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Slide transparency of Frank Sinatra singing onstage at the Sands Hotel, Las Vegas, February 1963
Date
1963-02
Archival Collection
Description
Frank Sinatra performing at the Copa Room in the Sands Hotel in February 1963.
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Duncan, Ruby, 1932-
Ruby Duncan was born in Tallulah, Louisiana on June 7, 1932. Her parents passed away when Duncan was three years old and she spent the remainder of her youth living with various relatives in and around Tallulah. Duncan started work at the Ivory Plantation at an early age, only going to school part-time. She quit school to work full-time as a waitress and later a barmaid. Duncan left Tallulah for Las Vegas, Nevada in 1952 to live with her aunt near Henderson, Nevada.
Person
Rocha, Fernando, 1994-
Coming from Durango and Tijuana, Mexico, Fernando Rocha’s parents met in Los Angeles in the mid-90s. Working in the sheet metal industry, his father’s career would take them to Las Vegas during the boom of the early 2000s to the slot machine industry where they would establish their family in Sunrise Manor. Little did he know that his son would later become a corporate banker working alongside the same industry with Wells Fargo.
Person
Photograph of Danny Thomas and Jack Entratter in front of the Sands tower, Las Vegas, 1965
Date
1965
Archival Collection
Description
An image of Danny Thomas (left) and Jack Entratter (right) posing near new Sands tower while it was under construction.
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Photograph of Jack Heller and Count Basie, 1966
Date
1966
Archival Collection
Description
Black and white photograph of "Jackie and Basie." Stamped on back: Las Vegas News Bureau Las Vegas, Nevada Convention Center, 13062, Don English, Joe Buck, John Cook, Jerry Abbott, Milt Palmer, Terry Todd.
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Photograph of Nat King Cole with baseball glove cake, celebrating with Don Rickles, George Burns, Antonio Morelli, and others, no date
Date
Unknown year in the century of the 1900s
Archival Collection
Description
Black and white photograph of Nat King Cole (center) with Don Rickles, George Burns, Antonio Morelli, and others celebrating with a cake.
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