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Thrower, Benny

Debutante escort for Barbara McCants

Person

Thrower, Lewis

Father of Benny Thrower

Person

McCants, Ralph

Father of Barbara McCants

Person

Black-and-white photograph of Men's Service Club, Las Vegas, circa 1950s - 1960s

Date

1950 to 1969

Description

A group photo of the Men's Service Club, including R. E. Griffith (not specified), Al Cahlan (not specified), and Archie C. Grant (sitting at the head of the table, left, wearing black glasses), in Las Vegas, Nevada.

Image

Letter from Gabriel Rothstein (Paris, France) to the Thunderbird Hotel (Las Vegas, Nevada), September 23, 1957

Date

1957-09-23

Description

A letter from Gabriel Rothstein, an engineer in Paris, France, to the Thunderbird Hotel regarding a new roulette layout that Rothstein devised, including four registered drawing patterns.

Mixed Content

Color photograph of the front of the Thunderbird Hotel, Las Vegas, circa 1940s

Date

1940 to 1949

Archival Collection

Description

The Thunderbird Hotel in Las Vegas, Nevada with an automobile parked out front.

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Black-and-white photograph of Balinese dancer Ni Gusti Raka at the Thunderbird Hotel, Las Vegas, Nevada, circa 1952

Date

1952

Description

Ni Gusti Raka, a member of the Island of Bali Dancers, wearing traditional Legong dance costume. Raka was approximately 12 years old when this photograph was taken at the Hotel Thunderbird in Las Vegas, Nevada, where the dancers were performing. Site Name: Thunderbird Hotel (Las Vegas, Nev.)

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Booth, Willard, 1939-

Born in Collin, Mississippi in 1939, lived in Collin, Mississippi until six years old. Originally moved to Las Vegas in 1949 when he was six years old. Willard worked at the Sands Hotel and Casino as a dishwasher, at the Thunderbird Hotel and Casino as a porter, and as a construction worker for the city of Las Vegas before working as a youth leader for the Second Baptist Church.

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