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Dick Graves
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Gambling: Art: Golden Rooster
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Nugget Motor Lodge / Dick Graves' Nugget / John Ascuaga's Nugget (Sparks, NV)
Sparks--Nevada
United States
Golden Rooster: Advertising or Art?
1957-1962 Perhaps it was a bird-brained idea, perhaps not. In 1957, Dick Graves, the owner of the Nugget, in Sparks, Nevada, commissioned a handcrafted, solid gold rooster for display in one of his hotel-casino restaurants,…