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Desert Sea News Bureau

Founding Date
1947
Dissolution Date
1949

advertising agency

Photograph of men building the Sands Hotel (Las Vegas), circa 1952

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Photograph of the Sands Hotel under construction (Las Vegas), circa 1952

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Photograph of a floating craps game in the Sands Hotel swimming pool (Las Vegas), 1954

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Photograph of YESCO workers installing Vegas Vic at the Pioneer Club (Las Vegas), 1951

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An unidentified woman and Marshall Wright at dinner: black-and-white photographs

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Rex Bell and hotel officials: black-and-white photographs

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Elevator installation: black-and-white photographs

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Riviera Hotel ribbon-cutting ceremony: black-and-white photographs

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Rooftop party at the Riviera: black-and-white photographs

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Marshall Wright and a view of the Strip: black-and-white photographs

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Rooftop view of the Las Vegas strip: black-and-white photographs

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Marshall Wright, Louella Parsons, and Jimmy McHugh: black-and-white photographs

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Grace Hayes clowning around with her "soap box" as she campaigns: photographic print

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Sands media brochures, envelopes, Sands Times magazines, Sands printing block, and story boards. Includes portrait of Congressional Committee on Interstate Commerce Investigating Grand Canyon Air Disasters hearings

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Sands Hotel time capsule: photographs

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Dance teams at the Sands Hotel: photographs

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Ballerina in the desert: photographs

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Weddings at the Sands Hotel: photographs, correspondence, and publicity records

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