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Aerial photograph of North Las Vegas looking west towards Mount Charleston, 1968
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Archival Collection
Description
Aerial view of North Las Vegas looking west with North Las Vegas Airport in the distance. The plane is directly over what is now I-15 and Cheyenne. In the foreground is a water tank where there are now many tanks.
Transcribed Notes: Handwritten on back: "Street Dept - Brooks, Cheyenne Area - 1968, looking west"
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Photograph of Cheyenne Avenue looking east at Sunrise Mountain, June 5, 1973
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Archival Collection
Description
Cheyenne Avenue looking east at Sunrise Mountain.
Transcribed Notes: Handwritten on back: "Cheyenne looking east at sunrise. NLV - Streets & Roads - Photos" Stamped on back: "CNLV Engineering Dept."
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Aerial photograph over Cheyenne Avenue looking southeast, June 5, 1973
Date
Archival Collection
Description
Aerial view over Cheyenne Avenue looking southeast towards Frenchman Mountain
Transcribed Notes: Handwritten on back: "Over Cheyenne looking SE" Stamped on back: "CNLV Engineering Dept"
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Aerial photograph of Las Vegas Boulevard and Nellis Boulevard, June 5, 1973
Date
Archival Collection
Description
Aerial view of Las Vegas Blvd. and Nellis Blvd looking north.
Transcribed Notes: Handwritten on back: "LV Blvd & Nellis Blvd looking north" Stamped on back: CNLV Engineering Dept"
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Aerial photograph of Las Vegas Blvd. and Cheyenne Ave., Las Vegas, June 5, 1973
Date
Archival Collection
Description
Aerial view of Las Vegas Blvd. and Cheyenne Avenue looking north.
Transcribed Notes: Transcribed from back of photo: "Building site of Safeway"
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Irma I. Varela interview, March 5, 2019: transcript
Date
Archival Collection
Description
Interviewed by Barbara Tabach. Born and raised in Zacatecas, Mexico, Irma moved to Las Vegas in 1989. She is the Cultural Program Supervisor at Winchester Community Center and has devoted much of her career to preserving Hispanic cultural traditions in Las Vegas. She has been an active leader in local events such as Community Roots, International Food & Folk Life Festival, World Vibrations, and Dio de Los Muertos.
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Margo Knowles interview, March 25, 1981: transcript
Date
Archival Collection
Description
From the Ralph Roske Oral History Project on Early Las Vegas, OH-01039. On March 25, 1981, collector Sonny Neighbors interviewed his mother, Margo Knowles (born October 13th, 1935 in Cedar Rapids, Iowa) at her home in Las Vegas, Nevada. Margo speaks about growing up and going to school in Las Vegas. She also discusses her work as a telephone operator in Las Vegas, and at the Nevada Test Site in Nye County, Nevada.
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Transcript of interview with Nellie Bunch by Robin Ducharme, November 20, 1975
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Archival Collection
Description
On November 20, 1975, C.A. (Robin) Ducharme interviewed Nellie Bunch (born 1902 in Chariton County, MO) about her life in Southern Nevada. Bunch first talks about her settlement into the Whitney Ranch area and her knowledge about the building of Hoover (Boulder) Dam. She also talks about the early utilization of water resources from Lake Mead, early sources of power, and the early use of evaporative coolers. Bunch also speaks about her experience as a postmaster and later discusses telephone technology and the early churches of Las Vegas.
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Googie architectural design drawing of Brasilia Village, bird's-eye perspective, circa 1961
Date
Archival Collection
Description
Conceptual drawing of the proposed Brasilia Village hotel complex.
Address: Las Vegas; Clark County; Nevada
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Googie architectural design drawing of Riviera Villa (Las Vegas), bird's-eye view perspective, circa 1961
Date
Archival Collection
Description
Conceptual drawing of the proposed Brasilia Village, that was to be built on the NW corner of Tropicana and Las Vegas Boulevard in Las Vegas. 'A Boyd Ashcraft-Harry Whiteley development.'
Address: Las Vegas; Clark County; Nevada
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