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Photograph of float in Helldorado Parade, Las Vegas (Nev.), circa 1948

Date

1948 to 1949

Description

Crowds watch in anticipation and excitement as women pass by and wave on an unidentified float during the Helldorado Parade. This float is in front of the Westerner Gambling Hall on Fremont Street in 1948 or 1949. Site Name: Westerner Gambling Hall and Saloon (Las Vegas, Nev.) Street Address: 23 Fremont Street

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Film transparency the entrance to the Last Frontier Village (Las Vegas), circa 1950s

Date

1950 to 1959

Archival Collection

Description

Scale locomotive engine and carriages at the entrance to the Last Frontier Village. The Golden Slipper Gambling Hall is seen in the foreground. The gambling hall was named the Golden Slipper prior to its being named the Silver Slipper.
Site Name: Frontier
Address: 3120 Las Vegas Boulevard South

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Photograph of an unidentified float in the Helldorado Parade, Las Vegas, (Nev.), circa 1948

Date

1948 to 1949

Description

Women in costume pose on an unidentified float as crowds gather and watch during the Helldorado Parade . The float drives down Fremont Street and passes the Westerner Gambling Hall in 1948 or 1949. Site Name: Westerner Gambling Hall and Saloon (Las Vegas, Nev.) Street Address: 23 Fremont Street

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Benedict Family Papers

Identifier

MS-00821

Abstract

The Benedict Family Papers materials date from roughly 1905-1998 and are comprised of correspondence and letters (1969-1971) written to Howard Hughes by the public. The collection also contains correspondence written to Robert Maheu, former chief executive of Nevada operations for Howard Hughes. The collection also includes a variety of casino and gambling related product catalogs, gaming guides for Las Vegas casinos, and of research papers and reports primarily relating to sports betting and cheating.

Archival Collection

Harrah’s Entertainment Corporate Archives

Identifier

MS-00460

Abstract

The Harrah’s Entertainment Corporate Archives (dating from 1811 to 2004 with the bulk of the materials dating from 1940 to 2000) contain the promotional and corporate files of Harrah’s Entertainment Inc. and its predecessors, as well as Bill Harrah’s personal papers and card game collection. The materials were compiled and developed as a corporate archive by Harrah's Entertainment, Inc.’s Corporate Communications Department. The collection is primarily comprised of casino and employee periodicals, reports, manuals, promotional files, ephemera, and newspaper articles that document Bill Harrah’s casinos in Reno, Nevada and Lake Tahoe as well as Harrah’s Inc., Holiday Inns, Inc., Holiday Corporation, the Promus Companies, and Harrah’s Entertainment, Inc. Also included are photographs that document the construction of Harrah’s properties, business operations, the people who worked and performed at Harrah’s properties, and Bill Harrah’s automobile collection. The collection also contains Bill Harrah’s collection of playing cards and card games. Also included are photographs of the Harrah family.

Archival Collection