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Guide to the Sands Hotel Photograph Collection

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University of Nevada, . University Libraries. Special Collections and Archives. Box 457010 4505 S. Maryland Parkway Las Vegas, Nevada 89154-7010 [email protected] Guide to the Sands Hotel Photograph Collection

Table of Contents

Summary Information ...... 3 Historical Note ...... 3 Scope and Contents Note ...... 4 Arrangement ...... 4 Administrative Information ...... 5 Related Materials ...... 5 Names and Subjects ...... 6 Collection Inventory ...... 6 Entertainer photographs ...... 6 Copa Girls photographs ...... 17 Event photographs ...... 22 amenities photographs ...... 33 Sands Hotel and Casino staff and buildings photographs ...... 38

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Summary Information

Repository: University of Nevada, Las Vegas. University Libraries. Special Collections and Archives. Creator: Sands Hotel & Casino (Las Vegas, Nev) Contributor: Sidney, George, 1916-2002 Title: Sands Hotel Photograph Collection ID: PH-00287 Date [inclusive]: 1950-1980 Physical Description: 11.2 Linear Feet (27 hanging folders, 1 shared box of negatives, 2 boxes, 2 oversized boxes, 1 shared binder of slides, and 2 flat files) Language of the English Material: Abstract: The Sands Hotel Photograph Collection depicts entertainers, celebrities, events, amenities, and staff at the Sands Hotel in Las Vegas, Nevada from 1950 to 1980. The photographs primarily depict entertainers like Frank , , and the Copa Girls performing in the , the showroom of the Sands Hotel. The photographs also depict patrons gambling, events held in the Sands Hotel's ballrooms, banquets, the pool, rooms in the hotel, as well as , the hotel's director of entertainment. Preferred Citation Sands Hotel Photograph Collection, 1950-1980. PH-00287. Special Collections and Archives, University Libraries, University of Nevada, Las Vegas. Las Vegas, Nevada.

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Historical Note

The Sands Hotel opened in Las Vegas, Nevada in December 1952. A controversial group of investors fronted by gambler and oilman Jake Freedman and boss Jack Entratter built what was considered at the time one of the world's most lavish hotels and a showcase Las Vegas resort. Freedman purchased the land itself for $15,000 and spent $600,000 on the construction. The Sands was designed by Googie architect Wayne McAllister. The combination of Entratter's connections in the entertainment world (from his days at the Club in New York) with the hotel's lavish spending on entertainment assured the Sands a preeminent place in show business for top-name entertainers and shows. In the Sands' famous Copa Room, ,

- Page 3- Guide to the Sands Hotel Photograph Collection Dean Martin, and Sammy Davis Jr. performed in the and surrounded by legions of glamorous Copa Girls in beautiful costumes. After the death of Jake Freedman in 1958, Entratter and , the casino boss, took over the hotel as President and Vice-President. The original hotel was a series of low-rise structures. In 1963 construction of the 15-story circular tower began, part of an overall expansion and renovation as a major convention facility. acquired the hotel in 1967 from Entratter and Cohen for $23 million and planned a "new Sands," a huge 400 room resort, which he never built. -based Inns of the Americas, Inc. purchased the Sands from Hughes' in 1981 and re-opened the "new Sands" in January 1982, with a totally renovated 30,000 square foot casino, twice the size of the original. Kirk Kerkorian's MGM Grand, Inc. owned the hotel briefly in 1988, but quickly sold it to , chairman of the Interface Group, for $110 million. Adelson, a producer of trade shows, built a 575,000-square foot convention facility, the and Convention Center which opened in 1990. Further expansion, including a new high-rise tower, was planned but never realized. The hotel was officially closed on June 30, 1996. that year, scenes from the "Con Air" were filmed at the property, with a plane crashing into the casino of the famed Sands Tower. On November 26, 1996, the legendary hotel was imploded and Adelson announced plans to build a Venetianthemed hotel/casino on the site. Source: Burbank, Jeff. "Sands Hotel," Online Nevada Encyclopedia. January 18, 2019. http:// www.onlinenevada.org/articles/sands-hotel

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Scope and Contents Note

The Sands Hotel Photograph Collection depicts entertainers, celebrities, events, amenities, and staff at the Sands Hotel in Las Vegas, Nevada from 1950 to 1980. The photographs primarily depict entertainers like Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin, and the Copa Girls performing in the Copa Room, the showroom of the Sands Hotel. Included are prints of the taken by film director George Sidney. The photographs also depict patrons gambling, events held in the Sands Hotel's ballrooms, banquets, pool, rooms in the hotel, as well as Jack Entratter, the hotel's director of entertainment.

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Arrangement

Materials are arranged into five series: Series I. Entertainer photographs, 1950-1970; - Page 4- Guide to the Sands Hotel Photograph Collection

Series II. Copa Girls photographs, 1950-1970; Series III. Event photographs, 1950-1980; Series IV. Sands Hotel and Casino amenities photographs, 1950-1969; Series V. Sands Hotel and Casino staff and buildings photographs, 1950-1969.

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Administrative Information

Access Note Collection is open for research. Portions of this collection have been digitized and are available online. Publication Rights Materials in this collection may be protected by copyrights and other rights. See Reproductions and Use on the UNLV Special Collections and Archives website for more information about reproductions and permissions to publish. Acquisition Note Materials were donated in 2000 by the Public Relations Department of the Sands Hotel; accession number 2000-12. Processing Note Materials were processed by Special Collections staff. In 2015, as part of a legacy finding aid conversion project, Lindsay Oden wrote the collection description in compliance with current professional standards.

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Related Materials

Related Collections The following resources may provide additional information related to the materials in this collection: Sands Hotel Public Relations Records, 1952-1977. MS-00417. Special Collections and Archives, University Libraries, University of Nevada, Las Vegas. Las Vegas, Nevada. Las Vegas, Nevada Strip Hotel Labor Relations Collection, 1963-2008. MS-00659. Special Collections and Archives, University Libraries, University of Nevada, Las Vegas. Las Vegas, Nevada.

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Carolyn Merriam Collection on the Sands Hotel, 1950s-1996. MS-00673. Special Collections and Archives, University Libraries, University of Nevada, Las Vegas. Las Vegas, Nevada. Photograph Collection, 1932-1964. PH-00365. Special Collections and Archives, University Libraries, University of Nevada, Las Vegas. Las Vegas, Nevada.

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Names and Subjects

• Photographs • Las Vegas (Nev.) • Casinos • Hotels • Entertainment • Entratter, Jack, 1914-1971 • Sinatra, Frank • Martin, Dean

Collection Inventory

Entertainer photographs, 1950 to 1970 Physical Description: 8.2 Linear Feet (19 hanging folders, 4 oversized boxes, 1 flat file, 1 shared box of negatives, and 1 shared binder of slides) Scope and Contents Note: Materials depict entertainers at the Sands Hotel in Las Vegas, Nevada from 1950 to 1970. The photographs primarily depict the Rat Pack, which was composed of Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin, Sammy Davis Jr., , and . The photographs also depict Sands entertainment director Jack Entratter, , , , and other entertainers performing at the Sands Hotel.

Arrangement: Materials remain in original order.

Title/Description Containers Lena Horne performing in the showroom at the Sands Hotel, (0287_0005) (view folder 01 online)

Lena Horne performing in the showroom at the Sands Hotel, (0287_0006) (view folder 01 online)

Judy Garland, Dean Martin, and Frank Sinatra, 1958 (0007) folder 01

Dean Martin, Frank Sinatra, and Jack Entratter, (0008) folder 01

Jack Entratter, Dean Martin, Frank Sinatra, and Joey Bishop, (0009) folder 01

Frank Sinatra and Jack Entratter, (0010) folder 01

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Joey Bishop, Frank Sinatra, and Dean Martin, (0011) folder 01

Frank Sinatra and Dean Martin, undated (0012) folder 01

Joey Bishop, Frank Sinatra, and Dean Martin, undated (0013) folder 01

Joey Bishop, Frank Sinatra, and Dean Martin, undated (0014) folder 01

Jack Entratter, Frank Sinatra, and Joey Bishop, undated (0015) folder 01

Dean Martin, Frank Sinatra, and Jack Entratter, undated (0016) folder 01

Dean Martin and performing, (0017) folder 01

Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis onstage, Sands Copa Room, (0018) folder 01

Jack Entratter and Dean Martin, 1959 December (0019) folder 01

Dean Martin, , and backstage at Martin's solo folder 01 opening at the Copa Room, 1957 March 06 (0020)

Dean Martin's opening at the Sands Copa Room; Jack Entratter, Jack Benny, and folder 01 Debbie Reynolds seated at stage side, 1957 March 06 (0021)

Dean Martin's opening at the Sands Copa Room; Jack Entratter, Jack Benny, folder 01 Debbie Reynolds, , and seated at stage side, 1957 March 06 (0022)

Dean Martin and Frank Sinatra onstage, Sands Copa Room, 1964 January 22 folder 01 (0023)

Dean Martin and Frank Sinatra onstage, Sands Copa Room, 1964 January 22 folder 01 (0024)

Sands Hotel marquee: "Dino, Closing Tonight", 1964 July (0025) folder 01

Sammy Davis Jr. and Dean Martin onstage, Sands Copa Room, 1963 (0026) folder 02

Jack Entratter and Sammy Davis Jr., (0028) folder 02

Dean Martin, Sammy Davis Jr. and Frank Sinatra onstage, Sands Copa Room, folder 02 (0029)

Sammy Davis Jr. and Dean Martin, (0030) folder 02

Sammy Davis Jr. dancing on his birthday, 1966 May 18 (0031) folder 02

Jack Entratter, Lauren "Betty" Bacall, Frank Sinatra, and , undated folder 02 (0038)

Frank Sinatra with Copa Girls in the Lounge at the Sands Hotel and Casino, 1957 folder 02 (0039)

Nancy Sinatra and Frank Sinatra at "Frank with ", folder 02 1964 November (0040)

Frank Sinatra with actress during the filming of "Ocean's folder 02 Eleven" at the Sands Casino, 1960 (0041)

Frank Sinatra dealing baccarat in the Sands Casino, 1959 November (0042) folder 02

Negative: Frank Sinatra performing, 1960 (0045) - Page 7- Guide to the Sands Hotel Photograph Collection

box SH-031

Negative: Frank Sinatra performing, 1960 (0046) box SH-031

Negative: Dean Martin performing in the Copa Room showroom at the Sands box Hotel and Casino, undated (0047) SH-031

"Rat Pack" onstage, Sands Hotel: Dean Martin, Sammy Davis Jr., Peter Lawford, folder 02 Frank Sinatra, and Joey Bishop, undated (0049)

"Rat Pack" onstage, Sands Hotel: Dean Martin, Sammy Davis Jr., Peter Lawford, folder 02 Frank Sinatra, and Joey Bishop, undated (0050)

Peter Lawford performing at the Sands; Eddie Fisher, , Dean folder 03 Martin and wife Jeanne Martin seated in front of stage, undated (0055)

Celebrities seated in Sands Copa Room: Jack Entratter standing behind table, Yul folder 03 Brynner, Edward G. Robinson, Richard Conte, , Tommy Sands, and , 1964 December (0287_0056) (view online)

Kim Novak and Jake Freedman at a roulette table at the Sands Hotel, folder 03 (0287_0060) (view online)

Joey Bishop serving drinks to Dean Martin and Frank Sinatra, 1966 April (0061) folder 03

Peter Lawford and Sammy Davis Jr. dancing onstage during the Four Chaplains folder 03 Benefit at the Las Vegas, Nevada Convention Center, 1960 February 07 (0063)

Sammy Davis Jr., Joey Bishop, Peter Lawford, and Dean Martin onstage during folder 03 the Four Chaplains Benefit at the Las Vegas, Nevada Convention Center, 1960 February 07 (0064)

Freddie Bell and his Bell Boys performing at the Queen Bar and Cocktail Lounge folder 04 in the Sands Hotel and Casino, (0287_0083a) (view online)

Jazz musician Jonah Jones and his musical group performing for guests at the flat file Sands Casino, (0287_0142) (view online) 01

Sammy Davis Jr. performing onstage for an audience in the Copa Room flat file showroom at the Sands Hotel, (0287_0148) (view online) 01

Sammy Davis Jr. performing onstage for an audience in the Copa Room flat file showroom at the Sands Hotel, (0287_0149) (view online) 01

Singers and Eydie Gormé performing in the Copa Room, 1963 folder 06 (0287_0151) (view online)

Tony Curtis, Wilbur Clark, and Leigh, undated (0153) (view online) folder 06

Bob Hope and Walter Winchell with Wilbur Clark at a golf tournament at the folder 06 Golf Course, undated (0154a)

Peter Lawford, Frank Sinatra, Sammy Davis Jr., Joey Bishop, and Dean Martin flat file at the Four Chaplains Benefit at the Las Vegas, Nevada Convention Center, 1960 01 February 07 (0182)

Dean Martin, Frank Sinatra, Sammy Davis Jr., and Joey Bishop at the Sands flat file Copa Room, 1961 (0183) 01

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Frank Sinatra and Dean Martin wearing U.S. Cavalry uniforms on the set of the flat file second Rat Pack film, "Sergeants 3," filmed in , 1961 (0184) 01

Dean Martin, Sammy Davis Jr., and Frank Sinatra onstage, (0185) folder 07

Dean Martin, Frank Sinatra, Joey Bishop, Sammy Davis Jr., Peter Lawford, folder 07 Richard Conte, , and onstage, 1960 (0186)

Peter Lawford, Sammy Davis Jr., Dean Martin, and Frank Sinatra on the set of folder 07 "Sergeants 3", 1961 (0187)

Dean Martin in his dressing room at the Sands with Jack Entratter and others, folder 07 1957 March 06 (0188)

Jack Entratter and Dean Martin, 1957 March 06 (0189) folder 07

Dean Martin rehearses with two dancers for his nightclub debut as a solo act at folder 07 the Sands Hotel, 1957 March 06 (0190)

Dean Martin onstage in the Copa Room, 1957 March 06 (0191) folder 08

Dean Martin onstage in the Copa Room, 1957 March 06 (0192) folder 08

Dean Martin onstage in the Copa Room and Jack Benny standing in the audience, folder 08 1957 March 06 (0193)

Dean Martin onstage in the Copa Room and standing in the folder 08 audience, 1957 March 06 (0194)

Dean Martin onstage in the Copa Room and standing in the folder 08 audience, 1957 March 06 (0195)

Dean Martin in the Sands Hotel lobby, undated (0196) folder 08

Dean Martin onstage in the Copa Room, undated (0197) folder 08

Dean Martin onstage in the Copa Room, undated (0198) folder 08

Dean Martin on a motorcycle with Las Vegas, Nevada police officers, undated folder 08 (0200)

Showgirl posing in front of the Sands Hotel marquee, 1965 (0201) folder 08

Dean Martin and Frank Sinatra onstage, Sands Copa Room, 1961 (0202) flat file 01

Dean Martin's opening night with Frank Sinatra at the Copa Room showroom in folder 08 the Sands Hotel and Casino, 1964 January 22 (0287_0203) (view online)

Dean Martin's opening night at the Sands with Frank Sinatra, 1964 January 22 folder 08 (0204)

Dean Martin, Joey Bishop, and Frank Sinatra onstage in the Copa Room, 1966 folder 08 April (0205)

Dean Martin on opening night at the Copa Room with Frank Sinatra, 1964 folder 08 January 22 (0206)

Dean Martin and Frank Sinatra onstage, Sands Copa Room, 1967 (0207) folder 08

Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin, and Joey Bishop onstage, Sands Copa Room, 1966 folder 08 April (0208) - Page 9- Guide to the Sands Hotel Photograph Collection

Dean Martin and Frank Sinatra onstage, Sands Copa Room, 1962 (0209) folder 08

Frank Sinatra performing in the Sands Copa Room, 1966 April (0210) folder 08

Sammy Davis Jr. performing onstage for an audience in the Copa Room folder 08 showroom at the Sands Hotel, 1966 April (0211)

Joey Bishop at the Sands "Summit Meeting", 1966 April (0212) folder 08

Joey Bishop, Frank Sinatra, and Sammy Davis Jr. onstage at the Sands, 1966 folder 08 April (0213)

Dean Martin, Joey Bishop, and Frank "Summit Meeting", folder 08 1966 April (0214)

Dean Martin, Joey Bishop, and Frank Sinatra at the Sands "Summit Meeting", folder 08 1966 April (0215)

Frank Sinatra and Joey Bishop at Sands Hotel Copa Room, 1966 April (0216) folder 09

Frank Sinatra performing at the Sands Hotel, 1964 (0217) folder 09

Dean Martin in U.S. Cavalry uniform on the set of "Sergeants 3", 1961 (0218) flat file 01

Portrait: Dean Martin, (0219) flat file 01

Jack Entratter and Dean Martin at a rehearsal, 1959 December (0220) flat file 01

Dean Martin's opening night as a single act at the Sands Copa Room; close to the folder 09 stage are Jack Entratter, Lucille Ball, Debbie Reynolds, Desi Arnaz, Jack Benny, and Phil Harris, 1957 March 06 (0221)

Dean Martin on opening night at the Copa Room, 1957 March 06 (0222) folder 09

Dean Martin during a rehearsal at the Sands, 1959 December (0223) folder 09

Dean Martin and reporters in his dressing room at the Sands, 1959 December folder 09 (0224)

Dean Martin's opening night at the Sands Hotel with Frank Sinatra, 1964 January folder 09 22 (0225)

Dean Martin's opening night at the Sands Hotel with Frank Sinatra, 1964 January folder 09 22 (0226)

Dean Martin and Frank Sinatra onstage, Sands Copa Room, 1964 January 22 folder 09 (0227)

Peter Lawford performing in Sands Copa Room; seated near the stage are Sammy folder 09 Davis Jr., , , Eddie Fisher, Elizabeth Taylor, Dean Martin, and Jeanne Martin, (0228)

Peter Lawford performing in Sands Copa Room; seated near the stage are Sammy folder 09 Davis Jr., Milton Berle, Marilyn Monroe, Eddie Fisher, Elizabeth Taylor, Dean Martin, and Jeanne Martin, (0229)

Sammy Davis Jr. performing at the Sands Hotel, (0232) folder 09

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Frank Sinatra and Sammy Davis Jr. performing at the Sands Hotel, (0233) folder 09

Dean Martin and Frank Sinatra onstage, Sands Copa Room, (0234) folder 09

Dean Martin and Frank Sinatra onstage, Sands Copa Room, (0235) folder 09

Dean Martin and Frank Sinatra onstage, Sands Copa Room, (0236) folder 09

Dean Martin and Frank Sinatra onstage, Sands Copa Room, (0237) folder 09

Dean Martin onstage, Sands Copa Room, (0238) folder 09

Dean Martin onstage, Sands Copa Room, (0239) folder 09

Frank Sinatra onstage, Sands Copa Room, (0240) folder 09

Frank Sinatra onstage, Sands Copa Room, (0241) folder 09

Dancers in the Sands Copa Room, (0242) folder 09

Frank Sinatra onstage, Sands Copa Room, (0243) folder 09

Sammy Davis Jr. performing at the Sands Hotel, (0244) folder 09

Sammy Davis Jr. performing at the Sands Hotel, (0245) folder 09

Dean Martin and Frank Sinatra onstage, Sands Copa Room, (0246) folder 10

Dean Martin and Frank Sinatra onstage, Sands Copa Room, (0247) folder 10

Dean Martin and Frank Sinatra onstage, Sands Copa Room, (0248) folder 10

Dean Martin, Sammy Davis Jr., and Frank Sinatra, Sands Copa Room, (0249) folder 10

Dean Martin and Frank Sinatra onstage, Sands Copa Room, (0250) folder 10

Dean Martin, Sammy Davis Jr., and Frank Sinatra, Sands Copa Room, (0251) folder 10

Sammy Davis Jr. performing at the Sands Hotel, (0252) folder 10

Sammy Davis Jr. performing at the Sands Hotel, (0253) folder 10

Sammy Davis Jr. performing at the Sands Hotel, (0254) folder 10

Sammy Davis Jr. performing at the Sands Hotel, (0255) folder 10

Sammy Davis Jr. performing at the Sands Hotel, (0256) folder 10

Sammy Davis Jr. performing at the Sands Hotel, (0257) folder 10

Sammy Davis Jr. performing at the Sands Hotel, (0258) folder 10

Sammy Davis Jr. performing at the Sands Hotel, (0259) folder 10

Sammy Davis Jr. performing at the Sands Hotel, (0260) folder 10

Sammy Davis Jr. performing at the Sands Hotel, (0261) folder 10

Sammy Davis Jr. and Dean Martin onstage, Sands Copa Room, (0262) folder 10

Sammy Davis Jr. performing at the Sands Hotel, (0263) folder 10

Sammy Davis Jr. performing at the Sands Hotel, (0264) folder 10

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Sammy Davis Jr. performing at the Sands Hotel, (0265) folder 10

Dean Martin, Frank Sinatra, and Sammy Davis Jr. onstage in the Sands Copa folder 10 Room, (0266)

Dean Martin, Frank Sinatra, and Sammy Davis Jr. onstage in the Sands Copa folder 10 Room, (0267)

Dean Martin and Frank Sinatra onstage, Sands Copa Room, (0268) folder 10

Sammy Davis Jr. and Dean Martin onstage, Sands Copa Room, (0269) folder 10

Frank Sinatra performing in the Sands Copa Room, (0270) folder 10

Frank Sinatra performing in the Sands Copa Room, (0271) folder 11

Frank Sinatra performing in the Sands Copa Room, (0272) folder 11

Frank Sinatra performing in the Sands Copa Room, (0273) folder 11

Dean Martin performing in the Sands Copa Room, (0274) folder 11

Frank Sinatra performing in the Sands Copa Room, (0275) folder 11

Frank Sinatra performing in the Sands Copa Room, (0276) folder 11

Frank Sinatra performing in the Sands Copa Room, (0277) folder 11

Dean Martin, Frank Sinatra, and Sammy Davis Jr. onstage in the Sands Copa folder 11 Room, (0278)

Dean Martin, Frank Sinatra, and Sammy Davis Jr. onstage in the Sands Copa folder 11 Room, (0279)

Dean Martin performing in the Copa Room showroom at the Sands Hotel and folder 11 Casino, (0280)

Dean Martin performing in the Copa Room showroom at the Sands Hotel and folder 11 Casino, (0287_0281) (view online)

Frank Sinatra performing in the Sands Copa Room, (0282) folder 11

Frank Sinatra performing in the Sands Copa Room, (0283) folder 11

Dean Martin, Frank Sinatra, and Sammy Davis Jr. onstage in the Sands Copa folder 11 Room, (0284)

Dean Martin performing in the Sands Copa Room, (0285) folder 11

Frank Sinatra performing in the Sands Copa Room, (0286) folder 11

Frank Sinatra performing in the Sands Copa Room, (0287) folder 11

Frank Sinatra performing in the Sands Copa Room, (0288) folder 11

Sammy Davis Jr. and Frank Sinatra performing in the Sands Copa Room, (0289) folder 11

Sammy Davis Jr. and Dean Martin onstage, Sands Copa Room, (0290) folder 11

Dean Martin and Frank Sinatra onstage, Sands Copa Room, (0291) folder 11

Frank Sinatra performing in the Sands Copa Room, (0292) folder 11

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Dean Martin performing in the Sands Copa Room, (0293) folder 11

Frank Sinatra performing in the Sands Copa Room, (0294) folder 11

Negative: Peter Lawford and Sammy Davis Jr. in Copa Room, 1960 (0295) box SH-031

Negative: Dean Martin with a in the Copa Room, 1960 (0297) box SH-031

Negative: Dean Martin performing in the Sands Copa Room, 1960 (0298) box SH-031

Negative: Dean Martin performing in the Sands Copa Room, 1960 (0299) box SH-031

Negative: Dean Martin performing in the Sands Copa Room, 1960 (0300) box SH-031

Negative: Dean Martin performing in the Sands Copa Room, 1960 (0301) box SH-031

Negative: Dean Martin performing in the Sands Copa Room, 1960 (0302) box SH-031

Negative: Dean Martin performing in the Sands Copa Room, 1960 (0303) box SH-031

Negative: Joey Bishop performing in the Sands Copa Room, 1960 (0304) box SH-031

Negative: Dean Martin performing in the Sands Copa Room, 1960 (0305) box SH-031

Negative: Dean Martin performing in the Sands Copa Room, 1960 (0306) box SH-031

Negative: Dean Martin and Frank Sinatra performing in the Sands Copa Room, box 1960 (0307) SH-031

Portrait: actor Buddy Lester, (0287_0331) (view online) folder 13

Sammy Davis Jr. performing, undated (0332) folder 13

Bobby Darin singing onstage at the Copa Room showroom in the Sands Hotel folder 13 and Casino, (0287_0333) (view online)

Bobby Darin singing onstage at the Copa Room showroom in the Sands Hotel folder 13 and Casino, (0287_0334) (view online)

Bobby Darin singing onstage at the Copa Room showroom in the Sands Hotel folder 13 and Casino, (0287_0335) (view online)

Performer onstage at the Sands Hotel and Casino, (0287_0336) (view online) folder 13

Sammy Davis Jr. performing, undated (0337) folder 13

Frank Sinatra in a space helmet with Jack Entratter, 1957 October (0341) folder 13

Frank Sinatra in a space helmet with Jack Entratter, 1957 October (0342) folder 13

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Frank Sinatra and women at the opening of the Hotel, approximately 1965 folder 13 (0343)

Negative: "Rat Pack" onstage performing, undated (0344) box SH-031

Negative: Dean Martin, Frank Sinatra, and Sammy Davis Jr. onstage in the Sands box Copa Room, undated (0345) SH-031

Slide: Frank Sinatra performing at the Sand Hotel, (0360) binder PB-007

Slide: Frank Sinatra performing at the Sand Hotel, (0361) binder PB-007

Slide: Frank Sinatra performing at the Sand Hotel, (0362) binder PB-007

Slide: Frank Sinatra performing at the Sand Hotel, (0363) binder PB-007

Slide: Frank Sinatra performing at the Sand Hotel, (0364) binder PB-007

Slide: Frank Sinatra performing at the Sand Hotel, (0365) binder PB-007

Slide: Frank Sinatra performing at the Sand Hotel, (0366) binder PB-007

Slide: Frank Sinatra performing at the Sand Hotel, (0367) binder PB-007

Slide: Frank Sinatra performing at the Sand Hotel, (0368) binder PB-007

Negative: Frank Sinatra performing at the Copa Room, (0371) box SH-031

Joey Bishop performing in the Sands Copa Room, 1965 August (0378) folder 14

Joey Bishop performing in the Sands Copa Room, (0379) folder 14

Joey Bishop receives an honorable citation from the City of Philadelphia, 1970 folder 14 August (0380)

Joey Bishop playing mandolin in the Copa Room, 1965 August (0381) folder 14

Louis Prima performing onstage in the Copa Room showroom at the Sands Hotel folder 14 and Casino, 1966 March (0287_0382) (view online)

Louis Prima, Gia Maione, and Frank Sinatra at the Sands Hotel and Casino, 1965 folder 14 December (0287_0383) (view online)

Jazz musician Louis Prima, 1966 (0287_0384) (view online) folder 14

Negative: Frank Sinatra onstage, Sands Copa Room, Sands Hotel, (0411) box SH-031

Negative: Frank Sinatra onstage, Sands Copa Room, Sands Hotel, (0412)

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box SH-031

Negative: Frank Sinatra onstage, Sands Copa Room, Sands Hotel, (0287_0413) box (view online) SH-031

Negative: Frank Sinatra onstage, Sands Copa Room, Sands Hotel, (0414) box SH-031

Negative: Frank Sinatra onstage, Sands Copa Room, Sands Hotel, (0415) box SH-031

Negative: Dean Martin onstage, Sands Copa Room, Sands Hotel, (0422) box SH-031

Negative: Dean Martin onstage, Sands Copa Room, Sands Hotel, (0425) box SH-031

Negative: Joey Bishop onstage, Sands Copa Room, Sands Hotel, (0427) box SH-031

Negative: "Rat Pack" onstage, Sands Hotel, (0432) box SH-031

Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis with chorus girls, undated (0442) folder 15

Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis with chorus girls, undated (0443) folder 15

Frank Sinatra and Dean Martin, (0444) folder 15

Nat King Cole performing in the Copa Room showroom at the Sands Hotel, 1963 folder 15 April 03 (0287_0451) (view online)

Musicians and entertainers onstage at the Copa Room showroom in the Sands folder 15 Hotel and Casino: jazz musician Louis Prima; entertainers Jerry Lewis, Jackie Heller and Milton Berle; and saxophonist , 1969 May (0287_0452) (view online)

Sammy Davis Jr. performs in the Copa Room, Sands Hotel, 1966 (0502) folder 17

Opening night with Dean Martin in the Copa Room; Frank Sinatra also onstage, folder 19 1964 January (0546)

Georgia Davis, , and backstage at the Copa Room folder 19 showroom in the Sands Hotel, 1968 June (0287_0562) (view online)

Doris Day, Frank Sinatra, and watching a show at the Sands Hotel, folder 19 1966 September 15 (0287_0563) (view online)

Dean Martin, Sammy Davis Jr., and Frank Sinatra onstage, Sands Copa Room, folder 19 (0564)

Sammy Davis Jr. performing in the Sands Copa Room, 1963 (0565) folder 19

Dean Martin and Frank Sinatra, (0581) folder 20

Dean Martin and Frank Sinatra, (0287_0582) (view online) folder 20

Jimmy Durante playing as Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis look on, folder 20 (0287_0583) (view online)

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Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis posing with dancers during a rehearsal, folder 20 (0287_0584) (view online)

Dean Martin with his daughter Gail on stage in the Copa Room at the Sands folder 20 Hotel, 1967 August (0287_0585) (view online)

Dean Martin with at the Sands Hotel, undated (0586) folder 20

Dean Martin standing on stage in the Copa Room at the Sands Hotel while actor folder 20 stands by his front row table, (0287_0588) (view online)

Frank Sinatra, entertainer Jackie Heller, and Dean Martin, 1963 (0287_0589) folder 20 (view online)

Dean Martin in the Copa Room, 1959 (0287_0590) (view online) folder 20

Dean Martin with his daughter Gail Martin on stage in the Copa Room, 1967 folder 20 August (0287_0591) (view online)

Dean Martin with his daughter Gail Martin on stage in the Copa Room, 1967 folder 20 August (0287_0592) (view online)

Louis Prima, (0287_0604) (view online) folder 21

Lena Horne performing in the Copa Room at the Sands Hotel with male dancers folder 21 also on stage, (0287_0614) (view online)

Slide: Lena Horne performing in the showroom at the Sands Hotel, (0287_0615) folder 21 (view online)

Slide: Lena Horne performing in the showroom at the Sands Hotel, (0287_0616) folder 21 (view online)

Slide: Lena Horne performing in the showroom at the Sands Hotel, (0287_0617) folder 21 (view online)

Slide: Lena Horne performing in the showroom at the Sands Hotel, (0287_0618) folder 21 (view online)

Musical group "West," comprised of Ron Cornelius, Joe Davis, Michael Stewart, folder 21 Lloyd Perata, Bob Claire, and Jon Sagen, 1968 (0287_0629) (view online)

Portrait: country musician and performer , 1968 (0287_0630) (view folder 21 online)

Portrait: performer , 1968 (0287_0631) (view folder 21 online)

Portrait: soul and R&B singer Maxine Brown, 1968 (0287_0632) (view online) folder 21

Portrait: country music singer David Houston, 1968 (0287_0633) (view online) folder 21

Portrait: Sly and , 1968 (0287_0634) (view online) folder 21

British R&B and jazz singer Georgie Fame poses with a Tommy gun next to a folder 21 vintage automobile, 1968 (0287_0635) (view online)

Nat King Cole and Pepe Ludmir in Nat King Cole's dressing room at the Sands in folder 24 Las Vegas, Nevada, 1962 October (0287_0737) (view online)

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"DeCarlo, Remy, and Kelly" performing on stage at the Sands Hotel and Casino folder 25 in Las Vegas, Nevada, (0287_0756) (view online)

"DeCarlo, Remy, and Kelly" performing on stage at the Sands Hotel and Casino folder 25 in Las Vegas, Nevada, (0287_0757) (view online)

"Rat Pack" and Copa Girls performing, oversized box 03 oversized box 04 oversized box 05 oversized box 06

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Copa Girls photographs, approximately 1950 to 1970 Physical Description: 2 Linear Feet (10 hanging folders, 1 flat file, 1 shared box of negatives, and 2 boxes) Scope and Contents Note: Materials depict the Copa Girls performing or rehearsing at the Sands Hotel from approximately 1950 to 1970. The photographs primarily depict the Copa Girls, one of Las Vegas's most famous groups of showgirls, in costume or rehearsing with Dean Martin, Frank Sinatra, and Jack Entratter. The photographs also depict the Copa Girls performing in various productions, including the "Ziegfeld ."

Arrangement: Materials remain in original order.

Title/Description Containers Copa Girl known as "Miss-Cue" wearing a shaped crown to folder 01 illustrate another misfiring of the Operation Cue test at the , 1955 May 01 (0002)

Copa Girls perform in the Copa Room at the Sands Hotel, (0287_0004) (view flat file online) 01

Frank Sinatra and Jack Entratter with Copa Girls at a rehearsal of "Ziegfeld folder 02 Follies", 1954 (0032)

Frank Sinatra and Jack Entratter watch a rehearsal of the Copa Girl production folder 02 "", 1954 June (0033)

Frank Sinatra and Jack Entratter watch a rehearsal of the Copa Girl production folder 02 "Ziegfeld Follies", 1954 June (0034)

Frank Sinatra and Jack Entratter watch a rehearsal of the Copa Girl production folder 02 "Ziegfeld Follies", 1954 June (0035)

Frank Sinatra and Jack Entratter watch a rehearsal of the Copa Girl production folder 02 "Ziegfeld Follies", 1954 June (0036)

Frank Sinatra and Jack Entratter watch a rehearsal of the Copa Girl production folder 02 "Ziegfeld Follies", 1954 June (0037)

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Copa Girl known as "Miss-Cue" wearing a mushroom cloud shaped crown to folder 07 illustrate another misfiring of the Operation Cue test at the Nevada Test Site, 1955 (0180)

Marguerite Piazza as "Miss-Cue" wearing a mushroom cloud shaped crown, 1955 folder 07 (0181)

Copa Girls in a with Jack Entratter, (0377) folder 14

"Calypso Number": unidentified, Corinne, Harry Nofal, Charlotte Nort, Jeanie folder 15 Gardner, and Shelby Young, 1963 November (0453)

"Calypso Number": unidentified, Corinne, Mary Baglan, Harry Nofal, Lee folder 15 Temple, and Charlotte Nort, 1963 November (0454)

Linda Henrich, unidentified, Jack Entratter, and Caroline Chapman, (0455) folder 15

Lucille Nelson, Dean Martin, and Cheryl Madison, 1959 December (0456) folder 15

"Me and My Shadow": Rowena Buttenweiser, Shirley Kirks, Harry Nofal, folder 15 Charlotte Nort, and Sharon Gollings, 1963 March (0457)

Judy Johnson, 1958 (0458) folder 15

Charlotte Nort, Joan Ryba, Jean Waters, Caroline Chapman, Linda Henrich, folder 15 Jackie Lee, and Arlene, (0459)

Barbara, Jeanie Gardner, Rowena Buttenweiser, Harry Nofal, Shirley Kirks, folder 15 Charlotte Nort, and Marlene Pacheco, 1963 April (0460)

Charlotte Nort, Rowena Buttenweiser, Barbara, two unidentified, Marlene folder 15 Pacheco, Jane Ryba, Joan Ryba, Jackie Lee, two unidentified, and Lee Temple, 1963 April (0461)

Performing in " Show" at the Sands Hotel and Casino: Shelby Young, Lee flat file Temple, Barbara, unidentified, Charlotte Nort, Mary Marx, Sharon Gollings, 01 Rowena Buttenweiser, Jeanie Gardner, and Mary Baglan, 1963 (0287_0462) (view online)

Shirley Kirks and Harry Nofal, 1962 (0463) folder 15

"Come Blow Your Horn": Mary Baglan, Jeanie Gardner, unidentified, Shirley folder 15 Kirks, unidentified, Barbara, Victoria, and Lee Temple, 1963 November (0464)

Rowena Buttenweiser, Marlene Pacheco, Charlotte Nort, Mary Baglan, Harry folder 15 Nofal, Billye Nelms, unidentified, and Shirley Kirks, 1962 November (0465)

Barbara, Harry Nofal, Mary Baglan, and Jackie Lee, 1962 October (0466) folder 16

Jackie Lee, approximately 1952 (0467) folder 16

Judy James, 1966 July (0468) folder 16

Judy Johnson, 1966 July (0469) folder 16

Grace Lee, 1966 July (0470) folder 16

Karen Kristy, 1966 July (0471) folder 16

Diane Borne, 1966 July (0472) folder 16

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Gail Wykell, 1966 July (0474) folder 16

Sandy Daly, 1966 July (0475) folder 16

Rusty Taylor, 1966 July (0476) folder 16

Mary McCollum, 1966 July (0477) folder 16

Jean Gardner, 1966 July (0478) folder 16

Janet Hadland, 1967 (0479) folder 16

Grace Lee, 1967 (0480) folder 16

Sandy Daly, 1967 (0481) folder 16

Rusty Taylor, 1967 (0482) folder 16

Marlene Pacheco, 1967 (0483) folder 16

Joan Boyd, 1967 (0484) folder 16

Jackie Johnson, 1967 (0485) folder 16

Karen Kristy, 1967 (0486) folder 16

Mary McCollum, 1967 (0487) folder 16

Judy Johnson, (0488) folder 16

Theresa Hayes, unidentified, Margo Martin, Pat Hewlett, and the , folder 16 1958 (0489)

Joy Blaine, 1965 June (0490) folder 16

Unidentified, Margo Martin, Dean Martin, Pat Hewlett, Theresa Hayes, Jack folder 17 Entratter, and Lucille Nelson, 1959 December (0491)

Joan Ryba, Angela, Jerry Lewis, Bonnie Pavia, Joyce White, and Jane Patton, folder 17 approximately 1958 (0492)

Lyn Shannon, (0493) folder 17

Copa Girls perform a dance number with blue ostrich feather fans on the stage of folder 17 the Copa Room in the Sands Hotel, 1955 (0494)

Copa Girls in white satin and red velvet costumes perform a dance in the Copa folder 17 Room of the Sands Hotel, 1955 (0495)

Copa Girls rehearsal with Jack Entratter and Frank Sinatra for the "Ziegfeld folder 17 Follies" show, 1954 (0496)

Copa Girls standing onstage during a rehearsal, 1954 (0497) folder 17

Copa Girls with former "Ziegfeld Follies" dancer Gladys Gardner in their folder 17 dressing room at the Sands Hotel, 1954 (0498)

Copa Girl rehearses with choreographer Bob Gilbert in front of the Sands Hotel folder 17 sign, 1955 (0499)

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Copa Girls in costume, 1954 (0504) folder 17

Frank Sinatra onstage during "Ziegfeld Follies", 1952 (0505) folder 17

Dancers in costume, (0506) folder 17

Jack Entratter and at a party with the original "Ziegfeld Follies" girls, folder 17 1954 (0507)

Showgirls at a party with the original "Ziegfeld Follies" girls, (0508) folder 17

Frank Sinatra and Jack Entratter at a rehearsal for the Copa Girl "Ziegfeld folder 17 Follies" production at the Sands Hotel, 1954 (0509)

Frank Sinatra rehearses for the "Ziegfeld Follies" production at the Sands, 1954 folder 17 (0510)

Copa Girls rehearsing for the "Ziegfeld Follies" production at the Sands, 1954 folder 17 (0511)

Frank Sinatra with Copa Girls at rehearsal for "Ziegfeld Follies", 1954 (0512) folder 17

Jack Entratter at dress rehearsal for "Ziegfeld Follies" at the Sands Hotel, 1954 folder 17 (0513)

Jack Entratter at dress rehearsal for "Ziegfeld Follies", 1954 (0514) folder 17

Copa Girls at dress rehearsal for "Ziegfeld Follies" at the Sands, 1954 (0515) folder 17

Copa Girls at dress rehearsal for "Ziegfeld Follies" at the Sands, 1954 (0516) folder 18

Frank Sinatra rehearses for the "Ziegfeld Follies" production at the Sands, 1954 folder 18 (0517)

Jack Entratter at dress rehearsal for "Ziegfeld Follies", 1954 (0518) folder 18

Choreographer Bob Gilbert at dress rehearsal for "Ziegfeld Follies", 1954 (0519) folder 18

Choreographer Bob Gilbert at dress rehearsal for "Ziegfeld Follies", 1954 (0520) folder 18

Jack Entratter at dress rehearsal for "Ziegfeld Follies", 1954 (0521) folder 18

Frank Sinatra and Jack Entratter at a rehearsal for the Copa Girl "Ziegfeld folder 18 Follies" production at the Sands Hotel, 1954 (0522)

Jack Entratter at dress rehearsal for "Ziegfeld Follies", 1954 (0523) folder 18

Jack Entratter at dress rehearsal for "Ziegfeld Follies", 1954 (0524) folder 18

Frank Sinatra and Jack Entratter at a rehearsal for the Copa Girl "Ziegfeld folder 18 Follies" production at the Sands Hotel, 1954 (0525)

Frank Sinatra and Jack Entratter at a rehearsal for the Copa Girl "Ziegfeld folder 18 Follies" production at the Sands Hotel, 1954 (0526)

Frank Sinatra and Jack Entratter at a rehearsal for the Copa Girl "Ziegfeld folder 18 Follies" production at the Sands Hotel, 1954 (0527)

Frank Sinatra and Jack Entratter at a rehearsal for the Copa Girl "Ziegfeld folder 18 Follies" production at the Sands Hotel, 1954 (0528)

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Frank Sinatra and Jack Entratter at a rehearsal for the Copa Girl "Ziegfeld folder 18 Follies" production at the Sands Hotel, 1954 (0529)

Frank Sinatra and Jack Entratter at a rehearsal for the Copa Girl "Ziegfeld folder 18 Follies" production at the Sands Hotel, 1954 (0530)

Frank Sinatra and Jack Entratter at a rehearsal for the Copa Girl "Ziegfeld folder 18 Follies" production at the Sands Hotel, 1954 (0531)

Copa Girls "Ziegfeld Follies" rehearsal, 1954 (0532) folder 18

Frank Sinatra rehearses for the "Ziegfeld Follies" production at the Sands, 1954 folder 18 (0533)

Frank Sinatra and Jack Entratter at a rehearsal for the Copa Girl "Ziegfeld folder 18 Follies" production at the Sands Hotel, 1954 (0534)

Frank Sinatra and Jack Entratter with the Copa Girls at the Sands Hotel, 1954 folder 18 (0535)

Frank Sinatra rehearses for the "Ziegfeld Follies" production at the Sands, 1954 folder 18 (0536)

Frank Sinatra and Jack Entratter at a rehearsal for the Copa Girl "Ziegfeld folder 18 Follies" production at the Sands Hotel, 1954 (0537)

Frank Sinatra and Jack Entratter at a rehearsal for the Copa Girl "Ziegfeld folder 18 Follies" production at the Sands Hotel, 1954 (0538)

Jack Entratter and Jake Friedman at a rehearsal for the Copa Girl "Ziegfeld folder 18 Follies" production at the Sands Hotel, 1954 (0539)

Choreographer Bob Gilbert at dress rehearsal for "Ziegfeld Follies", (0540) folder 18

Copa Girls performing at the Sands Hotel, (0287_0541) (view online) folder 18

Copa Girl Lee Merlin dressed as "Miss Atomic Bomb", (0541a) folder 18

Showgirls near a plane, (0542) folder 18

Copa Girls perform in the "Ziegfeld Follies" show in the Copa Room, 1954 folder 19 (0543)

Copa Girls perform "Mambo" in the Copa Room, 1955 (0544) folder 19

Copa Girls onstage in the Copa Room showroom at the Sands Hotel and Casino, flat file 1961 (0287_0545) (view online) 01

Copa Girls, 1953 (0566) folder 19

Copa Girls performing in the Copa Room showroom at the Sands Hotel and folder 19 Casino, 1953 (0287_0567) (view online)

Copa Girls performing in the Copa Room showroom at the Sands Hotel and folder 19 Casino, 1953 (0287_0568) (view online)

Copa Girls performing in the Copa Room showroom at the Sands Hotel and box 18 Casino, (0569)

Copa Girls performing in the Copa Room showroom at the Sands Hotel and box 18 Casino, (0570)

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Copa Girls in mink coats: Linda Henrich, Caroline Chapman, and Jackie Lee, folder 20 undated (0571)

Copa Girls performing at the Sands Hotel, 1958 November (0579) folder 20

Copa Girls performing at the Sands Hotel, (0580) folder 20

Jack Entratter with unidentified woman, possibly a Copa Girl, (0593) folder 20

Copa Girls onstage during a roller skating routine, (0601) folder 20

Jack Entratter and Frank Sinatra picking out the Texas Copa Girls at the Sands folder 25 Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada, (0287_0758) (view online)

Copa Girls, (0863) box 01

Copa Girls, approximately box 02

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Event photographs, 1950 to 1980 Physical Description: 2 Linear Feet (15 hanging folders, 1 flat file, and 1 shared box of negatives) Scope and Contents Note: Materials depict events, banquets, parties, and promotional events at the Sands Hotel from approximately 1950 to 1980. The photographs primarily depict entertainers such as Dean Martin and Frank Sinatra at events. The photographs also depict celebrities and dignitaries at the Sands, including President John F. , Lucille Ball, Lauren Bacall, , Milton Berle, Jerry Lewis, , Marilyn Monroe, artist Joy Caros, and business executive meetings.

Arrangement: Materials remain in original order.

Title/Description Containers John F. Kennedy and Peter Lawford at the Sands Hotel, undated (0001) folder 01

Danny standing poolside at the Sands Hotel's pool as Sheldon Leonard folder 01 falls in, (0287_0003) (view online)

Sands 11th Anniversary Celebration: Jack Entratter, Dean Martin, Sammy folder 02 Davis Jr., Frank Sinatra, Gary Morton, , and Lucille Ball, 1963 December (0027)

John F. Kennedy shaking hands with Jack Entratter, approximately 1961 folder 03 (0287_0058) (view online)

Float for the Sands Hotel in a parade on Fremont Street in , folder 03 Nevada in front of the Overland Hotel, (0287_0059) (view online)

Jack Entratter, Lauren Bacall, Frank Sinatra, and Kim Novak celebrating Bacall's folder 12 birthday at the Sands Hotel, (0308)

Lauren Bacall cuts her birthday cake with Frank Sinatra's help; Jack Entratter and folder 12 Kim Novak also pictured, (0309)

Lauren Bacall's birthday party at the Sands Hotel: Jack Entratter, Lauren Bacall, folder 12 Frank Sinatra, and Kim Novak, (0310)

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Lauren Bacall feeding Jack Entratter a piece of her birthday cake at the Sands folder 12 Hotel and Casino, (0287_0311) (view online)

Jack Entratter, , and Lauren Bacall in the Copa Room folder 12 showroom at the Sands Hotel, (0287_0312) (view online)

President John F. Kennedy with Jack Entratter at the Sands Hotel, 1961 folder 12 (0287_0313) (view online)

Doris Day and her husband in the Copa Room showroom at the folder 12 Sands Hotel and Casino, (0287_0314) (view online)

Tony Martin and Dean Martin, undated (0315) folder 12

Milton Berle and with two women, (0287_0316) (view online) folder 12

Milton Berle speaking with actor Howard Keel at the Sands Hotel, (0287_0317) folder 12 (view online)

Danny Thomas and Doris Day enjoying a show at the Dunes Hotel, (0287_0318) folder 12 (view online)

Milton Berle with a woman, (0287_0319) (view online) folder 12

Milton Berle with a woman, (0287_0320) (view online) folder 12

Jerry Lewis and Dean Martin recording a radio program for ABC, undated (0321) folder 12

Jerry Lewis recording a radio program for ABC, undated (0322) folder 12

Lena Horne seated next to band leader during a recording of the folder 12 CBS radio show; Donald O'Connor sits next to Allen Ludden, the host of the TV show, 1963 (0287_0323) (view online)

Linda Lawson, showgirl wearing mushroom cloud headpiece, at the Sands Hotel folder 13 pool, (0324)

Lauren Bacall, Jack Entratter, and in the Copa Room showroom at folder 13 the Sands Hotel, (0287_0325) (view online)

Jack Entratter and Marilyn Monroe at the Sands Hotel and Casino, approximately folder 13 1961 (0287_0326) (view online)

Lauren Bacall, Judy Garland, Humphrey Bogart, a woman, and Jack Entratter in folder 13 the Copa Room showroom at the Sands Hotel, (0287_0327) (view online)

Jack Entratter standing over Marilyn Monroe at the Sands Hotel, 1955 folder 13 (0287_0338) (view online)

Filming a scene from "" with actors and Jim folder 13 Backus, 1956 (0287_0346) (view online)

El Portal Theatre during the premiere of the film "Meet Me In Las Vegas" folder 13 starring and Cyd Charisse, 1956 (0287_0347) (view online)

Robert Culp and on the set of the series "I Spy", 1965 folder 13 (0287_0348) (view online)

Negative: gambling scene being filmed at the Sands Hotel and Casino, box (0287_0369) (view online) SH-031

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Negative: Frank Sinatra in an Arabian costume for a movie, undated (0370) box SH-031

Party in the ballroom at the Sands Hotel and Casino, 1965 (0287_0399) (view folder 14 online)

Sands Hotel and Casino during its third anniversary celebrations, 1955 folder 15 (0287_0400) (view online)

Jack Entratter and Danny Thomas in the Copa Room cutting into a large cake to folder 15 celebrate the 12th anniversary of the Sands Hotel and Casino, 1964 December 18 (0287_0401) (view online)

Nancy Sinatra and Frank Sinatra, 1960 September (0445) folder 15

Frank Sinatra and Nancy Sinatra at her marriage to Tommy Sands, 1960 folder 15 September (0446)

Tommy Sands and Nancy Sinatra at their wedding at the Sands Hotel, 1960 folder 15 September (0287_0447) (view online)

Sammy Davis Jr. and Loray White Davis at a celebration in the Sands Hotel, folder 15 1966 May (0448)

Sammy Davis Jr. and Loray White Davis at a celebration in the Sands Hotel, folder 15 1966 May (0449)

First Mental Health Congress: Senator Howard Cannon; Sands folder 15 Hotel and Casino executive Sandy Waterman; United States Senator Alan Bible; and Nevada Governor Grant Sawyer, 1965 September (0287_0450) (view online)

Jack Entratter sitting between Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz at the Sands Hotel, folder 19 (0287_0547) (view online)

Jack Entratter, Judy Garland, and Lauren Bacall at the Sands Hotel, (0287_0548) folder 19 (view online)

Jack Entratter in the Copa Room with Nancy Sinatra; actor and his folder 19 wife Doris Kleiner; actor Edward G. Robinson; and entertainer Tommy Sands and his wife Nancy Sinatra, 1964 December (0287_0550) (view online)

Jack Entratter, Frank Sinatra, and a man at a blackjack table in the Sands Casino, folder 19 (0287_0551) (view online)

Jayne Mansfield and Jerry Lewis at the Sands fourth anniversary celebration, folder 19 1956 (0552)

Showgirls with Frank Sinatra for the opening of the Dunes Hotel, 1955 (0553) folder 19

Julia Meade and television host studying sheet music, possibly at the folder 19 Sands Hotel, 1968 September (0287_0555) (view online)

Allen Ludden and actress at their wedding at the Sands Hotel, 1963 folder 19 June 14 (0287_0556) (view online)

Desi Arnaz and Edith Hirsch getting married at the Sands Hotel; folder 19 is also pictured, 1963 March 02 (0287_0557) (view online)

Dean Martin holding the marriage certificate for and Robert Brandt folder 19 on their wedding day at the Sands Hotel, 1962 September 15 (0287_0558) (view online) - Page 24- Guide to the Sands Hotel Photograph Collection

Rita Hayworth and Dick Haymes cutting their wedding cake at the Sands Hotel, folder 19 1953 September 24 (0287_0559) (view online)

Danny Thomas with showgirls at the Sands Hotel, (0560) folder 19

Lucille Ball with Jack Entratter at the Sands Hotel and Casino's first anniversary folder 19 party, 1953 (0287_0561) (view online)

Jack Entratter with actress and actor Howard Keel, folder 20 (0287_0572) (view online)

Professional boxer Sonny Liston standing with Jack Entratter, 1962 (0287_0573) folder 20 (view online)

Jack Entratter standing with Hank Henry, 1957 (0287_0574) (view folder 20 online)

Jack Entratter standing with comedian Hank Henry, (0287_0575) (view online) folder 20

Woman in a sequined cocktail dress and a man in shorts posing in front of folder 20 a banner for the Sands Hotel, (0287_0576) (view online)

Woman and man at a Variety Club fundraiser, (0287_0577) (view online) folder 20

Actor and singer Dick Haymes with Jack Entratter, (0287_0578) (view online) folder 20

Dean Martin, Jack Entratter, and Walter Cronkite, 1963 (0287_0587) (view folder 20 online)

Actress Jayne Mansfield and comedian Jerry Lewis with a cake at the Sands folder 20 Hotel's fourth anniversary celebration, 1956 (0287_0595) (view online)

Jerry Lewis and Jayne Mansfield in the Sands Hotel pool as part of the Sands folder 20 Hotel's fourth anniversary celebrations, 1956 (0287_0596) (view online)

Jayne Mansfield posing near the pool at the Sands Hotel during the hotel's fourth folder 20 anniversary celebration, 1956 (0287_0597) (view online)

Comedian Jerry Lewis pulling actress Jayne Mansfield into the pool at the Sands folder 20 Hotel during the hotel's fourth anniversary celebration; bodybuilder Mickey Hargitay also pictured, 1956 (0287_0598) (view online)

Jerry Lewis standing on a float as Jayne Mansfield falls into the pool at the Sands folder 20 Hotel during the hotel's fourth anniversary celebrations, 1956 (0287_0599) (view online)

Actress Jayne Mansfield sitting on the shoulders of bodybuilder Mickey Hargitay folder 20 at the Sands Hotel pool during the hotel's fourth anniversary celebration, 1956 (0287_0600) (view online)

Danny Thomas holding a box marked "Top Secret", (0287_0602) (view online) folder 21

Las Vegas News Bureau photographers taking a picture of the Copa Girls, (0603) folder 21

El Portal Theater on Fremont Street in Las Vegas, Nevada for the premiere of the folder 21 film "Meet Me In Las Vegas", 1955 (0287_0605) (view online)

Mario Moreno, also known as Cantinflas and star of the film "Pepe," with Jack flat file Entratter at the Sands Hotel, (0287_0606) (view online) 01

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Interface Group Holding , Inc.: Irwin Chafetz, Ted Benard, Sheldon G. folder 21 Adelson, and Shapiro, (0287_0612) (view online)

Painting from the Joy Caros art exhibit, 1963 May (0287_0619) (view online) folder 21

Joy Caros painting during her art exhibit, 1963 May (0287_0620) (view online) folder 21

Joy Caros painting during her art exhibit, 1963 May (0287_0621) (view online) folder 21

Joy Caros with her art exhibit, 1963 May (0287_0622) (view online) folder 21

Painting from the Joy Caros art exhibit, 1963 May (0287_0623) (view online) folder 21

Painting from the Joy Caros art exhibit, 1963 May (0287_0624) (view online) folder 21

Painting from the Joy Caros art exhibit, 1963 May (0287_0625) (view online) folder 21

Painting from the Joy Caros art exhibit, 1963 May (0287_0626) (view online) folder 21

Painting from the Joy Caros art exhibit, 1963 May (0287_0627) (view online) folder 21

Painting from the Joy Caros art exhibit, 1963 May (0287_0628) (view online) folder 21

Four men join hands at a Four Immortal Chaplains memorial event, 1960 folder 22 February 07 (0287_0645) (view online)

Peter Lawford, Frank Sinatra, Sammy Davis Jr., Joey Bishop, and Dean Martin folder 22 on stage during the Four Chaplains Memorial, 1960 February 07 (0287_0646) (view online)

Sammy Davis Jr., Peter Lawford, Joey Bishop, and Dean Martin on stage during flat file the Four Chaplains Memorial, 1960 February 07 (0287_0647) (view online) 01

Elizabeth Taylor, , and during a Four Chaplains folder 22 memorial event, 1960 February 07 (0287_0648) (view online)

Juliet Prowse, Kirk Douglas, and Anne Buydens during a Four Chaplains folder 22 Memorial event, 1960 February 07 (0287_0649) (view online)

Dean Martin performs onstage at a Four Chaplains memorial event; Elizabeth folder 22 Taylor, Kirk Douglas, and Anne Buydens are in the audience, 1960 February 07 (0287_0650) (view online)

Joan Collins with Kirk Douglas and Anne Buydens sitting to the left during the folder 22 Four Chaplains memorial event, 1960 February 07 (0287_0651) (view online)

Kirk Douglas and Anne Buydens at a Four Chaplains memorial event, 1960 folder 22 February 07 (0287_0652) (view online)

Dean Martin onstage kneeling down by Kirk Douglas and Anne Buydens at their folder 22 table during a Four Chaplains memorial event, 1960 February 07 (0287_0653) (view online)

Danny Thomas onstage kneeling down by Kirk Douglas and his wife Anne folder 22 Buydens at their table during a Four Chaplains memorial event, 1960 February 07 (0287_0654) (view online)

Anne Buydens, Kirk Douglas, Elizabeth Taylor, and Eddie Fisher at the Four folder 22 Chaplains memorial event, 1960 February 07 (0287_0655) (view online)

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Kirk Douglas, Anne Buydens, Jack Entratter, Elizabeth Taylor, and Eddie Fisher folder 22 at the Four Chaplains memorial event, 1960 February 07 (0287_0656) (view online)

Hydroplane racing Bill Muncey accepts a Martini & Rossi trophy for the folder 22 Lake Mead Gold Cup race from Bruno Torti, American representative for Martini & Rossi, 1960 November (0287_0657) (view online)

Three women are presenting a man in a Packard with a sign announcing Packard folder 22 Hawk Official Car for the Tournament of Champions, (0287_0673) (view online)

Three women are presenting a man in a Packard with a sign announcing Packard folder 22 Hawk Official Car for the Tournament of Champions, (0287_0674) (view online)

Jen Miller exiting a car with the assistance of a Sands valet, (0287_0675) (view folder 22 online)

Bonanza Airline Executives in Las Vegas, Nevada: John Hays, Phoenix Station folder 24 Manager; Darrell Zickafoose, Station Manager; General Joe Battley, Sands Executive; Bernie Novia, Director of Station Operations; G. Robert Henry, Executive Vice President; Richard Hart, Station Manager; and Art Armstrong, Salt Lake City Station Manager, 1962 November 27 (0287_0731) (view online)

Bonanza Airline Officers and Station Managers in Las Vegas, Nevada: Frank folder 24 Chabot, Treasurer; Noland Ryan, Assistant to President; General Joe Battley, Sands Executive; G. Robert Henry, Executive Vice President; Thomas Magners, Regional Manager of Stations; Glenn Woods, Reno; Blaine Barney, Cedar City; Ed Wolfe, Las Vegas, Nevada; Larry Ecklund, Blyth; Henry Puryear, Yuma; Ray Vaughn, Santa Ana; and Robert Yeager, El Centro, 1962 November 27 (0287_0732) (view online)

Rexair Inc.'s national manufacturing executives convened at the Sands Hotel and folder 24 Casino for their annual sales meeting headed by President J. V. Sanders from their main offices in , Michigan, 1963 January 23 (0287_0733) (view online)

Lindsay Crosby, John Smith, LaJuana Smith, Patricia Lyons, Robert Fuller, folder 24 Charles Baron, and at a dining table in the Sands Hotel in Las Vegas, Nevada, 1962 November (0287_0734) (view online)

General Motors Acceptance Corporation executives headed by V. T. Meehan Jr. folder 24 at the Emerald Room lunching and film show in the Sands Hotel in Las Vegas, Nevada, 1962 November 19 (0287_0735) (view online)

Westinghouse executives enjoying a show in the Copa Room at the Sands Hotel folder 24 and Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada, 1962 November 12 (0287_0736) (view online)

Morris R. De Woskin, owner of the Executive House Hotels; Paul Price; Mrs. folder 24 Price; and Colonel Charles Baron, Sands Executive, in Las Vegas, Nevada, (0287_0738) (view online)

Pan American Association delegates at the Pan American Association folder 24 of Ophthalmology with the American Academy of Ophthalmology and Otolaryngology in the Emerald Room at the Sands Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada; meeting was headed by President Jorge Valdeavellano, M.D. of Lima, Peru, 1962 November 05 (0287_0739) (view online)

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Asher Rahav, Government Tourist Office, Beverly Hills; Victor folder 24 Bennahum, Israel Government Tourist Office ; and an unknown man in the Emerald Room at the Sands Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada, 1962 October (0287_0740) (view online)

Cadillac Business Managers Club at the Emerald Room at the Sands Hotel and folder 24 Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada, 1962 October 26 (0287_0741) (view online)

Nevada Empire Crafts organization in the Copa Room at the Sands Hotel and folder 24 Casino, 1962 August 23 (0287_0742) (view online)

Samath Kumar, the Consulate of India, sitting on the diving board at the Sands folder 24 Hotel and Casino's pool in Las Vegas, Nevada, 1962 October 04 (0287_0743) (view online)

Martin Denny, General Joe Battley, and Jimmie MacKenzie, Mayor of Waikiki, folder 24 , at the Sands Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada, 1962 October (0287_0744) (view online)

Lawrence Spivak, Publisher of Readers Digest; General Joe Battley; Charlotte folder 24 Beir Ring Spivak; and Warner Gilmore, Vice President of Tallyho Hotel, at the Sands Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada, 1962 October 18 (0287_0745) (view online)

Lana Turner, Dell Armstrong, and Lani Roberts at the Armstrong-Robert folder 24 wedding at the Sands Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada, 1962 December 08 (0287_0746) (view online)

Tommy Jones sitting upon fireman Ray Barry's shoulders at the Sands Hotel and folder 25 Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada, (0287_0754) (view online)

Tom Tierney, Martin MacNealy, and Al at the Sands Hotel and Casino in Las folder 25 Vegas, Nevada, (0287_0755) (view online)

Western State Championship Team from High School at the folder 25 Sands Hotel having dinner in Las Vegas, Nevada, 1962 March 15 (0287_0759) (view online)

Retired Brigadier General Joe Battley, Executive Assistant to the President of folder 25 the Sands Hotel; Helen Raymond Stuart; Robert Fiedman, general counsel of the Painting and Decorating Contractors of America; and William M. Stuart, President of the Martin-Senour Company in , , in the Emerald Room of the Sands Hotel in Las Vegas, Nevada, 1963 February 11 (0287_0760) (view online)

Studebaker 400's at the Sands Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada, folder 25 (0287_0761) (view online)

Studebaker 400's at the Sands Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada, folder 25 (0287_0762) (view online)

Jack Entratter with a group at the Sands Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada, folder 25 (0287_0763) (view online)

Two women cutting cake in front of a larger group of women at the Sands Hotel folder 25 and Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada, (0287_0764) (view online)

Two women sharing cake at the Sands Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada, folder 25 (0287_0765) (view online)

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Three women walking in front of the spotlight outside of the Sands Hotel and folder 25 Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada, (0287_0766) (view online)

Three men working with an open manhole outside of the valet shop at the Sands folder 25 Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada, (0287_0767) (view online)

Leo Durocher, in a New York uniform, Jack Entratter, and others in Las folder 25 Vegas, Nevada, (0287_0768) (view online)

Jack Entratter with a group of men at the Sands Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas, folder 25 Nevada, (0287_0769) (view online)

Four boats racing on Lake Mead near Boulder City, Nevada, (0287_0773) (view folder 26 online)

Sultan, Sultana, and Queen Mother of Kedah, Malaya with three men in the folder 26 background at the Sands Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada, 1963 April (0287_0774) (view online)

Sultan, Sultana, and Queen Mother of Kedah, Malaya at the Sands Hotel and folder 26 Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada, 1963 April (0287_0775) (view online)

Jane Wyman and Jackie Heller in the Sands Lounge located in Las Vegas, folder 26 Nevada, 1963 April 24 (0287_0776) (view online)

Moria Walsh from Australia visiting the Sands Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas, folder 26 Nevada, (0287_0777) (view online)

Mac and Joyce Kravis from , England standing in front of the neon Sands folder 26 Hotel and Casino marquee sign on their second visit to the Sands in Las Vegas, Nevada, 1965 March 30 (0287_0778) (view online)

Mr. and Mrs. Arlo Herring from San Jose, California standing in front of the folder 26 neon Sands marquee sign, 1965 May 21 (0287_0779) (view online)

Mr. and Mrs. R. W. Kyme from Auckland, New Zealand standing in front of the folder 26 neon Sands marquee sign, 1965 March 17 (0287_0780) (view online)

Negative: winners for the pastry competition hosted by the Food Services box Executives Association at the Convention Center in Las Vegas, Nevada; Roy SH-031 Lewis was the winner of the Sands Hotel, (0287_0781) (view online)

Negative: restaurant booth at the Sands Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada, box (0287_0782) (view online) SH-031

Several men standing next to a boat in front of the neon Sands marquee sign in folder 26 Las Vegas, Nevada, 1960 June (0287_0783) (view online)

Several men standing next to a boat in front of the neon Sands marquee sign in folder 26 Las Vegas, Nevada, 1960 June (0287_0784) (view online)

Diving grandmother at the Sands Hotel and Casino pool in Las Vegas, Nevada, folder 26 (0287_0785) (view online)

Diving grandmother at the Sands Hotel and Casino pool in Las Vegas, Nevada, folder 26 (0287_0786) (view online)

Diving grandmother at the Sands Hotel and Casino pool in Las Vegas, Nevada, folder 26 (0287_0787) (view online)

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Diving grandmother at the Sands Hotel and Casino pool in Las Vegas, Nevada, folder 26 (0287_0788) (view online)

Diving grandmother at the Sands Hotel and Casino pool in Las Vegas, Nevada, folder 26 (0287_0789) (view online)

Diving grandmother at the Sands Hotel and Casino pool in Las Vegas, Nevada, folder 26 (0287_0790) (view online)

Diving grandmother at the Sands Hotel and Casino pool in Las Vegas, Nevada, folder 26 (0287_0791) (view online)

Diving grandmother at the Sands Hotel and Casino pool in Las Vegas, Nevada, folder 26 (0287_0792) (view online)

Diving grandmother at the Sands Hotel and Casino pool in Las Vegas, Nevada, folder 26 (0287_0793) (view online)

Diving grandmother at the Sands Hotel and Casino pool in Las Vegas, Nevada, folder 26 (0287_0794) (view online)

Virginia Page from Brighton, England, winner of "Meet Me In Las Vegas" folder 27 contest speaking to reporter Chuck Van Goerbun during a rehearsal at the Sands Hotel, 1957 June 02 (0287_0795) (view online)

Virginia Page from Brighton, England, winner of "Meet Me In Las Vegas" folder 27 contest speaking to reporter Chuck Van Goerbun during a rehearsal at the Sands Hotel, 1957 June 02 (0287_0796) (view online)

Virginia Page from Brighton, England, winner of "Meet Me In Las Vegas" folder 27 contest at the Sands Hotel, 1957 June 02 (0287_0797) (view online)

Virginia Page from Brighton, England, winner of "Meet Me In Las Vegas" folder 27 contest at the Sands Hotel, 1957 June 02 (0287_0798) (view online)

Virginia Page from Brighton, England, winner of "Meet Me In Las Vegas" folder 27 contest at the Sands Hotel, 1957 June 02 (0287_0799) (view online)

Virginia Page from Brighton, England, winner of "Meet Me In Las Vegas" folder 27 contest at the Sands Hotel, 1957 June 02 (0287_0800) (view online)

Virginia Page from Brighton, England, winner of "Meet Me In Las Vegas" folder 27 contest at the Sands Hotel, 1957 June 02 (0287_0801) (view online)

Virginia Page from Brighton, England, winner of "Meet Me In Las Vegas" folder 27 contest at the Sands Hotel, 1957 June 02 (0287_0802) (view online)

Virginia Page from Brighton, England, winner of "Meet Me In Las Vegas" folder 27 contest at the Sands Hotel, 1957 June 02 (0287_0803) (view online)

Virginia Page from Brighton, England, winner of "Meet Me In Las Vegas" folder 27 contest at the Sands Hotel, 1957 June 02 (0287_0804) (view online)

Virginia Page from Brighton, England, winner of "Meet Me In Las Vegas" folder 27 contest at the Sands Hotel, 1957 June 02 (0287_0805) (view online)

Virginia Page from Brighton, England, winner of "Meet Me In Las Vegas" folder 27 contest at the Sands Hotel, 1957 June 02 (0287_0806) (view online)

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Virginia Page from Brighton, England, winner of "Meet Me In Las Vegas" folder 27 contest at the Sands Hotel, 1957 June 02 (0287_0808) (view online)

Virginia Page from Brighton, England, winner of "Meet Me In Las Vegas" folder 27 contest with Bob Ottaway, Charles Goldsmith, Glen Cradely, of , and Yolande Donlan, Chairman of the panel of judges for the contest, 1957 June 02 (0287_0809) (view online)

Virginia Page from Brighton, England, winner of "Meet Me In Las Vegas" folder 27 contest, crowned by Yolande Donlan, Chairman of the panel of judges, 1957 June 02 (0287_0810) (view online)

Three-year-old Troy Pritchard chasing a in the annual "Turkey Trot" held folder 27 at the Sands Hotel in Las Vegas, Nevada, (0287_0811) (view online)

Three-year-old Troy Pritchard chasing a turkey in the annual "Turkey Trot" held folder 27 at the Sands Hotel in Las Vegas, Nevada, (0287_0812) (view online)

Three-year-old Troy Pritchard chasing a turkey in the annual "Turkey Trot" held folder 27 at the Sands Hotel in Las Vegas, Nevada, (0287_0813) (view online)

Three-year-old Troy Pritchard chasing a turkey in the annual "Turkey Trot" held folder 27 at the Sands Hotel in Las Vegas, Nevada, (0287_0814) (view online)

Three-year-old Troy Pritchard chasing a turkey in the annual "Turkey Trot" held folder 27 at the Sands Hotel in Las Vegas, Nevada, (0287_0815) (view online)

Three-year-old Troy Pritchard chasing a turkey in the annual "Turkey Trot" held folder 27 at the Sands Hotel in Las Vegas, Nevada, (0287_0816) (view online)

Annual "Turkey Trot" held at the Sands Hotel in Las Vegas, Nevada, folder 27 (0287_0817) (view online)

Annual "Turkey Trot" held at the Sands Hotel in Las Vegas, Nevada, folder 27 (0287_0818) (view online)

Annual "Turkey Trot" held at the Sands Hotel in Las Vegas, Nevada, folder 27 (0287_0819) (view online)

Annual "Turkey Trot" held at the Sands Hotel in Las Vegas, Nevada, folder 27 (0287_0820) (view online)

Annual "Turkey Trot" held at the Sands Hotel in Las Vegas, Nevada, folder 27 (0287_0821) (view online)

Annual "Turkey Trot" held at the Sands Hotel in Las Vegas, Nevada, folder 27 (0287_0822) (view online)

Annual "Turkey Trot" held at the Sands Hotel in Las Vegas, Nevada, folder 27 (0287_0823) (view online)

Annual "Turkey Trot" held at the Sands Hotel in Las Vegas, Nevada, folder 27 (0287_0824) (view online)

Annual "Turkey Trot" held at the Sands Hotel in Las Vegas, Nevada, folder 27 (0287_0825) (view online)

Annual "Turkey Trot" held at the Sands Hotel in Las Vegas, Nevada, folder 27 (0287_0826) (view online)

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Annual "Turkey Trot" held at the Sands Hotel in Las Vegas, Nevada, folder 27 (0287_0827) (view online)

Annual "Turkey Trot" held at the Sands Hotel in Las Vegas, Nevada, folder 27 (0287_0828) (view online)

Five children holding turkeys at the annual "Turkey Trot" held at the Sands folder 27 Hotel, (0287_0829) (view online)

Girl holding a turkey and Jake Freedman standing beside her at the annual folder 27 "Turkey Trot" held at the Sands Hotel, (0287_0830) (view online)

Jake Freedman and others at the annual "Turkey Trot" held at the Sands Hotel, folder 27 (0287_0831) (view online)

Jake Freedman, two men, and a boy at the annual "Turkey Trot" held at the Sands folder 27 Hotel, (0287_0832) (view online)

Jake Freedman and a boy posing for a photograph at the annual "Turkey Trot" folder 27 held at the Sands Hotel, (0287_0833) (view online)

Paul Haggland, Mayor of Fairbanks, ; Burton Cohen; and Hewitt folder 27 Lounsbury, Mayor of Anchorage, Alaska, at the Sands Hotel, 1959 May 06 (0287_0834) (view online)

Colonel James Isbell, ; Colonel A. W. Brownfield; Burton folder 27 Cohen; Hewitt Lounsbury, Mayor of Anchorage, Alaska; Paul Haggland, Mayor of Fairbanks, Alaska; and Judge J. L. McCarrey, Judicial Division Judge in Alaska, at the Sands hotel in Las Vegas, Nevada, 1959 May 06 (0287_0835) (view online)

Colonel James Isbell, United States Air Force; Colonel A. W. Brownfield; Burton folder 27 Cohen; Hewitt Lounsbury, Mayor of Anchorage, Alaska; Paul Haggland, Mayor of Fairbanks, Alaska; and Judge J. L. McCarrey, Judicial Division Judge in Alaska, at the Sands hotel in Las Vegas, Nevada, 1959 May 06 (0287_0836) (view online)

Paul Haggland, Mayor of Fairbanks, Alaska; Burton Cohen; and Hewitt folder 27 Lounsbury, Mayor of Anchorage, Alaska at the Sands Hotel, 1959 May 06 (0287_0837) (view online)

Colonel James Isbell, United States Air Force; Colonel A. W. Brownfield; Burton folder 27 Cohen; Hewitt Lounsbury, Mayor of Anchorage, Alaska; Paul Haggland, Mayor of Fairbanks, Alaska; Judge J. L. McCarrey, Judicial Division Judge in Alaska at the Sands hotel in Las Vegas, Nevada, 1959 May 06 (0287_0838) (view online)

Herb Nunez; Buck Harris, Sands Casino Executive; Harry Goodheart, Sands folder 27 Casino Manager; and Richard Danner, (0287_0839) (view online)

Burton Cohen in a Lincoln Continental Mark convertible in front of the Sands folder 27 marquee, (0287_0840) (view online)

Burton Cohen in a Lincoln Continental Mark convertible in front of the Sands folder 27 marquee, (0287_0841) (view online)

Danny Thomas and a man at the Sands Hotel, (0287_0842) (view online) folder 27

Jake Freedman and military men with their dates at a restaurant in the Sands folder 27 Hotel, (0287_0862) (view online)

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Sands Hotel and Casino amenities photographs, 1950 to 1969 Physical Description: 2 Linear Feet (11 hanging folders, 1 flat file, and 1 shared box of negatives) Scope and Contents Note: Materials depict amenities at the Sands Hotel from 1950 to 1969. The photographs primarily depict showrooms and ballrooms at the Sands, including the Copa Room and the Garden Room. The photographs also depict patrons gambling in the Sands Casino, rooms at the Sands Hotel, and the Sands Hotel pool.

Arrangement: Materials remain in original order.

Title/Description Containers Entrance to the Garden Room restaurant at the Sands Hotel, (0287_0066) (view folder 03 online)

Garden Room restaurant at the Sands Hotel, (0287_0067) (view online) folder 03

Garden Room restaurant at the Sands Hotel, (0287_0068) (view online) folder 03

Buffet in the Garden Room restaurant at the Sands Hotel, (0287_0069) (view folder 03 online)

Garden Room restaurant at the Sands Hotel, 1963 (0287_0070) (view online) flat file 01

French murals on the walls of the Garden Room in the Sands Hotel, 1963 folder 03 (0287_0071) (view online)

Garden Room restaurant at the Sands Hotel, (0287_0072) (view online) flat file 01

Garden Room restaurant at the Sands Hotel, (0287_0073) (view online) folder 03

Garden Room restaurant at the Sands Hotel, (0287_0074) (view online) folder 03

Terrace Room, a restaurant by the pool at the Sands Hotel, (0287_0075) flat file 01 • Photograph of the Terrace Room restaurant by the pool at the Sands Hotel, Las Vegas, circa 1963 (view online) • Photograph of the Terrace room, Sands Hotel, Las Vegas, 1963 (view online)

Terrace Room restaurant at the Sands Hotel, (0287_0077) (view online) folder 04

Suite in the Sands Hotel after renovation, 1961 (0287_0078) (view online) folder 04

Newly-renovated guest room at the Sands Hotel, (0287_0079) (view online) folder 04

Newly-renovated guest room at the Sands Hotel, (0287_0080) (view online) folder 04

Emerald Room meeting room at the Sands Hotel, undated (0287_0083) (view folder 04 online)

Mural in the Silver Queen Cocktail Lounge at the Sands Casino painted by Allan flat file Stewart depicting the , Nevada from the gold rush days to 01 the exploding of the atomic bomb, 1952 (0287_0084) (view online)

Silver Queen Bar and Lounge located in the casino portion of the Sands Hotel, folder 04 1952 (0287_0085) (view online) - Page 33- Guide to the Sands Hotel Photograph Collection

Coffee shop in the Sands Hotel and Casino, 1963 (0287_0086) (view online) folder 04

Women posing near the swimming pool at the Sands Hotel, (0287_0087) (view flat file online) 01

Pool at the Sands Hotel, (0088) flat file 01

Pool at the Sands Hotel, 1963 June (0287_0089) (view online) flat file 01

Pool at the Sands Hotel, (0287_0090) (view online) folder 04

Sands Hotel pool during landscaping renovations, (0287_0091) (view online) folder 04

Pool at the Sands Hotel, 1963 (0287_0092) (view online) folder 04

Pool at the Sands Hotel, (0287_0093) (view online) folder 04

Negative: tram used to transport guests around the Sands Hotel property, (0094) box SH-031

Tram used to transport guests around the Sands Hotel property, (0287_0095) folder 04 (view online)

Tram used to transport guests around the Sands Hotel property, (0287_0096) folder 04 (view online)

Lions Club members touring the Sands Hotel property at night on the hotel tram, folder 04 (0287_0097) (view online)

Recreation room at the Sands Hotel, (0287_0098) (view online) folder 04

Sands Hotel's Guestmobile, a Volkswagen van that was used to transport guests, folder 04 (0287_0099) (view online)

Customers playing slot machines in the Sands Casino, (0127) flat file 01

Sands Casino, (0127a) flat file 01

Casino in the Sands Hotel, 1963 (0128) flat file 01

Sands Casino, 1959 (0129) folder 05

Slot machines in the Sands Casino, (0130) flat file 01

People playing craps at the Sands Hotel and Casino, 1959 (0287_0131) (view flat file online) 01

Guests at the gaming tables in the Sands Casino, 1959 (0287_0132) (view online) flat file 01

Chimp (possibly J. Fred Muggs) sitting in front of a slot machine at the Sands flat file Hotel and Casino, (0287_0133) (view online) 01

Slot machine at the Sands Hotel and Casino, (0287_0134) (view online) folder 05

Playing craps at the Sands Hotel and Casino, (0287_0135) (view online) folder 05 - Page 34- Guide to the Sands Hotel Photograph Collection

Customers playing slots at the Sands Hotel and Casino, (0136) folder 06

Gamblers playing roulette at the Sands Hotel and Casino, (0287_0137) (view folder 06 online)

People at the Sands Casino, possibly on New Year's Eve, (0287_0138) (view folder 06 online)

Gamblers and slot machines at the Sands Hotel and Casino, (0287_0139) (view folder 06 online)

Gamblers at blackjack table at the Sands Casino, (0140) folder 06

Gamblers at baccarat table in the Sands Hotel and Casino, (0287_0141) (view folder 06 online)

Emerald Room at the Sands Hotel and Casino, (0287_0143) (view online) flat file 01

Emerald Room at the Sands Hotel and Casino, (0287_0144) (view online) folder 06

Emerald Room at the Sands Hotel and Casino, (0145) folder 06

Tables and wall decorations and sculpted metal Brazilian carnival figures in the folder 06 Copa Room, (0287_0152) (view online)

Copa Room, (0153a) folder 06

Guests watching a show in the Copa Room, 1963 (0287_0154) (view online) folder 06

Wall decorations and sculpted metal Brazilian carnival figures in the Copa Room, folder 06 (0287_0155) (view online)

Guests dancing onstage in the Copa Room, (0287_0156) (view online) folder 06

Guests in the Copa Room watching dancers perform onstage, 1963 (0287_0157) folder 06 (view online)

Living room area of a suite in the new Aqueduct building at the Sands Hotel, folder 06 1963 (0287_0161) (view online)

Living room area of a suite in the new Aqueduct building at the Sands Hotel, folder 06 1963 (0287_0162) (view online)

Living room in one of the suites at the Sands Hotel, (0287_0163) (view online) folder 06

Dunes Hotel pool, 1955 (0176) folder 07

Sands Hotel customers playing craps in the pool, 1954 (0177) flat file 01

Sands Hotel guests at poolside slot machines and at craps tables in the pool, 1954 folder 07 (0287_0178) (view online)

Sands Hotel guests at poolside slot machines and at craps tables in the pool, 1954 folder 07 (0287_0179) (view online)

Negative: guests at the Sands Hotel swimming pool, (0287_0372) (view online) box SH-031

Negative: Copa Room stage at the Sands Hotel, (0287_0373) (view online)

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box SH-031

Postcard: Copa Room showroom at the Sands Hotel and Casino, (0287_0374) folder 14 (view online)

Postcard: aerial view of the Sands Hotel and Casino, (0287_0375) (view online) folder 14

Postcard: at the Sands Hotel and Casino, (0287_0376) (view folder 14 online)

People playing craps at the Sands Hotel and Casino, (0385) folder 14

Negative: Sands Casino, (0386) box SH-031

People playing craps at the Sands Hotel and Casino, (0387) folder 14

People playing roulette at the Sands Hotel and Casino, (0388) folder 14

People playing roulette at the Sands Hotel and Casino, (0389) folder 14

People playing slot machines at the Sands Hotel and Casino, (0390) folder 14

People playing slot machines at the Sands Hotel and Casino, (0392) folder 14

Women playing slot machines at the casino in the Sands Hotel, (0500) folder 17

Gamblers playing craps at the Sands Hotel and Casino, (0501) folder 17

Executive Chef Maurice Cau cooking in industrial-sized pots in the kitchen at the folder 21 Sands Hotel, 1969 May (0287_0607) (view online)

Blackjack dealer and cocktail waitress Toni Bright at a blackjack table in the folder 21 Sands Casino, (0287_0608) (view online)

Studio guest room at the Aqueduct at the Sands Hotel and Casino, 1963 folder 23 (0287_0686) (view online)

Bathroom in a suite at the Aqueduct at the Sands Hotel and Casino, 1963 folder 23 (0287_0687) (view online)

Studio guest room at the Aqueduct at the Sands Hotel and Casino, 1963 flat file (0287_0688) (view online) 01

Studio guest room at the Aqueduct at the Sands Hotel and Casino, 1963 folder 23 (0287_0689) (view online)

Studio guest room at the Aqueduct at the Sands Hotel and Casino, 1963 folder 23 (0287_0690) (view online)

Studio guest room at the Aqueduct at the Sands Hotel and Casino, 1963 folder 23 (0287_0691) (view online)

Studio guest room at the Aqueduct at the Sands Hotel and Casino, 1963 folder 23 (0287_0692) (view online)

Studio guest room at the Aqueduct at the Sands Hotel and Casino, 1963 folder 23 (0287_0693) (view online)

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Studio guest room at the Aqueduct at the Sands Hotel and Casino, 1963 folder 23 (0287_0695) (view online)

Studio guest room at the Aqueduct at the Sands Hotel and Casino, 1963 folder 23 (0287_0696) (view online)

Studio guest room at the Aqueduct at the Sands Hotel and Casino, 1963 folder 23 (0287_0697) (view online)

Studio guest room at the Aqueduct at the Sands Hotel and Casino, 1963 folder 23 (0287_0698) (view online)

Studio guest room at the Aqueduct at the Sands Hotel and Casino, 1963 folder 23 (0287_0699) (view online)

Studio guest room at the Aqueduct at the Sands Hotel and Casino, 1963 folder 23 (0287_0700) (view online)

Studio guest room at the Aqueduct at the Sands Hotel and Casino, 1963 folder 23 (0287_0701) (view online)

Studio guest room at the Aqueduct at the Sands Hotel and Casino, 1963 folder 23 (0287_0702) (view online)

Studio guest room at the Aqueduct at the Sands Hotel and Casino, 1963 folder 23 (0287_0703) (view online)

Studio guest room at the Aqueduct at the Sands Hotel and Casino, 1963 folder 23 (0287_0704) (view online)

Studio guest room at the Aqueduct at the Sands Hotel and Casino, 1963 folder 23 (0287_0705) (view online)

Studio guest room at the Aqueduct at the Sands Hotel and Casino, 1963 folder 23 (0287_0706) (view online)

Studio guest room at the Aqueduct at the Sands Hotel and Casino, 1963 folder 23 (0287_0707) (view online)

Studio guest room at the Aqueduct at the Sands Hotel and Casino, 1963 folder 23 (0287_0708) (view online)

Studio guest room at the Aqueduct at the Sands Hotel and Casino, 1963 folder 23 (0287_0709) (view online)

Studio guest room at the Aqueduct at the Sands Hotel and Casino, 1963 folder 23 (0287_0710) (view online)

Studio guest room at the Aqueduct at the Sands Hotel and Casino, 1963 folder 23 (0287_0711) (view online)

Studio guest room at the Aqueduct at the Sands Hotel and Casino, 1963 folder 23 (0287_0712) (view online)

Studio guest room at the Aqueduct at the Sands Hotel and Casino, 1963 folder 23 (0287_0713) (view online)

Suite at the Aqueduct at the Sands Hotel, 1963 (0287_0714) (view online) folder 23

Suite at the Aqueduct at the Sands Hotel, 1963 (0287_0715) (view online) folder 23

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Suite at the Aqueduct at the Sands Hotel, 1963 (0287_0716) (view online) folder 23

Suite at the Aqueduct at the Sands Hotel, 1963 (0287_0717) (view online) folder 23

Suite at the Aqueduct at the Sands Hotel, 1963 (0287_0718) (view online) folder 23

Suite at the Aqueduct at the Sands Hotel, 1963 (0287_0719) (view online) folder 23

Suite at the Aqueduct at the Sands Hotel, 1963 (0287_0720) (view online) folder 23

Suite at the Aqueduct at the Sands Hotel, 1963 (0287_0721) (view online) folder 23

Suite at the Aqueduct at the Sands Hotel, 1963 (0287_0722) (view online) folder 23

Suite at the Aqueduct at the Sands Hotel, 1963 (0287_0723) (view online) folder 23

Suite at the Aqueduct at the Sands Hotel, 1963 (0287_0724) (view online) folder 23

Suite at the Aqueduct at the Sands Hotel, 1963 (0287_0725) (view online) folder 23

Suite at the Aqueduct at the Sands Hotel, 1963 (0287_0726) (view online) folder 23

Suite at the Aqueduct at the Sands Hotel, 1963 (0287_0727) (view online) folder 23

Suite at the Aqueduct at the Sands Hotel, 1963 (0287_0728) (view online) folder 23

Suite at the Aqueduct at the Sands Hotel, 1963 (0287_0729) (view online) folder 23

Suite at the Aqueduct at the Sands Hotel, 1963 (0287_0730) (view online) folder 23

Golf course in Las Vegas, Nevada, (0287_0770) (view online) folder 25

Archery lessons at the Sands Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada, folder 26 (0287_0771) (view online)

Archery lessons at the Sands Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada, folder 26 (0287_0772) (view online)

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Sands Hotel and Casino staff and buildings photographs, 1950 to 1969 Physical Description: 2 Linear Feet (18 hanging folders, 1 shared box of negatives, 1 shared binder of slides, and 1 flat file) Scope and Contents Note: Materials depict the buildings and staff of the Sands Hotel from approximately 1950 to 1969. The photographs primarily depict staff at the Sands, the hotel's marquee various performers, the exteriors of the Sands Hotel's buildings, aerial views of the Sands, construction of the Sands Hotel's tower, the Aqueduct building, and workers at the hotel.

Arrangement: Materials remain in original order.

Title/Description Containers Carl Cohen, former Vice President of the Sands Hotel and Casino, sitting in his folder 02 office, (0287_0043) (view online)

Negative: Sands Hotel marquee advertising the appearance of the "Rat Pack", box undated (0048) SH-031

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Sands marquee: "Dean Martin, Maybe Frank - Maybe Sammy", 1963 (0051) folder 03

Sands marquee: "Sammy Davis, Dean Martin, Frank Sinatra", undated (0052) folder 03

Sands Hotel marquee, including Sammy Davis Jr., (0053) folder 03

Tower at the Sands Hotel under construction, 1965 August (0287_0054) (view folder 03 online)

Sands Hotel marquee and a partial view of the front of the hotel, (0287_0057) folder 03 (view online)

Carl Cohen, former Vice President of the Sands Hotel and Casino, and his wife in folder 03 front of a birthday cake, (0287_0062) (view online)

Negative: Sands Hotel, (0065) box SH-031

Rockingham Park, one of the hotel buildings at the Sands and entrance to the folder 04 Turf Club, under construction, (0287_0081) (view online)

Rockingham Park, one of the hotel buildings at the Sands Hotel, 1952 folder 04 (0287_0082) (view online)

Sands Hotel's tower under construction, 1965 November 19 (0287_0100) (view folder 04 online)

Sands Hotel's tower under construction, 1965 February 24 (0287_0101) (view folder 05 online)

Sands Hotel's tower under construction, 1965 November 19 (0287_0102) (view folder 05 online)

Sands Hotel's tower under construction and the hotel's marquee advertising Joey folder 05 Bishop, Nancy Ames, and Antonio Morelli, 1965 August (0287_0103) (view online)

Sands Hotel's tower under construction, 1965 August 25 (0287_0104) (view folder 05 online)

Danny Thomas and Jack Entratter posing near new Sands tower while it was folder 05 under construction, 1965 (0287_0105) (view online)

Danny Thomas and Jack Entratter posing near new Sands tower while it was folder 05 under construction, 1965 (0287_0106) (view online)

Architect's drawing of the Sands Hotel facade, (0107) flat file 01

Negative: Sands Hotel entrance showing marquee, (0108) box SH-031

Guests on horseback near the Sands Hotel marquee and entrance, (0287_0109) folder 05 (view online)

Sands Hotel entrance and marquee is advertising , , folder 05 and Antonio Morelli, 1964 (0287_0110) (view online)

Negative: Sands Hotel marquee advertising Milton Berle, Betty George, Sid box Gary, Leonard Sues, and others, (0287_0111) (view online) SH-031

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Sands Hotel marquee advertising Dean Martin and Francis Brunn, 1962 folder 05 September (0112)

Sands Hotel marquee advertising Dean Martin and Francis Brunn, 1964 (0113) folder 05

Sands Hotel marquee advertising Sammy Davis, Dean Martin, and Frank Sinatra, folder 05 1963 (0114)

Sands Hotel marquee advertising Dean Martin, "Maybe Frank--Maybe Sammy", flat file 1963 (0115) 01

Sands Hotel marquee advertising Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin, Sammy Davis Jr., flat file Peter Lawford, and Joey Bishop, undated (0116) 01

Facade of the Sands Hotel and Casino, 1954 (0287_0117) (view online) flat file 01

Sands Hotel entrance and marquee advertising Nat King Cole, (0287_0118) flat file (view online) 01

Sands Hotel entrance, 1954 (0119) flat file 01

Aerial view of the Sands Hotel and adjacent properties, including the Las Vegas, folder 05 Nevada Convention Center dome and Landmark Hotel tower, 1964 (0287_0120) (view online)

Aerial view of the Sands Hotel and adjacent properties, 1962 (0287_0121) (view folder 05 online)

Aerial view of the Sands Hotel and adjacent properties, (0122) folder 05

Aerial view of the Sands Hotel and adjacent properties, (0123) folder 05

Aerial view of the Sands Hotel and adjacent properties, 1966 (0124) folder 05

Aerial view of the Las Vegas, Nevada Strip looking north from the Dunes Hotel, folder 05 approximately 1968 (0125)

Ann Hunter dealing cards at the Sands Hotel and Casino, 1953 July 26 (0126) folder 05

Hollywood Park at the Sands Hotel, (0146) folder 06

Architect's drawing of a new high-rise building planned for the Sands Hotel, folder 06 1961 (0147)

Sign at the entrance of the Copa Room showroom at the Sands Hotel and Casino flat file advertising Nat King Cole and Joey Bishop, (0287_0150) (view online) 01

New three-story building called the Aqueduct at the Sands Hotel, 1963 (0158) folder 06

Aqueduct building at the Sands Hotel and Casino, 1963 (0287_0159) (view folder 06 online)

Aqueduct building at the Sands Hotel and Casino, 1963 (0287_0160) (view folder 06 online)

Construction of a new tower at the Sands Hotel and Casino, 1965 April folder 06 (0287_0164) (view online)

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Construction of a new tower at the Sands Hotel and Casino, 1965 April folder 06 (0287_0165) (view online)

Construction of a new tower at the Sands Hotel and Casino, 1965 April folder 07 (0287_0166) (view online)

Construction of a new tower at the Sands Hotel and Casino, 1965 April folder 07 (0287_0167) (view online)

Construction worker signaling a crane operator while another crane operator is folder 07 lifting something up during construction of a new tower at the Sands Hotel and Casino Tower, 1965 April (0287_0168) (view online)

Construction of a new tower at the Sands Hotel and Casino, 1965 April folder 07 (0287_0169) (view online)

Construction of a new tower at the Sands Hotel and Casino, 1965 May folder 07 (0287_0170) (view online)

Construction of a new tower at the Sands Hotel and Casino, 1965 August folder 07 (0287_0171) (view online)

Construction of a new tower at the Sands Hotel and Casino, 1965 August folder 07 (0287_0172) (view online)

Construction of a new tower at the Sands Hotel and Casino, 1965 August folder 07 (0287_0173) (view online)

Publicity stunt at the Dunes Hotel in which a guest gets a "water wake-up call" by folder 07 being slid down a slide into the hotel's pool, 1955 (0287_0174) (view online)

Publicity stunt at the Dunes Hotel in which a guest gets a "water wake-up call" by folder 07 being slid down a slide into the hotel's pool, 1955 (0287_0175) (view online)

Sands Hotel marquee, 1964 (0199) folder 08

Negative: Sands Hotel marquee advertising Dean Martin and Francis Brunn, box 1964 January 22 (0230) SH-031

Negative: Sands Hotel marquee advertising Dean Martin and Francis Brunn, box 1964 January 22 (0231) SH-031

Sands Hotel marquee, undated (0328) folder 13

Sands Hotel marquee, undated (0329) folder 13

Sands Hotel marquee advertising Frank Sinatra and Count Basie, 1966 folder 13 (0287_0330) (view online)

Sands Hotel marquee: "Jack Entratter presents Dino, closing tonight", 1964 July folder 13 (0339)

Sands Hotel executive, Carl Cohen, and actor Danny Thomas sharing a folder 13 microphone at the Sands Hotel, (0287_0340) (view online)

Slide: aerial view of the Sands Hotel, 1962 (0287_0349) (view online) binder PB-007

Slide: aerial view of the Sands Hotel, 1962 (0287_0350) (view online)

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binder PB-007

Slide: Sands Hotel marquee and the front of the hotel, (0287_0351) (view online) binder PB-007

Slide: Sands Hotel marquee and the front of the hotel, (0287_0352) (view online) binder PB-007

Slide: porte cochere and entrance to the Sands Hotel, (0287_0353) (view online) binder PB-007

Slide: film crew shooting the Sands Hotel swimming pool, (0287_0354) (view binder online) PB-007

Slide: Sands Hotel marquee at night with a tree, 1954 December binder (0287_0355) (view online) PB-007

Slide: Sands Hotel marquee at night with a Christmas tree, 1954 December binder (0287_0356) (view online) PB-007

Slide: Sands Hotel marquee at night with a Christmas tree, 1954 December binder (0287_0357) (view online) PB-007

Slide: Sands Hotel marquee at night with a Christmas tree, 1954 December binder (0287_0358) (view online) PB-007

Slide: Sands Hotel marquee at night with a Christmas tree, 1954 December binder (0287_0359) (view online) PB-007

Welcome to Las Vegas, Nevada sign, (0287_0391) (view online) folder 14

Sands Hotel marquee, 1963 September (0393) folder 14

Sands Hotel and Casino with its marquee, 1954 (0287_0394) (view online) folder 14

Sands Hotel and Casino with its marquee, (0395) folder 14

Sands Hotel and Casino, 1954 (0287_0396) (view online) folder 14

Sands Hotel entrance and marquee, (0287_0397) (view online) folder 14

Sands Hotel and Casino, (0287_0398) (view online) folder 14

Jack Entratter in his office at the Sands Hotel and Casino, 1960 May folder 15 (0287_0441) (view online)

Danny Thomas and Jack Entratter standing in front of the new Sands tower under folder 19 construction, 1965 (0287_0549) (view online)

Sands Hotel with its tower addition as seen from , 1966 folder 19 January 26 (0287_0554) (view online)

Fremont Street looking northwest from Second Street in downtown Las Vegas, folder 20 Nevada, 1953 (0287_0594) (view online)

Wardrobe from performers at the Sands Hotel, (0609) folder 21

Switchboard operators at the Sands Hotel, (0287_0610) (view online) folder 21

Award-winning Sands Hotel and Casino Food and Beverage staff: Mike Uzan, folder 21 Assistant Executive Chef; Doug Hardy, Food & Beverage Department Manager;

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Christopher Johns, Executive Chef; John Thacker, Director of Food & Beverage; and Ramon Gonzalez, pastry chef, (0287_0611) (view online)

Sahara Hotel marquee announcing the birth of Troy Damien Romero, 1978 folder 21 September 18 (0287_0613) (view online)

Sands employee putting out a fire in a parking lot during a Fire Prevention Class folder 21 at the Sands, 1968 October 03 (0287_0636) (view online)

Sands Hotel employee putting out a fire in a parking lot during a Fire Prevention folder 21 Class at the Sands, 1968 October 03 (0287_0637) (view online)

Sands Hotel employee putting out a fire in a parking lot during a Fire Prevention folder 21 Class at the Sands, 1968 October 03 (0287_0638) (view online)

Sands Hotel employee putting out a fire in a parking lot during a Fire Prevention folder 21 Class at the Sands, 1968 October 03 (0287_0639) (view online)

Sands Hotel employee being given a Certificate of Merit for his completion of folder 21 the Fire Prevention Class at the Sands, 1968 October 03 (0287_0640) (view online)

Sands Hotel employee being given a Certificate of Merit for his completion of folder 22 the Fire Prevention Class at the Sands, 1968 October 03 (0287_0641) (view online)

Sands Hotel employee being given a Certificate of Merit for his completion of folder 22 the Fire Prevention Class at the Sands, 1968 October 03 (0287_0642) (view online)

Sands Hotel employee being given a Certificate of Merit for his completion of folder 22 the Fire Prevention Class at the Sands, 1968 October 03 (0287_0643) (view online)

Sands Hotel employee being given a Certificate of Merit for his completion of folder 22 the Fire Prevention Class at the Sands, 1968 October 03 (0287_0644) (view online)

Sands Hotel primary marquee advertises Frank Sinatra; Betty Kean & Lew folder 22 Parker; the Exciting Texas Copa Girls; Antonio Morelli & His Music, (0287_0658) (view online)

Sands Hotel primary marquee advertises Steve Lawrence & Eydie Gormé; folder 22 Nipsey Russell; secondary marquee advertises Yacoubian and Co; Suzie and the Niteowls; Morry King & violin; Ernie Stewart Trio, (0287_0659) (view online)

Sands Hotel primary marquee advertises the Will Mastin Trio starring Sammy folder 22 Davis Jr.; Augie and Margo; Exciting Texas Copa Girls; Antonio Morelli & His Music; secondary marquee advertises Kay Brown; Veracruz Boys with Ruth Gillis; Tommy Doyle; the Ernie Stewart Trio, (0287_0660) (view online)

Sands Hotel primary marquee advertises Jerry Lewis; Bob De Voye Trio; the folder 22 most beautiful girls in the west; Antonio Morelli and His Music; secondary marquee advertises Lillian Briggs; Clark Bros.; and His Blue Caps; Four Voices, (0287_0661) (view online)

Sands Hotel primary marquee advertises Peter Lind Hayes & ; folder 22 Chubby Checker; Antonio Morelli and His Music; secondary marquee advertises Morry King and Violins; Dave Burton; Danny Costello; the Ernie Stewart Trio, (0287_0662) (view online)

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Sands Hotel secondary marquee advertising Kay Brown; Veracruz Boys with folder 22 Ruth Gillis; Tommy Doyle; the Ernie Stewart Trio; part of the primary marquee is visible, advertising Augie & Margo; the Exciting Texas Copa Girls; Antonio Morelli & His Music, (0287_0663) (view online)

Sands Hotel primary marquee advertises ; Buddy Cole at the folder 22 piano; Joey Bishop; Antonio Morelli and His Music; and ; partially visible secondary marquee advertises Louis Jordan and His Tympany Five; Nu- Tones; Teddy Noell and His Orchestra, (0287_0664) (view online)

Sands Hotel and Casino marquee with a caricature of Dean Martin and folder 22 announcement "Jack Entratter Presents: Dino, Closing Tonight"; motion picture crew filmed the set-up of the marquee as part of Martin's 1964 movie "Kiss Me, Stupid", 1960 July (0287_0665) (view online)

Sands Hotel primary marquee advertises Alan King; Chubby Checker; Antonio folder 22 Morelli and His Music; secondary marquee advertises Morry King and His Violins; Dave Burton; Danny Costello; Ernie Stewart, 1964 May (0287_0666) (view online)

Sands Hotel exterior; marquee advertises ; Connie Moore; folder 22 Digatanos; the Ray Sinatra Orchestra, 1953 (0287_0667) (view online)

Sands Hotel primary marquee advertises ; Eber Lobato Co & folder 22 Nelida; the most beautiful girls in the West; Antonio Morelli and His Music; secondary marquee advertises Morry King and Violins; Dave Burton; George Hernandez; the Ernie Stewart Trio, (0287_0668) (view online)

Sands Hotel primary marquee advertises Will Mastin Trio Starring Sammy Davis folder 22 Jr., maybe Dean Martin; Bob Melvin; secondary marquee advertises Jonah Jones; Morry King and Violins; Dave Burton; the Ernie Stewart Trio, 1960 (0287_0669) (view online)

Sands Hotel primary marquee advertises Jerry Lewis; Lou Brown, musical folder 22 director; 4 Step Brothers; Antonio Morelli and His Music, (0287_0670) (view online)

Sands Hotel primary marquee advertising Nat King Cole in "Sights and folder 22 Sounds of 1964"; Merry Young Souls; and Ronnie Martin; secondary marquee advertising Five with Ruth Gillis; Dave Burton; Don Wyatt; and the Ernie Stewart Trio in the lounge, (0287_0671) (view online)

Welcome to Las Vegas sign and an advertisement for the Sands with Ricky folder 22 Ricardo and Jerry Lewis; two women on horseback are riding between the signs, (0287_0672) (view online)

Sands Hotel and Casino, (0287_0676) (view online) folder 22

Sands Hotel and Casino, (0287_0677) (view online) folder 22

Sands Hotel marquee, (0287_0678) (view online) folder 22

Architectural rendering of the Sands Hotel and Casino by Bob Smith, folder 22 (0287_0679)

Architectural rendering of the Sands Hotel and Casino, (0287_0680) (view folder 22 online)

Aqueduct at the Sands Hotel and Casino designed by Julius Gabrielle, 1963 folder 23 (0287_0681) (view online) - Page 44- Guide to the Sands Hotel Photograph Collection

Aqueduct at the Sands Hotel and Casino designed by Julius Gabrielle, 1963 folder 23 (0287_0682) (view online)

Aqueduct at the Sands Hotel and Casino designed by Julius Gabrielle, 1963 folder 23 (0287_0683) (view online)

People golfing in front of the Aqueduct at the Sands Hotel and Casino, 1963 folder 23 (0287_0684) (view online)

Interior of the Aqueduct at the Sands Hotel and Casino, 1963 (0287_0685) (view folder 23 online)

Children sitting and playing with drum sticks at a school, probably in Las Vegas, folder 24 Nevada, (0287_0747) (view online)

Children sitting and playing with drum sticks at a school, probably in Las Vegas, folder 24 Nevada, (0287_0748) (view online)

Billboard advertising the Sands Hotel and Casino that reads, 1952 December 23 folder 24 (0287_0749) (view online)

Riki Yarborough, the reservation manager at the Sands Hotel and Casino in Las folder 24 Vegas, Nevada, (0287_0750) (view online)

Lloyd Cope, resident manager at the Sands Hotel and Casino, in Las Vegas, folder 25 Nevada, (0287_0751) (view online)

Two men working at the Sands Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada, folder 25 (0287_0752) (view online)

Riki Yarborough, the reservation manager at the Sands Hotel and Casino, in Las folder 25 Vegas, Nevada, (0287_0753) (view online)

Men at the Sands Hotel, (0287_0843) (view online) folder 27

Men at the Sands Hotel, (0287_0844) (view online) folder 27

Men at the Sands Hotel, (0287_0845) (view online) folder 27

Men at the Sands Hotel, (0287_0846) (view online) folder 27

Men at the Sands Hotel, (0287_0847) (view online) folder 27

Men at the Sands Hotel, (0287_0848) (view online) folder 27

Men at the Sands Hotel, (0287_0849) (view online) folder 27

Men at the Sands Hotel, (0287_0850) (view online) folder 27

Men at the Sands Hotel, (0287_0851) (view online) folder 27

Men at the Sands Hotel, (0287_0852) (view online) folder 27

Danny Thomas and a man at the Sands Hotel in Las Vegas, Nevada, (0287_0853) folder 27 (view online)

Danny Thomas and men at the Sands Hotel, (0287_0854) (view online) folder 27

Danny Thomas and men at the Sands Hotel, (0287_0855) (view online) folder 27

Danny Thomas and men at the Sands Hotel, (0287_0856) (view online) folder 27

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Jake Freedman welcoming a man as he steps off an airplane, (0287_0857) (view folder 27 online)

Men in front of an airplane, (0287_0858) (view online) folder 27

Jake Freedman and other men in front of an airplane, (0287_0859) (view online) folder 27

Men at the Sands Hotel, (0287_0860) (view online) folder 27

Jack Entratter and men at the Sands Hotel, (0287_0861) (view online) folder 27

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