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Breck Wall, Nancy Austin, Bill Fanning and the cast of "Bottoms Up '67" Revue, Las Vegas, Nevada: photographic print

Date

1960 (year approximate) to 1980 (year approximate)

Archival Collection

Breck Wall Photograph Collection

Description

From the Breck Wall Photograph Collection (PH-00344) -- Cast members of "Bottoms Up '67" revue, posed in front of marquee advertising the show. (Circus-Circus Hotel) . Breck Wall (sixth from left), Nancy Austin (center / sixth from right), Bill Fanning (fifth from right).

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Dromant Foutainbleau Hotel and Casino Half Built, Las Vegas, Nevada: digital photograph

Date

2016-01-30

Archival Collection

UNLV University Libraries Photographs of the Development of the Las Vegas Valley, Nevada

Description

The dormant Fontainebleau Las Vegas, as seen behind the Circus Circus Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas. The Fontainebleau was announced as the Las Vegas version of a classic Miami Beach hotel. Construction started in 2007, and stopped in 2009. In November of that year, financier Carl Ichan purchased the unfinished Fontainebleau out of bankruptcy. The following year, he sold off the fittings and furnishings purchased for the hotel. In late 2015, the Fontainebleau was listed as being for sale.

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Aerial photograph of the Las Vegas Strip, circa mid 1970s

Date

1974 to 1978

Archival Collection

Florence Lee Jones Cahlan Photographs

Description

Aerial view of the Las Vegas Strip, looking north from the former MGM Grand, since renamed Bally's. Also shown is the former Dunes Hotel, where Bellagio now stands, as well as Caesars Palace, the Flamingo, the Sands, the Frontier, Circus Circus, the Las Vegas Hilton. In the distance is Downtown Las Vegas.
Site Name: Las Vegas Strip
Address: Las Vegas Boulevard, Las Vegas, NV

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Dromant Foutainbleau Hotel and Casino Half Built, Las Vegas, Nevada: digital photograph

Date

2016-01-30

Archival Collection

UNLV University Libraries Photographs of the Development of the Las Vegas Valley, Nevada

Description

The dormant Fontainebleau Las Vegas, as seen behind the Circus Circus Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas. The Fontainebleau was announced as the Las Vegas version of a classic Miami Beach hotel. Construction started in 2007, and stopped in 2009. In November of that year, financier Carl Ichan purchased the unfinished Fontainebleau out of bankruptcy. The following year, he sold off the fittings and furnishings purchased for the hotel. In late 2015, the Fontainebleau was listed as being for sale.

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Photograph of David and Heidi Straus, Las Vegas (Nev.), July 14, 2016

Date

2016-07-14

Archival Collection

UNLV University Libraries Photographs of the Jewish Community of Southern Nevada

Description

David and Heidi Straus pose in the "House of Straus," at 409 Rosemary Lane in Las Vegas. David's mother, Joyce Straus, was a prominent Las Vegas artist, whose eclectic style and commitment to art education made her home/art studio a local feature. Heidi's father Jay Sarno, founded Caesars Palace and Circus Circus. The couple are hoping to continue Joyce's legacy through the Joyce Straus Foundation.

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Photograph of David and Heidi Straus, Las Vegas (Nev.), July 14, 2016

Date

2016-07-14

Archival Collection

UNLV University Libraries Photographs of the Jewish Community of Southern Nevada

Description

David and Heidi Straus pose in the "House of Straus," at 409 Rosemary Lane in Las Vegas. David's mother, Joyce Straus, was a prominent Las Vegas artist, whose eclectic style and commitment to art education made her home/art studio a local feature. Heidi's father Jay Sarno, founded Caesars Palace and Circus Circus. The couple are hoping to continue Joyce's legacy through the Joyce Straus Foundation.

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Barnum & Bailey Circus, San Francisco, California: panoramic photographs

Date

1981-09-05 to 1981-09-06

Archival Collection

Bob Paluzzi Panoramic Photographs

Description

From the Bob Paluzzi Panoramic Photographs

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Photograph of Jay Sarno at a Circus Saints and Sinners Club event, 1968

Date

1968

Archival Collection

Jay Sarno Photograph Collection

Description

Jay Sarno (right) with an unidentified man at a Circus Saints and Sinners Club event, probably in Las Vegas, Nevada. Sarno has a mock noose around his neck and is wearing a costume centurion's helmet. The other man holds up a toilet seat framing Sarno's portrait. The Circus Saints and Sinners Club of America is a national charitable organization.

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