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Postcard showing the saloon in the Golden Nugget, (Las Vegas), after 1946
Photographic postcard showing the curved bar at the saloon area of the Golden Nugget. Transcribed from original: "Golden Nugget Gambling Hall, Saloon and Restaurant. 'Where Fortune Smiles.' See the old-style west in our modern world. A place of mahogany bars, crystal chandeliers, with the genuine hospitality and old-time gaiety of the Barbary Coast and the Virginia City of fifty years ago." Publishing info from original: "Art Tone 'Glo-Var' Finish - Associated Litho. Des Moines 9, Iowa."
Site Name: Golden Nugget Las Vegas
Address: 129 East Fremont Street
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UNLV Libraries Collection of Treasure Island Hotel and Casino Promotional and Publicity Materials
The UNLV Libraries Collection of Treasure Island Hotel and Casino Promotional and Publicity Materials includes press kits, press releases, promotional materials, and newspaper and magazine clippings for Treasure Island Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada, dating from 1991 to 2006.
Archival Collection
"Don't Blame It All On Broadway" by Bert Grant, 1913
Collection Name: UNLV Libraries Collection of Gambling Related Sheet Music
Box/Folder: Oversized Box 01
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"Finesse" by Bernard Maltin and Ray Doll, 1929
Collection Name: UNLV Libraries Collection of Gambling Related Sheet Music
Box/Folder: Oversized Box 01
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Restricted Griffin Investigations Alerts, SIN Flyer and SIN Reports, Stardust Casino surveillance reports, CCTV facial captures, Boyd Gaming Corporation incident information check forms, "Play Bac" report, and Hyland Team dossier, 1996 to 2003
Collection Name: Las Vegas Gambling Surveillance Collection
Box/Folder: Box 02 (Restrictions apply)
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Esther Wolverton oral history interview
Oral history interview with Esther Wolverton conducted by David Haymack on March 13, 1981 for the Ralph Roske Oral History Project on Early Las Vegas. In this interview, Wolverton discusses arriving to Las Vegas, Nevada in 1927 and recalls her first impressions of the city. She also describes experiencing the first Helldorado Parade, social life in Las Vegas, and her employment as a waitress. Later, Wolverton discusses the construction and development of McCarran Airport. Lastly, she talks about population growth in Las Vegas and the significance gaming has to the city.
Archival Collection
Otha Bolden oral history interview
Oral history interview with Otha Bolden conducted by an unknown interviewer on July 05, 1975 for the Ralph Roske Oral History Project on Early Las Vegas. Bolden discusses social and environmental changes that have taken place in Nevada over the span of twenty years. Her husband, Mr. Bolden also weighs in on the discussion, adding his personal accountant of the storm of 1964, and his views on integration and employment in Nevada.
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