Clark County during the 1950s and the 1960s. Individual photographs show the Strip, downtown Las Vegas, Boulder City, Lake Mead, the Hoover Dam, and individual hotels (including the Flamingo, Tropicana, El Rancho, Dunes, Sahara, Desert Inn, Stardust, Landmark, Thunderbird, Sands, Tallyho, Riviera, Golden Nugget, Mint, Binion's Horsehoe, Pioneer Club, Fremont, and Four Queens). Aerial shots and photographs of buildings under construction, marquees, and interiors are included. There are also photos of showgirls and the Las Vegas Convention Center. Tray 1 of 3. The original slides were retained by the Union.Arrangement note: Series V. Glass slides

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Photograph of the Dunes Hotel, Las Vegas, circa 1950s

Date

1950 to 1959

Archival Collection

Description

A view of the interior casino of the Dunes Hotel in Las Vegas, Nevada.

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Photograph of people playing cards, Las Vegas, circa 1950s

Date

1950 to 1959

Archival Collection

Description

People playing [craps] card game 21 inside of the Dunes Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada.

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Slide of people playing roulette at Hotel Last Frontier, Las Vegas, circa 1940-1950s

Date

1940 to 1959

Archival Collection

Description

A color slide of two men and a women playing roulette at the Hotel Last Frontier in Las Vegas, Nevada.

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Photograph of gamblers at the Sands Hotel and Casino, Las Vegas, circa late 1950s

Date

1955 to 1959

Archival Collection

Description

An image of gamblers and "one-armed bandits," as old-style slot machines were called, at the Sands Hotel and Casino.

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Photograph of people playing bingo in a Fremont Street casino (Las Vegas), circa 1930

Date

1928 to 1933

Description

People playing bingo in an early Fremont Street casino.
Site Name: Fremont Hotel and Casino
Address: 200 East Fremont Street

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Collage depicting showgirls and a craps table at the Paradise Island Casino in Nassau, Bahamas: postcard

Date

1940 (year approximate) to 1990 (year approximate)

Description

From Harvey's Hotel and Casino Postcard Collection (PH-00367)

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Photograph of Kirk Douglas, Las Vegas, February 1981

Date

1981-02

Description

Kirk Douglas testifying at Frank Sinatra's hearing for a gaming license.

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The Palace Club in Reno, Nevada: postcard

Date

1940 (year approximate) to 1990 (year approximate)

Description

From the Harvey's Hotel and Casino Postcard Collection (PH-00367) -- The Palace Club in Reno, Nevada. Reno is one of the last of the roaring frontier towns and under liberal Nevada laws, provides gambling and other scenes and hilarity reminiscnet of the carefree old west.

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