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"The Gambler" by Don Schlitz, 1978
Level of Description
Archival Collection
Collection Name: UNLV Libraries Collection of Gambling Related Sheet Music
Box/Folder: Oversized Box 01
Archival Component
"The Gamblers: An Oddity for the Piano" by Theo Bendix, 1911
Level of Description
Archival Collection
Collection Name: UNLV Libraries Collection of Gambling Related Sheet Music
Box/Folder: Oversized Box 01
Archival Component
Film transparency of a painting in the Horn Room in the Last Frontier Village (Las Vegas), circa 1950s
Date
Archival Collection
Description
A painting in the Gay Nineties Bar in the Last Frontier Village at the Hotel Last Frontier. The painting depicts a gambling hall scene.
Site Name: Frontier
Address: 3120 Las Vegas Boulevard South
Image
Photograph of Fremont Street, Las Vegas, Nevada, 1930-1933
Date
Archival Collection
Description
Image
"Hard Copy" segment about Bob Stupak: video
Date
Archival Collection
Description
News anchor reports on Stupak placing the largest legal bet in history; Vegas World and Stupak "brand" and creation of the Stratosphere Tower; Stupak guest starring in "Crime Story" episode;. Original media VHS, color, aspect ratio 4 x 3, frame size 720 x 486. From the Bob Stupak Professional Papers (MS-01016) -- Professional papers -- Audiovisual material -- Digitized audiovisual clips file.
Moving Image
Helen Manix oral history interview
Identifier
Abstract
Oral history interview with Helen Manix conducted by Sherry O’Neil on October 25, 1972 for the Ralph Roske Oral History Project on Early Las Vegas. In this interview Helen Manix shares her experiences in Boulder City, Nevada as the owner of the first department store. Manix discusses the construction of Boulder (Hoover) Dam and the growth of Las Vegas, Nevada as gambling became legal.
Archival Collection
Wexler, Sheila, 1936-
Sheila Wexler is a compulisve gambling counselor. She was born in 1936 in New York to Ida and Nathan Freeling. Sheila Wexler married Arnie Wexler in 1961, and after Arnie Wexler experienced years of compulsive gambling addiction, they both began working as compulsive gambling counselors. They have worked presented workshops and training seminars around the United States and internationally, written books, and trained other counselors on helping compulsive gamblers.
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