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Color film negative of an artist's perspective rendering of the building's exterior; and, reproduction print of an artist's perspective rendering of the building's exterior.
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Photographs
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Photographic color print of an artist's perspective rendering of the building's exterior
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Photographic color prints of an artist's perspective rendering of the building's exterior (3)
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Photographs
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Black and white film negatives (4); photographic color prints of artist's perspective rendering of a building's exterior and of a building's interior (2); photographic black and white prints of exterior spaces (6); and, mounted photographic color print of South Las Vegas Boulevard
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Chip Johnson Collection of Hoover Dam Photographs
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The Chip Johnson Collection of Hoover Dam Photographs (approximately 1930-1936) consist of sixteen black-and-white photographs that depict the construction of Hoover Dam and the surrounding area. The photographs were taken by an unknown photographer.
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Chris Spotted Eagle oral history interview
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Oral history interview with Chris Spotted Eagle conducted by Claytee D. White and Stephen Pastorino on January 16, 2025 for the Boyer Early Las Vegas Oral History Project. In this interview, Spotted Eagle recalls growing up on the Paiute Reservation in Las Vegas, and shares that part of his family is from the Moapa Band of Paiutes. Spotted Eagle's paternal grandfather, Raymond Anderson, was a fabricator and ironworker for YESCO where he helped create the "Welcome to Las Vegas" sign designed by Betty Willis. He shares how the reservation began as a 10-acre plot of land and is now over 4,000 acres. Growth followed various successful enterprises: a smoke shop, three 18-hole golf courses with a wedding chapel, and now, the cannabis industry.
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E. W. Smith Glass Plate Negatives
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The E. W. Smith Glass Plate Negatives (approximately 1900-1916) contain original glass plate negatives created by E. W. Smith during his time in Tonopah, Manhattan, Goldfield, and other central Nevada mining towns in the early 1900s. All photographs were taken by E. W. Smith unless noted otherwise in the inventory.
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