Skip to main content

Search the Special Collections and Archives Portal

Search Results

Displaying results 71 - 80 of 92

Artist's rendering of Automotive Center for Ross Management Corporation at Arville Street and Desert Inn Road, Las Vegas, Nevada: photographic print, approximately 1940 to 1967

Level of Description

Item

Archival Collection

Harry Hayden Whiteley Photograph Collection
To request this item in person:
Collection Number: PH-00073
Collection Name: Harry Hayden Whiteley Photograph Collection
Box/Folder: Folder 01

Archival Component

Apparel shop for Faveger's, Las Vegas, Nevada: photographic print, approximately 1940 to 1967

Level of Description

Item

Archival Collection

Harry Hayden Whiteley Photograph Collection
To request this item in person:
Collection Number: PH-00073
Collection Name: Harry Hayden Whiteley Photograph Collection
Box/Folder: Folder 01

Archival Component

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

Level of Description

Item

Archival Collection

Harry Hayden Whiteley Photograph Collection
To request this item in person:
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
To request this item in person:
Collection Number: PH-00185
Collection Name: Southern Nevada Educators Photograph Collection
Box/Folder: Folder 01, Box SH-025

Archival Component

Transcript of interview with Nellie Bunch by Robin Ducharme, November 20, 1975

Date

1975-11-20

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.

Text

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

Image

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

Image

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

Image

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

Image

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

Image