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Publicity, advertising, press releases, promotions, and events, 1955-2015
The publicity, advertising, press releases, promotions, and events series (1955-2015) consist of publicity and promotional materials related to hotel operations and events, including casino gambling tournaments, promotional and special events, advertising for restaurants, press kits for boxing matches and photographs and photographic negatives of casino activities. Also included in this series are statues, awards, plaques, menus, ceremonial ribbon-cutting scissors, film reels, video tapes, a hard hat and an empty time capsule container.
Collection Name: Riviera Hotel & Casino Publicity Collection and Architectural Records
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Dale Everett oral history interview
Oral history interview with Dale Everett conducted by John Everett on March 07, 1980 for the Ralph Roske Oral History Project on Early Las Vegas. Everett discusses the weather, wildlife, and hunting in Las Vegas, Nevada. He also shares his views on prostitution and gambling in the city.
Archival Collection
Photograph of Fremont Street, Las Vegas, Nevada, 1930-1933
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Film transparency of a painting in the Horn Room in the Last Frontier Village (Las Vegas), circa 1950s
A painting in the Gay Nineties Bar in the Last Frontier Village at the Hotel Last Frontier. The painting depicts a gambling hall scene.
Site Name: Frontier
Address: 3120 Las Vegas Boulevard South
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Transcript of interview with Kate Hausbeck Korgan by Claytee White, February 3, 2010
Kate Hausbeck Korgan was raised and educated in Buffalo, New York. In 1995, after receiving her doctorate in sociology from University of Buffalo, her job search brought her to the University of Nevada, Las Vegas. It was a great fit and she tells of falling in love with the school, the city, and the John S Park Neighborhood. Kate retells the story of the house where she and her family reside. It's original owners were the Gambles who built the house in 1936. It was the second house built in the neighborhood and is the only inhabited adobe house in the city. The house is located on the fringe of John S. Park Neighborhood, about a block off the Strip. Though the location creates traffic that she doesn't like, it is not enough to cause her to move. She describes the newer generation of residents and the changes as the number of school aged children increased. Kate's perspective includes what she describes as the ebb and flow of the community, the beginning of First Fridays, the
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