Skip to main content

Search the Special Collections and Archives Portal

Search Results

Display    Results Per Page
Displaying results 71 - 80 of 2126

Photograph of the Crystal Palace Gambling Hall/Hotel marquee in Laughlin, Nevada, 1986

Date

1986

Description

The Crystal Palace Gambling Hall/Hotel marquee in Laughlin, Nevada, 1986. A signs for the Pioneer, Edgewater, and Regency Casinos are visible in the background.

Image

Photograph of Paiutes/Skoshones gambling game, Pahrump Valley, Nevada, circa 1880-1910

Date

1880 to 1910

Archival Collection

Description

Paiutes/Skoshones playing a gambling game in Pahrump Valley, Nevada.

Image

Postcard of teen boys smoking, drinking, and gambling, approximately 1900s-1980s

Date

1900 to 1989

Description

A postcard illustrating young men sitting on the floor playing poker with the title, "A Sunday School Class in the West". The caption on back reads, "This is a jolly group old time Cowboy friends. Sunday is a time of visiting on the western ranches, and the 'latch string' is always out for the strangers. These fellows are not disturbers of the peace as might be inferred from the photograph".

Image

Photograph of people gambling in the Tonopah Club, Tonopah (Nev.), 1930-1950

Date

1930 to 1950

Description

Gamblers sit and stand near various games in the Tonopah Club. On the far side of the room is the bar, and in the center there are slot machines. The area closes to the photographer appears to be for table games. See Image 0141 0020 pho023964. Transcription with photograph: "1950s. Bartender, Tony Perchetti. Man near center post facing camera, ""Felix"" Leonard Traynor, one of the founders of Weepah (deceased). Far right man with face almost obscurred but facing camera, ""Freck"" Lydon, Sheriff. Near center post in white shirt, Bill Kendall. In dark shirt between left and center posts, ""Happy"" Hapgood, worked firehouse." Site Name: Tonopah Club

Image

Film transparency of a bar, Golden Nugget Gambling Hall, Las Vegas, circa 1940s

Date

1945 to 1949

Archival Collection

Description

An image of the bar at the Golden Nugget Gambling Hall in downtown Las Vegas.

Image

Photographic slide of a gambling house, Schurz, Mineral County, Nevada, November 28, 1958

Date

1958-11-28

Description

Written on the slide: "Gambling house in center. Schurz, Mineral County, Nevada."

Image

People gambling in Last Frontier Hotel, Las Vegas, Nevada: photographic print

Date

1900 to 1999

Description

From the UNLV Libraries Single Item Accession Photograph Collection (PH-00171)

Image

The bingo room at the Golden Nugget Gambling Hall in Las Vegas, Nevada: postcard

Date

1900 (year approximate) to 1999 (year approximate)

Description

From the UNLV Libraries Single Item Accession Photograph Collection (PH-00171)

Image

Nighttime view of the Golden Nugget Gambling Hall in Las Vegas, Nevada: postcard

Date

1900 (year approximate) to 1999 (year approximate)

Description

From the UNLV Libraries Single Item Accession Photograph Collection (PH-00171)

Image

Postcard of men in suits sitting an a dark room gambling, (Wash.), 1907

Date

1907

Description

A postcard illustrating a table of men playing poker.

Image