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"Will the Real Champion Please Stand": article draft by Roosevelt Fitzgerald

Date
1980 (year approximate) to 1995 (year approximate)
Description

From the Roosevelt Fitzgerald Professional Papers (MS-01082) -- Drafts for the Las Vegas Sentinel Voice file. On the Runnin' Rebels seeded in first round of NCAA in Boise, Idaho.

Text

Boyd Gaming/Stardust Resort makes donation to Oklahoma City bombing victims: video, 2000 December 31 to 2001 January 01

Level of Description
File
Scope and Contents

Aerial footage from local Las Vegas, Nevada news stations of New Years Eve fireworks going off along Las Vegas Boulevard. Various songs play over the video footage; for other videos you can hear crowds cheering, fireworks erupting, and music playing in the distance. The Stardust Hotel is featured in most of the videos. Final segment is an actual newsbroadcast segment that also shows Times Square in New York City. Original media VHS, color, aspect ratio 4 x 3, frame size 720 x 486.

Archival Collection
Stardust Resort and Casino Records
To request this item in person:
Collection Number: MS-00515
Collection Name: Stardust Resort and Casino Records
Box/Folder: Digital File 00, Box 031

Archival Component

Photograph of Mayme Stocker, November 16, 1947

Date
1947-11-16
Description
Mayme Stocker at Lester Stocker's grave probably located in Las Vegas, Nevada. The inscription on the back of the image reads, "Lester's birthday, we always take flowers to the cemetery on that day. O's ashes are in Lester's grave. He is gone nearly 16 years and O's 9 this September."

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Postcard of Hoover Dam, February 1935

Date
1935-02
Description
A comparison of an image of Hoover Dam's upstream face in February 1935 to an image taken later that year, after the waters of Lake Mead had risen. The captions read "February 1935- Boulder Dam today." Boulder Dam was officially re-named Hoover Dam in 1947.

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Photograph of Symposium at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, April 19-20, 1971

Date
1971-04-19
1971-04-20
Description

Description provided with image: "Symposium held at UNLV to honor Dr. David Bruce Dill of Boulder City, research professor for Desert Research Institute. (Dr. Dill is in front row, between lady wearing striped blouse and lady in white. He is 80 years old)."

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Tourist on Las Vegas Boulevard, Las Vegas, Nevada: digital photograph

Date
2017-04-12
Description
Tourists walk along Las Vegas Boulevard across the street from the Mirage Hotel and Casino. Many sidewalks are protected from traffic lanes by physical barriers, where others are not. Moving pedestrians along the Strip safely has become a major effort over the years.

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Pedestrians along Las Vegas Strip, Las Vegas, Nevada: digital photograph

Date
2017-06-03
Description
Tourists walk along Las Vegas Boulevard near the entrance to the Miracle Mile Shops and Planet Hollywood hotel and casino. Large volumes of tourist traffic have, over the years, forced the County to think about moving and protecting pedestrians along the popular tourist destination.

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