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| Title | Photograph of a floating craps game in the Sands Hotel swimming pool (Las Vegas), 1954 |
| Group Creator | Desert Sea News Bureau
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| Description | Guests at the Sands playing craps on a floating table in the pool. Transcribed from photo sleeve: "Floating craps table - Customers at the Sands Hotel escape the heat by gambling in the pool. About 2200 guests tried this in 1954." Stamped on original: "Desert Sea News Bureau. Las Vegas, Nevada. Photo by Don English - Dave Lees - Joe Buck." |
| Source | Image ID: 0287:0177 |
| Original Collection | Sands Hotel Collection
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| Original Date | 1954 |
| Site Name (standardized) | Sands Hotel
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| Site Street Address | 3355 Las Vegas Boulevard South, Las Vegas, NV |
| Type of Site (AAT) | resorts
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| Photo Components (AAT) | swimming pools
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| Graphic Elements (TGM) | Gamblers
Gambling
Game pieces
Swimming pools
Tables
Diving boards
People
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| DC Type | Still image
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| Genre (TGM) | Pictures
Photographs
Photographic prints
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| Language | eng
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| Digital Publisher | University of Nevada, Las Vegas University Libraries |
| Digital Collection | Dreaming the Skyline: Resort Architecture and the New Urban Space
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| Digital ID | sky000264 |
