From the Mint Hotel Photograph Collection (PH-00235) -- Playing games at Las Vegas Mint, visitors to Del Webb's Mint Hotel in downtown Las Vegas are taught free the winning fundamentals of craps, roulette, and "21" in the Mint's unique gaming school. The 25 minute, full- color film presentation is designed to encourage participation by providing sufficient knowledge of the games. Here, students participate in "craps" after learning the fundamentals on film. "JUL 9 1969" stamp on back of photo.
The collection is comprised of drawings (1950-1990) completed by American architect Martin Stern and/or his architectural firm, Martin Stern Jr., AIA Architect and Associates, and contains 400 cubic feet of materials including 710 drawings from over 300 different projects involving over 100 buildings. Stern’s work focused on the resort centers of Las Vegas, Nevada; Reno, Nevada; Lake Tahoe, Stateline, Nevada; and Atlantic City, New Jersey. The materials feature hand-drawn architectural drawings, ranging from pencil and ink on tracing paper preliminary sketches to ink on Mylar (TM) construction documents, and a number of artist’s renderings, used for presentations and promotional materials. The drawings also contain work from a number of consultants, engineers, and other architects who collaborated on the development of the various projects. The collection includes architectural drawings for: hotels, casinos, integrated casino resorts, office towers, multi-family residential developments, and custom single-family homes.
Downtown Las Vegas - Mint Motel and Hotel Fremont. (1970s?) Looks like a parade to kick off the annual Mint 400, an off-road race sponsored by the Mint.