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Photograph of Paiutes/Skoshones gambling game, Pahrump Valley, Nevada, circa 1880-1910

Date

1880 to 1910

Archival Collection

Description

Paiutes/Skoshones playing a gambling game in Pahrump Valley, Nevada.

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Film transparency of a bar, Golden Nugget Gambling Hall, Las Vegas, circa 1940s

Date

1945 to 1949

Archival Collection

Description

An image of the bar at the Golden Nugget Gambling Hall in downtown Las Vegas.

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Photographic slide of a gambling house, Schurz, Mineral County, Nevada, November 28, 1958

Date

1958-11-28

Description

Written on the slide: "Gambling house in center. Schurz, Mineral County, Nevada."

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Photograph of people gambling in the Tonopah Club, Tonopah (Nev.), 1930-1950

Date

1930 to 1950

Description

Gamblers sit and stand near various games in the Tonopah Club. On the far side of the room is the bar, and in the center there are slot machines. The area closes to the photographer appears to be for table games. See Image 0141 0020 pho023964. Transcription with photograph: "1950s. Bartender, Tony Perchetti. Man near center post facing camera, ""Felix"" Leonard Traynor, one of the founders of Weepah (deceased). Far right man with face almost obscurred but facing camera, ""Freck"" Lydon, Sheriff. Near center post in white shirt, Bill Kendall. In dark shirt between left and center posts, ""Happy"" Hapgood, worked firehouse." Site Name: Tonopah Club

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People gambling in Last Frontier Hotel, Las Vegas, Nevada: photographic print

Date

1900 to 1999

Description

From the UNLV Libraries Single Item Accession Photograph Collection (PH-00171)

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Slide of the Golden Nugget Gambling Hall marquee, Las Vegas, July 1949

Date

1949-07

Description

A picture of the Golden Nugget Gambling Hall marquee which was on the corner of Fremont and Second Street. This sign was taken down in 1984 when the hotel was going through renovations.

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Photograph of the Westerner Gambling Hall and Saloon, Las Vegas, Nevada, circa 1931-1943

Date

1931 to 1943

Archival Collection

Description

Workers on scaffolding on the exterior of the Westerner Gambling Hall and Saloon (owned by the Stockers). Next door are Kolstad's Toggery men's store and the Monte Carlo Club. A truck for the Young Electric Sign Company is parked in front of the Westerner. Site Name: Westerner Gambling Hall and Saloon (Las Vegas, Nev.)

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Photograph of men gathered in the Goldfield gambling hall, Goldfield (Nev.), 1900-1925

Archival Collection

Description

Inscription on front reads: Faro Bank 576 Goldfield Nev.

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Early gambling machines at National Automobile Museum in Reno, Nevada: photographic print

Date

1975

Description

From the Nan Doughty Photograph Collection (PH-00240)

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Slide of the Westerner Gambling House, downtown Las Vegas, circa late 1940s - 1950s

Date

1945 to 1959

Archival Collection

Description

The colored, night view of the exterior of the Westerner Gambling House located in downtown Las Vegas, Nevada. The mural attached to the front of the building depicts a western scene consisting of cowboys, Indians, and cattle. Neon signs advertising the establishment can be seen also attached to the front of the establishment, and they read: "the Westerner Gambling House; Slot Machines; Westerner Saloon; the Westerner." People and cars crowd the street below.

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