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Photograph of Dean Martin and Frank Sinatra, Sands Hotel Copa Room, Las Vegas, January 22, 1964
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Archival Collection
Description
Dean Martin and Frank Sinatra onstage in the Sands Copa Room, Jan. 22, 1964 (Martin's opening night).
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Barr Smith oral history interview
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Oral history interview with Barr Smith conducted by Melvin Smail on February 22, 1980 for the Ralph Roske Oral History Project on Early Las Vegas. In this interview, Smith discusses his personal history and the history of Las Vegas, Nevada. Smith discusses working at the Basic Magnesium plant, playing high stakes poker games with prominent gamblers like "Nick the Greek," and the casinos built on the early Las Vegas Strip. Smith also describes how Las Vegas has changed, the different forms of gambling and gaming available in the city, and life in 1940s Las Vegas.
Archival Collection
Ashley Hall oral history interview
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Oral history interview with Ashley Hall conducted by Claytee D. White on September 2, 2015 and September 22, 2015 for the Building Las Vegas Oral History Project. Hall discusses being the city manager of Las Vegas, Nevada during the early portion of the development of Summerlin, Nevada by the Hughes Corporation. He also discusses his earlier life before politics, pertaining to Nevada Trench Safety.
Archival Collection
Video, News 13 segment on the growth of Jewish population in Las Vegas, March 22, 1999
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Archival Collection
Description
Segment from News 13 on the Jewish community in Las Vegas and Henderson, Nevada.
Moving Image
Photographs of Las Vegas Senior Lifeline Senior Prom at Caesars Palace, April 22, 2006
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Archival Collection
Description
Photographs of the Senior Lifeline Senior Prom.
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Lillian Whalen oral history interviews
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Oral history interviews with Lillian Whalen conducted by Laura Bell on September 21, 1974 and November 22, 1974 for the Ralph Roske Oral History Project on Early Las Vegas. In this interview, Whalen discusses her personal history in Boulder City, Nevada since the 1930s. Whalen then describes social life, the increase of local businesses, and the overall growth of Boulder City.
Archival Collection
Architectural drawing of Sahara Hotel Convention Center (Las Vegas), ground and pavilion floor plan, March 22, 1967
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Archival Collection
Description
Architectural plans for the Sahara Hotel Convention Center from 1967. Includes revisions, notes, and banquet room capacities. Printed on mylar. Berton Charles Severson, architect; Brian Walter Webb, architect; Masyoshi Tokubo, delineator.
Site Name: Sahara Hotel and Casino
Address: 2535 Las Vegas Boulevard South
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Las Vegas, Nevada Rotary scholarship winners with Rotarian Dave Wells, Las Vegas, Nevada, 1976 September 22
Level of Description
Archival Collection
Collection Name: North Las Vegas Library Photograph Collection on North Las Vegas, Nevada
Box/Folder: Folder 15
Archival Component
