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Lee Cagley oral history interview
Oral history interview with Lee Cagley conducted by Stefani Evans and Claytee White on August 08, 2016 for the Building Las Vegas Oral History Project. Cagley discusses the importance of keeping the various pieces of the infrastructure of a resort invisible in order to maximize the visitor experience. He also describes the challenges the Las Vegas, Nevada resort industry finds in creating the best visitor experience for multiple generations at the same time.
Archival Collection
Steve Keener oral history interview
Oral history interview with Steve Keener conducted by David G. Schwartz on October 07, 2016 for the Slot Operations Oral History Project. Keener discusses his background in the slot positions at Tropicana Hotel, in Atlantic City and the Dover Down Hotel in Delaware. Keener also discusses the expansion of video over stepper, server-based gaming, and the increase in riverboat gaming. He also mentions the role of free play, skill-based, and 3D gaming being introduced into slot machines.
Archival Collection
Audio recording clip of interview with Jerry Eppenger by Claytee D. White, September 14, 2011
Part of an interview with Jerry Eppenger by Claytee D. White on September 14, 2011. Eppenger describes his arrest for a curfew violation while leaving work following a riot on the Westside in 1969.
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Photograph of a chef and hotel staff at the Desert Inn's first anniversary party, Las Vegas, Nevada, April 1951
Pancho Alliati, Head Maitre d' of the Painted Desert Showroom in the Desert Inn (left), stands by a buffet table with an unidentified man and an unidentified chef during the Desert Inn's first anniversary party in Las Vegas, Nevada. The table is decorated with floral arrangements and ice sculptures, including an ice sculpture bust of Desert Inn owner Wilbur Clark.
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Donn Arden scrapbook 04
Series 7: Scrapbooks. Press clippings and publicity including advertisements, magazine articles, show reviews and programs on Arden's shows at the Desert Inn, Moulin Rouge (Wonderful World), Latin Quarter and Las Vegas Lido (C'est Magnifique). Stars featured prominently include Anna Maria Alberghetti, Ffolliott Charlton, Johnnie Ray, and Roberta Sherwood. Also includes a Latin Quarter calendar.
Mixed Content
Transcript of interview with Joan Johnson by Kim Geary, March 25, 1978
On March 25, 1978, Kim Geary interviewed Joan Johnson (born 1911 in Oklahoma) in her home in Las Vegas, Nevada. The two discuss Joan Johnson’s personal history and her reasons for originally moving to Las Vegas. Johnson recalls early Las Vegas entertainment, as well as the development of businesses and their unions.
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