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"Muy Thai vs. Kickboxing" 2002 event at the Stardust Pavilion: video, approximately 1990 to 1999
B-roll of gaming inside the Stardust Hotel. A group of people are playing craps, and the camera focuses in on dealer's hands, guests interacting, throwing the dice. Second clip is the same group of people at a poker table; third segment is the group at a roulette wheel. Final segment of b-roll is guests sitting and playing slot machines. Original media VHS, color, aspect ratio 4 x 3, frame size 720 x 486.
Collection Name: Stardust Resort and Casino Records
Box/Folder: Digital File 00, Box 024
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B-roll footage of Boyd Gaming Corporation properties: video, 2002 March
Bob Sheridan and Duke Rufus (former fighter) are commentators for the show. Includes men's and women's matches, including: Angela Rivera vs. Gina Leathers; Rudtung vs. John Wayne Parr; Turbo vs. Melchor Menor; Manson Gibson vs. NIck Cara; Kit Cope vs. Clint Hale. Original media VHS, color, aspect ratio 4 x 3, frame size 720 x 486.
Collection Name: Stardust Resort and Casino Records
Box/Folder: Digital File 00, Box 364
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Conner, Louis Alfred, Sr., 1942-2020
Louis Alfred Conner Sr. was born September 16, 1942 to Hazel Blalark and Clarence Conner in Tallulah, Louisiana. Louis was an activist who gave tirelessly of his time and resources to his community. He was the first African American Food and Beverage Director in a Las Vegas casino. He served as a Commissioner of the Las Vegas Housing Authority, President of the North Las Vegas Chamber of Commerce, President of the Nevada Black Chamber of Commerce and a board member for the Las Vegas Boys and Girls Club.
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Apcar, Frederic, 1914-2008
Frederic Apcar transformed Las Vegas entertainment with his French style shows. Born in Paris, France on September 16, 1914, he trained in dance and became a chorus boy in “Folies Bergere.” After World War II, he formed an adagio act and performed at the “Lido de Paris.” He later expanded the production and brought it to the United States, appearing on the “Ed Sullivan Show” and in the “Folies Bergere” at the Tropicana. He then opened “Vive Les Girls” at the Dunes.
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Series 1: World Series of Poker, 1977-1989
Documents in this series include press releases and press kits, which announce the tournament and key players; proceedings, including buy-in rosters, event schedules, participation lists, and handwritten notes that document the day-by-day results of play; player's brochures, with finished designs as well as raw materials for these brochures; newspaper and magazine clippings; and display ads in both draft and finished form. Most years do not contain all different types of materials, while some years document specialty events such as the women's tournament, live telecast, or sports charity events.
Collection Name: Binion's Horseshoe Casino Records on Poker
Box/Folder: N/A
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Series 2: The Poker Hall of Fame Materials, 1976-1989
The Poker Hall of Fame was established in 1979 by the Binions to honor great poker players past and present. The first Hall of Fame inductees included five famous players and two contributors; every year thereafter one player was chosen for induction, many of them World Series regulars. Around 1986, Binion began hosting a championship game called the Poker Hall of Fame Classic in which the best players from diverse categories came together to play in celebration of the game.
The materials consist of press releases on the honorees, newspaper clippings and proceedings of the tournament, a few Hall of Fame certificates, and miscellaneous writings.
Collection Name: Binion's Horseshoe Casino Records on Poker
Box/Folder: N/A
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Epstein, Kenny, 1941-
Kenneth Epstein was born in 1941 in Chicago, Illinois. When he was 15 years old, Epstein’s family moved to Las Vegas, Nevada. Three years later, he began to work in the gaming industry. His mentor was Jackie Gaughan, then-owner of the El Cortez Hotel and Casino, whom he met in Lake Tahoe in 1956. In 1975, Epstein became Gaughan’s business partner in the operation of the El Cortez. He also helped Gaughan and his son open the Barbary Coast on the Las Vegas Strip in 1979.
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Taylor, F. Andrew
F. Andrew Taylor was born June 06, 1963 and was raised in Connecticut. He moved to New England and Georgia before arriving in Las Vegas, Nevada in 1991 at the age of 28. Armed with a degree in painting from the Swain School of Design, Taylor got a job at a Laughlin, Nevada casino as a caricature artist. After a brief stay in Laughlin and Bullhead City, Arizona, he moved to Ward I, Nevada, where his girlfriend, now wife, lived.
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Jones, Judith Lee Johnson, 1940
Judith Lee Johnson Jones was born September 13, 1940 and spent her childhood in Oklahoma and Texas. In 1958, she was one of the winners of the Houston’s Chronicle contest that added the Texas Copa Girls to perform at the Sands Hotel and Casino. For Jones, the experience was a period of fun-filled freedom, followed by relentless encouragement from others to attend college, which she reluctantly did. To her surprise, she embraced college life, took her studies seriously, and received an education degree. She also became Miss Houston.
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