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The view from a bridge crossing Lamb Boulevard south of East Sahara Avenue, looking southwest, Las Vegas, Nevada: digital photograph
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Jewish Federation correspondence, meeting minutes, and other records, item 15
Adoption: "The Other Side," March 17, 1988.
Transcript of interview with Clifford Conedy by David Schwartz, June 02, 2015
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Bellagio construction: aerial photograph
From the Greg Cava Photograph Collection (PH-00399). Also visible in the photograph are the Jockey Club, Bally's, Flamingo, Harrah's, Stratosphere, Mirage, and Treasure Island.
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Benny Binion oral history interview
Oral history interview with Benny Binion conducted by an unknown interviewer circa 1975 to 1977. In this interview, Binion discusses his arrival to Las Vegas, Nevada in 1946 and his involvement with the town in the early 1950s. He discusses what motivated him to move, his involvement with the Las Vegas Club, and his decision to build The Westerner and eventually Binion’s Horseshoe on Fremont Street. He also describes what gaming was like in Las Vegas when he first arrived, and his interactions with other casinos such as the Flamingo, Eldorado Club, and Hotel Apache in 1951.
Archival Collection
Heidi and Scott Swank oral history interview
Oral history interview with Heidi and Scott Swank conducted by Claytee D. White on July 28, 2014 and October 13, 2014 for the Boyer Early Las Vegas Oral History Project. Heidi talks about forming the Nevada Preservation Foundation, her anthropological research in India, and her run for the Nevada Legislature representing Assembly District 16. The Swanks discuss the Downtown Project, the Flamingo Club, their 1956 house in the John S. Park neighborhood, and their neighbors.
Archival Collection
"Fancy That" image 016: photographic print
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Man walks dog at Sloan Trailhead marker, looking northwest, Las Vegas, Nevada: digital photograph
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Handwritten genealogy of the Mack family by Michael S. Mack, 2015
The history of the Mack family, as remembered by Michael Mack, includes the businesses each of the Mack brothers established in Las Vegas and Boulder City.
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