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Photograph of Wilbur Clark's birthday party, Las Vegas, December 27, 1956
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1956-12-27
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Wilbur Clark, left, with guests at his birthday party held in Las Vegas, Nevada. The two guests include Sid Bliss, center, and Merv Adelson, right.
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Photograph of Valda Boyne Esau with others at the opening of Stardust Golf Course, Las Vegas, 1961
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1961
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Black and white image of (L-R): Tommy McDonald, Merv Adelson, Gaby Whitaker, Irwin Molasky, Valda Boyne Esau, and Howard Capps burying a time capsule at the opening of Stardust Golf Course.
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Adelson, Merv
Mervyn L. "Merv" Adelson (1929- ) is a co-founder of Lorimar Telepictures Corporation and a former Las Vegas, Nevada real estate developer. Adelson founded Paradise Development Company with Moe Dalitz, Irwin Molasky, and Allard Roen in Las Vegas in 1951. The partners built Sunrise Hospital, Boulevard Mall, residential neighborhoods, and several buildings for the University of Nevada, Las Vegas. When Adelson's father died of cancer in 1978, he and Molasky decided to build Nathan Adelson Hospice in his honor.
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