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Exteriors, interiors, and floor plans of contemporary churches in the United States from newspaper clippings, magazine clippings, and artist's renderings: photograph album, 1953 to 1958

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Item

Archival Collection

Harry Hayden Whiteley Photograph Collection
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Collection Number: PH-00073
Collection Name: Harry Hayden Whiteley Photograph Collection
Box/Folder: Oversized Box 03

Archival Component

Photographic prints and negatives, 1984

Level of Description

File

Archival Collection

Southern Nevada Educators Photograph Collection
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Collection Number: PH-00185
Collection Name: Southern Nevada Educators Photograph Collection
Box/Folder: Folder 01, Box SH-025

Archival Component

Irma I. Varela interview, March 5, 2019: transcript

Date

2019-03-05

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

1981-03-25

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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Photograph of an artist's painting of the proposed Dealville resort (Las Vegas), 1957

Date

1957

Description

Artist's conception of the proposed Dealville casino and resort in Las Vegas. 'G & V Nowak 57' in lower right corner.
Site Name: Dealville

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Transcript of interview with Mildred Breedlove by Steve Drappo, February 18, 1979

Date

1979-02-18

Description

Steve Drappo interviews Mildred Breedlove (b. 1904) who was born in Coal Hill, Arkansas. Breedlove relocated to Nevada in 1949. During this interview Breedlove discusses her personal experience of owning her own ranch in Nevada.

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Googie architectural design drawing of Riviera Villa (Las Vegas), exterior elevation, circa 1961

Date

1958 to 1964

Description

Pencil sketch of the proposed Googie-styled Riviera Villa in Las Vegas.
Address: Las Vegas; Clark County; Nevada

Architecture and Design Style: Googie

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Googie architectural design drawing of the Wilbur Clark Shopping Center (Las Vegas), bird's-eye perspective, circa 1961

Date

1958 to 1964

Description

Artist's conception of a proposed shopping center in Las Vegas. Instances of the name of the shopping center have been erased in the drawing. 'Bond Road & Maryland Parkway, Clark County, Nev.' (Bond Road was the former name of Tropicana Avenue.) Rendered by J. M. Larsen.
Address: Las Vegas; Clark County; Nevada

Architecture and Design Style: Googie

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Googie architectural style design drawing of the Blue Skies Mobile Homes Park chapel (Las Vegas), exterior perspective, circa 1961

Date

1958 to 1964

Description

Conceptual drawing of a chapel for a mobile home park in Las Vegas. 'G Van' in lower right corner of drawing.

Architecture and Design Style: Googie

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Googie architectural design drawing of the Fun-Land Amusement Park (Las Vegas), bird's-eye perspective, circa 1961

Date

1958 to 1964

Description

Conceptual rendering of Fun-Land Amusement Park in Las Vegas for Sam Pearlstein. Rendered by B. W. Powers.
Address: Las Vegas; Clark County; Nevada

Architecture and Design Style: Googie

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