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Circus Circus in Las Vegas, Nevada: postcard

Date

1940 (year approximate) to 1990 (year approximate)

Description

From the Harvey's Hotel and Casino Postcard Collection (PH-00367) -- Photo from Midway at Circus Circus overlooking the slot machines on the first floor. Postcard reads, "Greetings from Las Vegas".

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Transcript of interview with Sarann Knight by Yvonne Hunter, July 16, 1975

Date

1975-07-16

Description

Interview with Sarann Knight [Preddy] conducted by Yvonne Hunter on July 16, 1975. Preddy moved to Hawthorne, Nevada, in the 1940s, becoming a business owner and president of the NAACP. Later she moved to Las Vegas, where she served as a community activist and worked as one of the first black 21-dealers.

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Eldon W. Cunningham and Arnie Cunningham oral history interview

Identifier

OH-00457

Abstract

Oral history interview with Eldon W. and Arnie Cunningham conducted by Dorothy Ritenour on November 30, 1975 for the Ralph Roske Oral History Project on Early Las Vegas. The Cunningham’s discuss Las Vegas and Henderson, Nevada during the 1950s. They also discuss prospecting, gambling, and World War II.

Archival Collection

Publicity, advertising, press releases, promotions, and events, 1955-2015

Level of Description

Series

Scope and Contents

The publicity, advertising, press releases, promotions, and events series (1955-2015) consist of publicity and promotional materials related to hotel operations and events, including casino gambling tournaments, promotional and special events, advertising for restaurants, press kits for boxing matches and photographs and photographic negatives of casino activities. Also included in this series are statues, awards, plaques, menus, ceremonial ribbon-cutting scissors, film reels, video tapes, a hard hat and an empty time capsule container.

Archival Collection

Riviera Hotel & Casino Publicity Collection and Architectural Records
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Collection Number: MS-00647
Collection Name: Riviera Hotel & Casino Publicity Collection and Architectural Records
Box/Folder: N/A

Archival Component

Slide of Fremont Street, Las Vegas, circa 1950s

Date

1950 to 1959

Description

A picture of Fremont Street at night looking northwest towards the Union Pacific Railroad station. The Golden Nugget Hotel Gambling Hall can be seen up front as well.

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Transcript of interview with Adele Baratz by Steve McClenachan, March 3-4, 1979

Date

1979-03-04

Description

Interview with Adele Baratz by Steve McClenachan on March 3 and 4, 1979. In this interview, Baratz talks about growing up in Las Vegas and her her schooling. She graduated from Las Vegas High School in 1944, and discusses the rationing that took place during World War II. She went to Maryland for nursing school and returned to Las Vegas in 1947. She describes some of the hotels and casinos, and tells the story of her father trading property for an automobile in 1935. She also recalls the building of Hoover Dam, swimming in local pools, and going to Mount Charleston in the winter. The interviewer asks her about travel between Las Vegas and California and the impact of Atlantic City on Las Vegas tourism. Baratz then talks about her nursing career and starting a re-certification program in 1974 and the different hospitals in the area.

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Mary Leo interview, February 27, 1980: transcript

Date

1980-02-27

Archival Collection

Description

On February 27, 1980, Rafael Reyes-Spindola interviewed Mary Leo (b. Mary Susanne Kaime Leo in 1949 in Santa Barbara, California) about her life growing up in the Las Vegas Valley and her varied career path. Leo, having moved to Las Vegas as a toddler, talks about what the city was like when she arrived, the landscape, schooling and local life in general. She remembers the construction of the University of Las Vegas, Nevada and the growth of the city and population. Through her anecdotes, Leo shares the local attitude towards the Strip that Las Vegans develop as a result of being raised in the city and focuses the beginning half of her interview on life outside of the Strip. The interviewer and Leo move their conversation towards her career path, beginning in a coffee shop at the Riviera Hotel & Casino, her time in the travel industry, as a Las Vegas showgirl in the famed Folies Bergere show, her return to the Riviera as the director of sales and catering, and the legacy she hopes to leave behind with her career.

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Don Perry interview, March 05, 1978: transcript

Date

1978-03-05

Archival Collection

Description

On March 5th, 1978, Karen Croteau interviewed Don Perry (b. 1928 in Clarksburg, West Virginia) about Paiute Indians and life on a reservation. Perry begins by mentioning his own Indian heritage with a Cherokee mother and his wife’s Paiute heritage. Perry focuses on his conversations with his wife’s grandmother, who lived on the Paiute reservation since birth, from who he learned about the reservations history. He particularly delves into the traditions of Indian burials, governing on the reservation, and the difference between an Indian reservation and an Indian colony. Additionally, he talks about recreation on the reservations, education of Paiute Indians, and how reservations have changed. Throughout the interview, Perry gives personal anecdotes about his life in connection to the Paiute people and his experiences with their traditions and belief systems. Perry ends by discussing governing politics of the Paiute reservation and the start of Las Vegas as a gambling town.

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