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Postcard showing golfers at the Hacienda (Las Vegas), late 1950s
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Archival Collection
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Four golfers at the Hacienda Golf Course with the Hacienda Hotel in the background. Printed text on back of postcard: "Las Vegas Hacienda. The warmth of Western hospitality and the luxury of resort-hotel living are ideally blended at the Hacienda, the sparkling new addition to the colorful Las Vegas Strip. Only the Hacienda offers all rooms at $10.00 a day and nite-lited golf course with a $5,000 Hole-in-One Jackpot. For the kiddies, the Hacienda's 1/4 Midget Race Track is open daily with 1/4 midget cars available. The 3-in-1 Olympic-Size Swimming Pool is the largest hotel pool in Nevada. Also visit our Haciendas in Fresno, Bakersfield and Indio, California." Made by Security Lithograph company, San Francisco 11, Calif.
Site Name: Hacienda
Address: 3590 Las Vegas Boulevard South
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Postcard showing the Hacienda swimming pool (Las Vegas), late 1950s
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Archival Collection
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Olympic size swimming pool at the Hacienda Hotel. Printed text on back of postcard: "Las Vegas Hacienda. The warmth of Western hospitality and the luxury of resort-hotel living are ideally blended at the Hacienda, the sparkling new addition to the colorful Las Vegas Strip. Only the Hacienda offers all rooms at $10.00 a day and nite-lited golf course with a $5,000 Hole-in-One Jackpot. For the kiddies, the Hacienda's 1/4 Midget Race Track is open daily with 1/4 midget cars available. The 3-in-1 Olympic-Size Swimming Pool is the largest hotel pool in Nevada. Also visit our Haciendas in Fresno, Bakersfield and Indio, California." Made by Security Lithograph company, San Francisco 11, Calif.
Site Name: Hacienda
Address: 3590 Las Vegas Boulevard South
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Photograph of a faro card game in the Boulder Club (Las Vegas), 1953
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Archival Collection
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Faro table in the Boulder Club Card Room. Transcribed from photo: "The card room at the back of the old Boulder Club where Larry Hazelwood played bridge, Jimmy Young played poker, etc. Permission to take this photo given by Jimmy Young, part owner along with Ken Houssels, Sr., Larry Hazelwood, Connie Hurley, and Mrs. Witcher. At the table left a shill from Horseshoe; right- Blackie- a Boulder Club shill; Standing behind Blackie, Boulder Club Bar manager, Ben; Standing next to Ben two regulars of the Boulder Club." Transcribed from photo sleeve: "About August, 1953"
Site Name: Boulder Club
Address: 118 East Fremont Street
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Photograph of YESCO workers installing Vegas Vic at the Pioneer Club (Las Vegas), 1951
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Archival Collection
Description
Workers installing the now-famous Vegas Vic sign on the front of the Pioneer Club. Stamped on back of photo: "Photo by Desert Sea News Bureau. Las Vegas, Nevada." Transcribed from photo sleeve: "First Highrise Hotel -- Center of action downtown throughtout the '30s was the Apache Hotel which boasted an elevator and a nitery downstairs. The corner is now Binion's Horseshoe, but the spot has undergone many name changes from Tony Cornero's 'S.S. Rex' to the Eldorado where the mobs were fighting for control of the race wire. Bugsy Siegel's influence was first felt here in the early '40s."
Site Name: Pioneer Club
Address: 25 East Fremont Street
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Postcard showing Circus Circus Hotel and Casino (Las Vegas), 1981
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Archival Collection
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Circus Circus from the Strip in 1981. Transcribed from original: "Circus Circus -- World's most unique resort complex, midway on the Las Vegas Strip. Circus Circus Hotel/Casino and all-new Circus Circus Manor, 1,610 luxurious rooms, dazzling free circus acts... carnival midway... five dining areas... lavish casino; PLUS the 421-space Circusland RV Park. Coming in Spring 1981... swift monorail linking the Wonderful Worlds of Circus Circus. And don't forget... Circus Circus Hotel/Casino in Reno. Room Reservations: Las Vegas... 800-634-3450 or (702) 734-0410. Reno... 800-648-5010 or (702) 329-0711." Publishing info from original: "Pub. by Quality Impressions, Las Vegas, Nevada 89104. Made by Quality Impressions. Las Vegas, Nevada."
Site Name: Circus Circus Las Vegas
Address: 2880 Las Vegas Boulevard South
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Historic Building Survey Photograph Collection
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The Historic Building Survey Photograph Collection (1970s-1982) contains color and black-and-white photographic prints and contact sheets of historic buildings in Nevada. Included in the collection are photographs of various churches, fire stations, houses, schools, casinos, motels, and other buildings primarily in the Las Vegas, Nevada area. The photographs are from Dr. Ralph Roske’s History 117 course taught at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas.
Archival Collection
Union Plaza Photograph Collection
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The Union Plaza Photograph Collection, approximately 1970 to 1971, consists of photographic prints and negatives taken during the construction of the Union Plaza Hotel and Casino in downtown Las Vegas, Nevada. Images portray the construction process, the surrounding area and businesses, and the completed project.
Archival Collection
Dr. Nancy Leveque interview, July 3, 1975: transcript
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Archival Collection
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On July 3, 1975, Robin Wright interviewed Doctor Nancy Leveque (b. 1933 in Oak Park, Illinois) about her time living in Las Vegas, Nevada. The interview covers, among many wide-ranging topics, Leveque’s move to and away from Las Vegas, her career as a veterinarian, and the practice she and her then-husband built. Leveque also discusses how the city of Las Vegas has changed-environmentally and socially-, special interest groups and social activities, as well as natural phenomena. Throughout the course of the interview, Leveque provides anecdotes about prominent figures and old Las Vegas traditions, such as Helldorado.
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Meeting minutes for Consolidated Student Senate University of Nevada, Las Vegas, December 05, 1994
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Archival Collection
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