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Photograph of a faro card game in the Boulder Club (Las Vegas), 1953

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Date
1953-08
Description

Faro table in the Boulder Club Card Room. Transcribed from photo: "The card room at the back of the old Boulder Club where Larry Hazelwood played bridge, Jimmy Young played poker, etc. Permission to take this photo given by Jimmy Young, part owner along with Ken Houssels, Sr., Larry Hazelwood, Connie Hurley, and Mrs. Witcher. At the table left a shill from Horseshoe; right- Blackie- a Boulder Club shill; Standing behind Blackie, Boulder Club Bar manager, Ben; Standing next to Ben two regulars of the Boulder Club." Transcribed from photo sleeve: "About August, 1953"
Site Name: Boulder Club
Address: 118 East Fremont Street

Digital ID
sky000230
Physical Identifier
0203:0003
Permalink
http://n2t.net/ark:/62930/d1hx1641z
Details
Subject
Turner, Ben
Recreation rooms
Casinos
Gambling
Card games
Gamblers
People
Men
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

sky000230. Louise Meehan Photograph Collection on the Boulder Club, 1957-2001. PH-00203. Special Collections and Archives, University Libraries, University of Nevada, Las Vegas. Las Vegas, Nevada. http://n2t.net/ark:/62930/d1hx1641z

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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