Black and white image of a barge used to transfer trucks and heavy materials across the Colorado River during the construction phase of the Boulder Canyon Project, better known as Hoover Dam. This specific barge is equipped with a double drum hoist. Note: Boulder Dam was officially renamed Hoover Dam in 1947.

Close-up of a fire engine at the Last Frontier Hotel and Casino.

Color postcard of Fremont Street with mushroom cloud in middle of the photo, directly above U.P.R.R. depot at dusk.

First Methodist Church is barely visible behind the trees. The church was built in 1908. For another photo of this church, see Image 0266_008, pho025988.

Overland Hotel behind a line of trees. Cars are parked along the sidewalk surrounding the hotel. Image was taken in the 1920s.

Local news reports on Stardust showgirl image on the outside of a Western Pacific Airlines plane. Footage shows the showgirl whose image is used (Akke who performs in Enter the Night) posing next to the plane and a small group of people gathered inside the airport for the reveal. Jim Seagrave (Stardust Marketing) explains how the photograph was taken, then sent off to a company to be made into a vinyl wrap for the plane. Original media VHS, color, aspect ratio 4 x 3, frame size 720 x 486. From the Stardust Resort and Casino Records (MS-00515) -- Photographs and audiovisual material -- Digitized audiovisual material file.