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Smith, James F. On the Social Implications of Commericial Gambling: Is Gambling Just Another Form of Play?, Arena Review 7(3), 1983

Level of Description
File
Archival Collection
UNLV Libraries Collection of Articles on Gaming and Las Vegas, Nevada Topics
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Collection Number: MS-00626
Collection Name: UNLV Libraries Collection of Articles on Gaming and Las Vegas, Nevada Topics
Box/Folder: Box 06

Archival Component

Le Casino in Monte Carlo, Monaco: postcard

Date
1940 (year approximate) to 1990 (year approximate)
Description
From Harvey's Hotel and Casino Postcard Collection (PH-00367). Two photos on the postcard depict the interior and exterior of the casino.

Image

Showboat Hotel and Casino promotional video: video

Date
1984-05-11
Description

Footage of early Las Vegas and then shots of Showboat casino interior and exterior as voice narrates a history of the casino and describes features and amenities of the hotel. Footage of gambling floor, guests enjoying different games, the bowling center, boxing matches, entertainers, golf, tennis, and swimming pool, and buffets. Original media U-matic S, color, aspect ratio 4 x 3, frame size 720 x 486. From The Production Company Audiovisual Collection (MS-00930) -- Digitized audiovisual material file.

Moving Image

Postcard of gamblers in a casino in Las Vegas, Nevada, late 1950s-early1960s

Date
1956 to 1963
Description
Caption: "Gambling in Las Vegas." People gambling at roulette and blackjack tables in an unidentified casino. A "cigarette girl" with an Old Gold tray is seen at the center left (wearing turquoise capris).

Image

Poolside gambling at the Sands Hotel in Las Vegas, Nevada: postcard

Date
1940 (year approximate) to 1990 (year approximate)
Description
From Harvey's Hotel and Casino Postcard Collection (PH-00367)

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Four Queens Hotel and Casino: postcards

Date
1966 (year approximate) to 2000 (year approximate)
Description
Postcards of the Four Queens Hotel & Casino located in Las Vegas, Nevada.

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Unidentified persons gambling at a craps table: photographic print

Date
1969 to 1970
Description
From the UNLV Libraries Single Item Accession Photograph Collection (PH-00171)

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Dunes Hotel and Casino Records

Identifier
MS-00328
Abstract

The Dunes Hotel and Casino Records are comprised of administrative, publicity, and entertainment materials documenting the history of the Dunes Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada from the years 1954 to 1992. Included are correspondence, contracts, photographs, hotel budgets, and an early aerial photograph of the property. The material provides a significant amount of historical documentation of the hotel that was long known to tourists and residents as the "the Miracle in the Desert."

Archival Collection

Postcard of gambling scene with mice, approximately 1900s-1980s

Date
1900 to 1989
Description
A postcard illustrating a room full of mice playing poker.

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Sands Hotel casino: photographs

Date
1953 to 1968
Description

Series VIII. Sands Hotel Interior and Exterior

Sands Hotel and Casino

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