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Photograph of Evel Pie sign, Las Vegas (Nev.), June 28, 2017

Date

2017-06-28
2017-08-22

Description

The Evel Pie sign sits at 508 Fremont Street in Downtown Las Vegas. Information about the sign is available in the Southern Nevada Neon Survey Data Sheet.
Site address: 508 Fremont St
Sign owner: High Horse Group
Sign details: Original construction year of the building was 1949. Previous to this property being Evel pie it house the short lived F. Pigalle fondue restaurant, and the Radio City Pizza. This 1979 Evel Knievel themed pizza restaurant and bar opened in late 2016. Their motto is Live Hard, Ride Fast, Eat Pizza. In the restaurant there is an Evel Knievel Pinball machine and a Stunt Cycle Game.
Sign condition: 5 - new sign, just over a year old
Sign form: Sign above the entrance
Sign-specific description: Above the entrance there are red channeled cursive letters Evel Pie filled with neon tubes that illuminate red at night. To the left and right of the letters there are little white wings that are plastic but are illuminated with neon tubes I behind it.
Sign - type of display: Neon
Sign - media: Steel and Plastic
Sign - non-neon treatments: Plastic for "wings" of sign
Sign environment: Located in the East Fremont District
Sign manufacturer: Diamond Head Signs
Sign - date of installation: Late 2016
Sign - artistic significance: The logo is the same font as Evel Knievels old advertisements. This font this was a close representation of his signature but more of a bubble font cursive letters rather than the flat signature that would have been done with a pen/pencil. Also the wings on the sign represent the theme since he was known for jumping such long distances that they said he would fly.
Survey - research locations: Assessor's website
Survey - research notes: Eater Vegas https://vegas.eater.com/2016/12/16/13979544/evel-knievel- evel-pie- pizza-las- vegas, Las Vegas weekly https://lasvegasweekly.com/dining/dining-news/2016/sep/28/evel- pie-fremont- east-downtown-las- vegas/
Survey - other remarks: The High Horse ownership group that owns this property is comprised of Barden Powers, Jeff Fine, Seth Schorr and Kelly Knievel.
Surveyor: Emily Fellmer
Survey - date completed: 2017-08-22
Sign keywords: Plastic; Steel; Neon; Fascia; Building-front design

Mixed Content

Gary W. Royer Collection on Gaming

Identifier

MS-00658

Abstract

The Gary W. Royer Collection on Gaming (dating from 1950 to 2009, with the bulk of the materials dating from 1970 to 1995) contains research files, legal files, reports, and manuals about gaming written and collected by Gary W. Royer. The collection includes research and regulatory files collected by Royer while he worked at the Nevada Gaming Control Board. These files primarily document the legislation and regulation of gaming in Nevada, but include information on other states in the US and some international locations. Regulatory files include statutes, codes, regulations, revenue reports, Nevada Gaming Control Board and Nevada Gaming Commission meeting minutes, and tribal-state gaming compacts. Also included are research files about casino, racetrack, and sports betting facilities that include data on organizations, monthly revenue reports, occupancy rates, management and operational control manuals, annual reports, policy and procedure manuals, and profile sheets collected for consulting purposes in Royer’s role as President of Casino Control Corporation (CCC), a private gaming consulting firm. Also included are subject and research files, vendor advertisements, catalogs, and reports; gaming industry publications; conference materials; audit guides; and a comprehensive collection of newspaper articles that document the US gaming industry in the second half of the twentieth century.

Archival Collection

Pablo Macias oral history interview: transcript

Date

2019-12-07

Description

Oral history interview with Pablo Macias conducted by Elsa Lopez, Monserrath Hernandez, and Claytee D. White on December 07, 2019 for the Latinx Voices of Southern Nevada Oral History Project. Pablo Macias was rasied in the small town of Carlin outside of Elko, Nevada. His father and mother met in Ogden, Utah where his father was working on railroad in Nevada and Utah. After finishing high school, he got a job at Elko Blacksmith Shop, where he learned to weld. After attending Northern Nevada Community College, he enrolled and graduated from UNR. After graduation, he took a position at Von Tobel Middle School in 1990 teaching Spanish and Physical Education. While working as a Spanish teacher in Rancho High School he enrolled in a Master's program at Nova Southeastern University, completing the program in education administration. He currently serves as the Associate Director of Corporate Work Study Program Operations for Cristo Rey St. Viator College Preparatory High School. Subjects discussed include: Education, Rancho High School, Von Tobel Middle School, Barrick Mining, and Cristo Rey.

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Cherina Kleven oral history interview: transcript

Date

2021-06-09

Description

Oral history interview with Cherina Kleven conducted by Cecilia Winchell on June 9, 2021 for Reflections: The Las Vegas Asian American and Pacific Islander Oral History Project. Cherina Kleven talks about her family and childhood growing up in Taiwan amongst six siblings. She shares her family's history and how they immigrated to Las Vegas while she was a teen, as well as her employment history and how she met her husband. Cherina talks about racial and gender discrimination and the obstacles she has overcome to be the only working female in her family, the only woman firefighter at her station house, and the first female Asian American Assistant Fire Chief in the United States.

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Photograph of a decorated wagon at Tonopah Railroad Carnival, Tonopah (Nev.), early 1900s

Description

Caption: Miners Drugstore Float Tonopah R.R. Carnival

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Photograph of Tonopah Railroad Carnival marching band, Tonopah (Nev.), early 1900s

Date

unspecified year in 190X

Description

Photograph of Tonopah Railroad Carnival marching band, Tonopah (Nev.), early 1900s

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Photograph of advertisements on ore wagons at Tonopah Railroad Carnival, Tonopah (Nev.), early 1900s

Date

unspecified year in 190X

Description

Photograph of advertisements on ore wagons at Tonopah Railroad Carnival, Tonopah (Nev.), early 1900s

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Photograph of Fraternal Order of Eagles Aerie Float at Tonopah Railroad Carnival, Tonopah (Nev.), early 1900s

Date

unspecified year in 190X

Description

Photograph of Fraternal Order of Eagles Aerie Float at Tonopah Railroad Carnival, Tonopah (Nev.), early 1900s

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Photograph of Queen and Court of Tonopah Railroad Carnival, Tonopah (Nev.), early 1900s

Date

1904-07-25

Description

[Miss Belle Pepper was crowned]
Caption: Queen of Tonopah R.R. Carnival

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