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Jewelry box owned by Janice Fallman containing buttons, pins, jewelry, and other ephemera from James Fallman''s work as a bartender at the Mint, Ima and Janice Fallman's involvement with the DAR, and from Janice's time as a student at UNLV, undated
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Archival Collection
Collection Name: Fallman Family Papers
Box/Folder: Box 09
Archival Component
Aerial view of downtown Las Vegas, Nevada, The Mint Las Vegas and Fremont Hotel and Casino are in the center, captured from west side of railroad tracks along Interstate Highway 15: photographic negative and print, approximately 1960 to 1969
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Archival Collection
Collection Name: Darrell Bradford Photograph Collection
Box/Folder: Folder 01, Box SH-022
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Photographic slides of the construction process of the Las Vegas Hilton International and the original MGM Grand; and, photographic negatives and prints of the architectural drawings of the Aladdin, Circus Circus, Flamingo, Fremont, Oakland Hilton Inn, Reno Hilton, Las Vegas Hilton International, San Francisco Hilton Inn, Mint, Proposed Hotel and Casino at Fremont and Third, Sahara, Sands, Stardust, and Xanadu.
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This set includes photographic negatives, slides, and prints of: the construction process of the Las Vegas Hilton International and the original MGM Grand; and, architectural drawings of the Aladdin, Circus Circus, Flamingo, Fremont, Oakland Hilton Inn, Reno Hilton, Las Vegas Hilton International, San Francisco Hilton Inn, Mint, Proposed Hotel and Casino at Fremont and Third, Sahara, Sands, Stardust, and Xanadu.
Archival Collection
Collection Name: Martin Stern Architectural Records
Box/Folder: Box 749
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Maverick Hotel and Gambling Hall; Mt. Charleston; The Marie Antoinette; Mini Price Motor Inn; Mesquite Star or Mesquite Jacks; Monte Carlo (Downtown Las Vegas); The Mint Hotel Addition; Casino Hotel for the Nevadian; Nob Hill Casino
Level of Description
Archival Collection
Collection Name: Homer Rissman Architectural Records
Box/Folder: Box 20
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Matchbooks: Las Lenas, Argentina; Rendezvous Casino Club, London, England; Ritz Casino, London, England; Stakis Regency International Casino, Birmingham, England; Cromwells Mint Casino, London, England; Berkeley Casino Club, Edinburgh, Scotland, undated
Level of Description
Archival Collection
Collection Name: Frank F. Watts Collection of Casino Memorabilia
Box/Folder: Box 01
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Del Webb Corporation Photograph Collection
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Abstract
The Del Webb Corporation Photograph Collection (approximately 1957 to 1988) consists of black-and-white photographic prints, black-and-white oversize reprints, negatives, and color slides focusing on the Mint Hotel and Casino in downtown Las Vegas, Nevada. Images depict the construction of a twenty-six story high-rise addition to the property, its grand opening and anniversary celebrations, the Mint 400 Off-Road race festivities, interior shots of the casino floor, restaurants and lounges, and a salon. Also included are exterior images of properties on Fremont Street considered to be competitors of the Mint, advertisements and billboards, and photographs of Del E. Webb and associates.
Archival Collection
Eve O'Brien oral history interview
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Oral history interview with Eve O'Brien conducted by Bob Boughner on March 06, 1979 for the Ralph Roske Oral History Project on Early Las Vegas. In this interview, O'Brien talks about her life in early Las Vegas. She talks about her occupations, including her experiences working with casino owner Sam Boyd during the early 1950s and 1960s at the Mint Las Vegas hotel and casino.
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Series 3: Advertising and Promotional Materials, 1966-1989
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Scope and Contents
Material documents various advertising efforts and promotional schemes undertaken by Binion's Horseshoe in the late 1970s and early 1980s. One promotional event is the famous Las Vegas Mint 400 Race, an off-road race held annually in the Mojave Desert several miles outside of Las Vegas. The race was instituted in 1967 by Mint owner Del Webb and the Binions took it over after they purchased the Mint in 1988. Other events documented include a daredevil motorcycle event called Super Jump II, and a 1984 poker challenge gimmick against a computer designed by an early programmer named Mike Caro. There are also general casino advertising materials and budgets, as well as published writings on poker and press releases on poker activities and personalities.
Archival Collection
Collection Name: Binion's Horseshoe Casino Records on Poker
Box/Folder: N/A
Archival Component
Film transparency of a woman riding a horse in the Helldorado Parade on Fremont Street, Las Vegas, Nevada, May, 1957
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