1_47: Caesar's Palace Chicago Pin, Gary Sternberg.
c.1970s-2000s, Front side - Pin from Caesar's Palace Casino, Las Vegas, Nevada.
Aluminum button pin with plastic front cover. A black background with white, purple, and blue ink print depicts an artistic rendition of the word, "Chicago". At the bottom edge, "CAESARS PALACE" in white ink is present.
Name/Title
1_47: Caesar's Palace Chicago Pin, Gary Sternberg.Entry/Object ID
2017.1.47Description
c.1970s-2000s, pin from Caesar's Palace Casino, Las Vegas, Nevada.Use
Worn on clothing/textiles or collected as memorabilia.Context
Partial excerpt taken from exhibit page Gary Sternberg in Shanghai: Mixing Flour, Water, and German Opera: Gary (Gerd) Sternberg was born in Germany on August 25, 1931 to a Protestant mother and a Jewish father. Although he and his sister were raised and baptized as Protestants, Nazi ideology designated Gary as Jewish. Gary’s father was arrested and sent to Sachsenhausen concentration camp on June 14, 1938. When released January 28, 1939, the family managed to find refuge in Shanghai, China with about 18,000 other mostly-Jewish refugees. Gary’s family lived in Shanghai from May 1939 to July 1948. Gary worked at Caesar's Palace Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada for 31 years before his retirement on May 8, 2005.Collection
Gary SternbergCategory
Pin