2_01: Caesar's Palace Felted Tablecloth, Gary Sternberg
c.1970s-2000s, Front side - Felted tablecloth from Caesar's Palace Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada.
Green tablecloth with printed text and decals in English using black and mint green ink. At the bottom, the Caesar's Palace logo. Above, six depictions of the Roman Civic Crown.
Name/Title
2_01: Caesar's Palace Felted Tablecloth, Gary SternbergEntry/Object ID
2017.2.1Description
c.1970s-2000s, felted tablecloth from Caesar's Palace Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada.Use
Placed over table for casino gameplay 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. The Civic Crown or corona civica is commonly included in depictions of Julius Caesar as the Civic Crown was worn by high ranking military officials in Ancient Rome. University of Chicago Civic Crown Source: https://penelope.uchicago.edu/Thayer/E/Roman/Texts/secondary/SMIGRA*/Corona.html#:~:text=As%20the%20possession%20of%20this,2).Collection
Gary SternbergCategory
Table Cloth