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Photograph of the front of the Flamingo Hotel (Las Vegas), 1950s

Date

1950 to 1959

Description

View of the Flamingo Hotel and Casino, including a full parking lot. The Champagne Tower is seen on the right. Stamped on original: "Please credit Union Pacific Railroad Photo, Public Relations Department, 422 West 6th St., Los Angeles 14, Calif, File Print Stock, Los Angeles Neg."
Site Name: Flamingo Hotel and Casino
Address: 3555 Las Vegas Boulevard South

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Photograph of gamblers at a baccarat table in the Sahara Hotel and Casino (Las Vegas), circa 1970s

Date

1970 to 1979

Description

Gamblers at a baccarat table in the Sahara Casino. Stamp on back of photo: "Las Vegas News Bureau, Convention Center, Las Vegas, Nevada, 25655, Don English, Jim Vorrup, Jerry Abbott, Joe Buck, Gary Angell, Tony King, Milt Palmer, Wolf Wergin, Lee McDonald, Herb Herpolsheimer."
Site Name: Sahara Hotel and Casino
Address: 2535 Las Vegas Boulevard South

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Photograph of the casino interior of the Boulder Club (Las Vegas), circa 1930s

Date

1930 to 1939

Archival Collection

Description

Crowded interior view of the Boulder Club on Fremont Street. Transcribed from original: "The busy Boulder Club, at Las Vegas, Nev., has been in operation since 1929 under the original ownership. Even Faro is played here, and the club provides both bingo and a race book to take care of all tastes in gaming."
Site Name: Boulder Club
Address: 118 East Fremont Street

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Architectural drawing of Thunderbird Hotel (Las Vegas), addition to southwest wing, second floor plan, circa 1950s

Date

1950 to 1955

Description

Architectural plans for the addition of the southwest wing of the Thunderbird Hotel. "Thunderbird Hotel and Bonanza Hotel Inc." printed near lower right corner. Note: Bonanza Hotel Inc. is not related to the Bonanza Hotel and Casino which opened in 1967. Bonanza Hotel Inc. was a hotel corporation in which Marion Hicks controlled majority interest.
Site Name: Thunderbird Hotel
Address: 2755 Las Vegas Boulevard South

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Architectural drawings of the International Hotel (Las Vegas), service core plan, August 5, 1968

Date

1968-08-05

Description

Architectural plans for the International Hotel, Las Vegas, Nevada from 1968. Note included on the drawing: "This plan shows basic service core partition dimensions and slab openings for the typical tower (3rd floor to 29th floors)." Delineator was identified on the drawing as P. Berton Charles Severson, architect; Brian Walter Webb, architect.
Site Name: International Hotel
Address: 3000 Paradise Road

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Flashlight sculpture on the University of Nevada, Las Vegas campus: postcard

Date

1991

Description

Photo illustration consisting of the moon superimposed to the left of the Flashlight sculpture. From the UNLV Libraries Single Item Accession Photograph Collection (PH-00171)

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Postcard of Mizpah Hotel, Tonopah (Nev.), 1905

Date

1905

Archival Collection

Description

A postcard of the Mizpah Hotel in Tonopah, Nevada. Postcard was made by Genuine Curt Teich "C.T. Photo-Platin post card (Reg, U.S. Pat. Off) Quote on the front is from Genesis XXXI.49" Written on the front of the postcard is: "Mizpah. Go thy way and I go mine, Apart, yet not afar; Only a thin veil hangs between The pathways where we are. 'And God keep watch 'tween thee and me,' This is my prayer, He looks thy way, He looketh mine, And keeps us near. I sigh sometimes to see thy face, But since this may not be, I'll leave thee to the care of Him Who cares for thee and me. Genesis XXXI. 49. Mizpah Hotel, Tonopah, Nevada. On the Road to Boulder Dam." Site Name: Mizpah Hotel (Tonopah, Nev.)

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