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Slide of Fremont Street on New Year's Eve, Las Vegas, circa 1980s
Date
1980 to 1989
Description
A color image of people celebrating New Year's Eve on Fremont Street in downtown Las Vegas. Fireworks are visible, as are neon signs for Union Plaza, the Pioneer Club's Vegas Vic and the Sassy Sally's Vegas Vicky.
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Photographs of Staff dress up day, Culinary Union, Las Vegas (Nev.), 1990s (folder 1 of 1)
Date
1990 to 1999
Description
Arrangement note: Series IV. Internal: Social
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Photographs of AFL-CIO scholarship banquet, Culinary Union, Las Vegas (Nev.), 1990s (folder 1 of 1)
Date
1990 to 1999
Description
Arrangement note: Series IV. Internal: Social
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Photographs of Aladdin rally, Culinary Union, Las Vegas (Nev.), circa 2003 (folder 3 of 3)
Date
2002 to 2004
Description
Arrangement note: Series I. Demonstrations, Subseries I.B. Other Demonstrations and Strikes
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Photographs of Bob Kerrey presidential rally, Culinary Union, Las Vegas (Nev.), 1990 (folder 1 of 6)
Date
1990
Description
Arrangement note: Series I. Demonstrations, Subseries I.B. Other Demonstrations and Strikes
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Film transparency of the Tropicana Hotel's float entry in the Helldorado Parade, Fremont Street, Las Vegas, Nevada, May, 1957
Date
1957-05
Description
The Tropicana Hotel's float entry in the Helldorado Parade, Fremont Street, May, 1957. The float's banner reads" 8th Wonder of the World, Tropicana Girls." There are five visible platforms on the float, with eight total platforms. "Sphinx", with two showgirls, "Parthenon", with one showgirl, "Tower of Pisa", with one showgirl, and "Hanging Garden", with one showgirl. The top platform has a showgirl riding in a giant flower. There are three platforms on the far side of the float that not visible. The first one is partially visible, with two pyramids visible. The name of the platform is not visible, and the showgirl is mostly obscured. The float has just padded Joe W. Brown's Horseshoe at the corner of Fremont Street and 2nd Street, and is passing the Boulder Club, located at 118 Fremont street. The Boulder Club was in operation from 1931-1960. A sign on the Boulder Club reads ""Farmer" Page - Enjoy the Old West - Jackpots, Craps, Bar, Keno, Roulette, Twenty-One." A smaller banner reads "J. K. Houssels - "Farmer" Page - Jim Young - Larry Hezzelwood." The Hotel Apache, and the Fremont Hotel are visible in the background.
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Film transparency of the Hotel Sahara float entry in the Helldorado Parade on Fremont Street, Las Vegas, Nevada, May, 1958
Date
1958-05
Description
The Hotel Sahara float entry in the Helldorado Parade, May 1958. The float is titled "Hotel Sahara Toasts Wondrous Women." Smaller sections of the float are names "Birth of Venus" featuring a woman seated in a large clam shell that is being pulled by a large seahorse. The main portion of the float features three women seated beneath a large champagne glass, and a fourth woman seated on a large throne made of flowers. A side section of the float is titled "Joan of Arc," but the woman is obscured behind the horse sculpture she is riding. They are in front of the Boulder Club, located at 118 Fremont Street. The Boulder Club was in operation from 1931-1960. A sign on the Boulder Club reads ""Farmer" Page - Enjoy the Old West - Jackpots, Craps, Bar, Keno, Roulette, Twenty-One." They have just passed Joe W. Brown's Horseshoe Club (in operation from 1935-1958), located 128 Fremont Street at the corner of Fremont Street and 2nd Street. The Hotel Apache and the Fremont Casino are visible in the background.
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Photograph of Howard Hughes at his parade for Round the World flight, New York City, July 15, 1938
Date
1938-07-15
Description
The black and white view of Howard Hughes, Mayor La Guerdia, and Grover Whalen leaving City Hall through a parade dedicated to the completion of Hughes' Round the World flight in New York City, New York.
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Correspondence, Levi Syphus to Sadie George
Date
1929-04
Description
This folder is from the "Correspondence" file of the Sadie and Hampton George Papers (MS-00434)
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Ville de Ceara steamship, lunch menu, March 24, 1893
Date
1893-03-24
Description
Note: Handwritten menu. Includes wine list with prices. Features photograph of onshore crowd looking at a steamship in port. "Ville de Ceara" handwritten below "Paquebot." "Bresil, Plata, Côte Occidentale d'Afrique" below company name Menu insert: Wine lists Restaurant: Ville de Ceara steamship Location: France
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