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Underwater swimming: photographic print

Information

Creator
Creator: Las Vegas News Bureau
Date
1940 (year approximate) to 1981 (year approximate)
Description
An individual swims underwater with a gambling machine at Hotel Last Frontier. this was a public relations stunt to show that gambling is carried on everywhere, all the time, even under water. Stamped on the back of the photograph, "Las Vegas News Bureau."
Digital ID
pho030030
Physical Identifier
0168_0021
Permalink
http://n2t.net/ark:/62930/d1cz32g62
Details
Subject
Swimming pools
Swimmers
Gambling industry
Gambling
Time Period
1940s (1940 - 1949)
1950s (1950 - 1959)
1960s (1960 - 1969)
1970s (1970 - 1979)
1980s (1980 - 1989)
Place
Las Vegas
Resource Type
Image
Material Type
photographs
black-and-white photographs
photographic prints
Citation

pho030030. Hotel Last Frontier Photograph Collection, approximately 1940-1969. PH-00168. Special Collections and Archives, University Libraries, University of Nevada, Las Vegas. Las Vegas, Nevada. http://n2t.net/ark:/62930/d1cz32g62

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Copyright Not Evaluated
Digital Provenance
Digitized materials: physical originals can be viewed in Special Collections and Archives reading room
Publisher
University of Nevada, Las Vegas. Libraries
Format
image/tiff