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[Collection of ephemera relating to Las Vegas].
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Title:

[Collection of ephemera relating to Las Vegas]

Abstract:

Peformance programs, postcards, brochures, and other printed ephemera related to Las Vegas and its casinos, hotels, and night life in the 1950s and 1960s. Includes: Programs for Le Lido de Paris and Cafe Continental Stardust; programs for Folies Bergere at the Tropicana Hotel, Jackie Barnett's "Playgirls" at Desert Inn, Hello America at Desert Inn; advertising postcards for shows of various hotels; event schedules for the Las Vegas Hacienda; Las Vegas show guides; gambling brochures; Golden Nugget Gaming Guide; restaurant and lounge promotions; brochures (for hotels and Las Vegas); panoramic postcards of hotels and motels; postcards of Fremont Hotel, Hotel Apache, Golden Nugget Hotel, Hotel New Frontier Supper Club, Old West Motor Hotel, Royal Nevada Hotel, Sahara, Sands, Showboat, and Mint hotels; postcards of casinos, including Boulder Club, Las Vegas Club, and Nevada Club; postcards of Union Pacific Railroad Depot, Joe Mackie's New Star Broiler, Sill's Drive-in Restaurant, Silver Slipper Salon, and Desert Inn Golf Course; foldout postcard booklets; postcards of Reno, Phoenix, and Yuma; coupons for various casinos and businesses; and miscellaneous ephemera.

Date:

1949 (issued)

Subject:

n-us-nv
Casinos -- Nevada -- Las Vegas
Gambling -- Nevada -- Las Vegas
Burlesque (Theater) -- Nevada -- Las Vegas
Las Vegas (Nev.) -- Pictorial works

Note:

Title devised by cataloger.
Collector unknown.

Type:

graphic
Postcards.
Programs.
Brochures.
Ephemera-Nevada-Las Vegas.
Viewbooks-Nevada-Las Vegas-20th century.

Physical Description:

photoprint
112 items in 1 box : chiefly color prints ; various sizes

Language:

English

Origin:

United States