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

Information

Creator
Creator: Desert Sea News Bureau
Date
1954
Description

Guests at the Sands playing craps on a floating table in the pool. Transcribed from photo sleeve: "Floating craps table - Customers at the Sands Hotel escape the heat by gambling in the pool. About 2200 guests tried this in 1954." Stamped on original: "Desert Sea News Bureau. Las Vegas, Nevada. Photo by Don English - Dave Lees - Joe Buck."
Site Name: Sands Hotel
Address: 3355 Las Vegas Boulevard South

Digital ID
sky000264
Physical Identifier
0287:0177
Permalink
http://n2t.net/ark:/62930/d1d21rx6r
Details
Subject
Swimming pools
Gamblers
Gambling
Tables
Diving boards
People
Time Period
1950s (1950 - 1959)
Place
Las Vegas
Resource Type
Image
Material Type
photographs
photographic prints
color photographs
Digital Project
Dreaming the Skyline: Resort Architecture and the New Urban Space
Citation

sky000264. Sands Hotel Photograph Collection, 1957-2001. PH-00287. Special Collections and Archives, University Libraries, University of Nevada, Las Vegas. Las Vegas, Nevada. http://n2t.net/ark:/62930/d1d21rx6r

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Standardized Rights Statement
Copyright Not Evaluated
Digital Provenance
Digitized materials: physical originals can be viewed in Special Collections and Archives reading room
Language

English

Publisher
University of Nevada, Las Vegas. Libraries
Format
image/tiff