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Photograph of North Las Vegas golf course, northwest direction, circa 1965
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Archival Collection
Description
North Las Vegas golf course with Parks and Recreation Building and city water tanks.
Transcribed Notes: Notes from photo sleeve: "North Las Vegas Golf Course (Par 3) with Parks and Recreation Building and city water storage tanks"; Notes on back: "NLV Par 3 Golf Course with P & R Bldg. and city water storage tanks."
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Photograph of the Chuck Wagon Buffet at the El Rancho Vegas (Las Vegas), late 1940s
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Archival Collection
Description
Two cooks standing ready for diners at the Chuck Wagon Buffet at the El Rancho Vegas. Stamp on back of photo: "Las Vegas News Bureau, Las Vegas-Nevada, Photographers Don English, Joe Buck, Jerry Abbott, 0791."
Site Name: El Rancho Vegas
Address: 2500 Las Vegas Boulevard South
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Architectural drawing of Circus Circus (Las Vegas), toilets plan and elevations, April 5, 1968
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Archival Collection
Description
Toilets plan and elevations for the construction of the Circus Circus casino from 1968. Printed on parchment.
Site Name: Circus Circus Las Vegas
Address: 2880 Las Vegas Boulevard South
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Architectural drawing of Sands Hotel (Las Vegas), additions and alterations, partial second floor plan, August 3, 1964
Date
Archival Collection
Description
Architectural plans for additions and alterations to The Sands. Includes revisions. Printed on mylar. Berton Charles Severson, architect; Brian Walter Webb, architect; Dan Ford, delineator.
Site Name: Sands Hotel
Address: 3355 Las Vegas Boulevard South
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Film transparency of Fremont Street seen from east of Second Street (Las Vegas), circa 1958
Date
Archival Collection
Description
View of Fremont Street looking northwest from outside of the Hotel Fremont. Signs for the Golden Nugget, Lucky Strike Club, Hotel Apache, the Mint, the Las Vegas Club, and Vegas Vic outside of the Pioneer Club are visible. Bentley's Western Trading Post, White Cross Drugs and Rexall Drugs signs are also visible.
Site Name: Fremont Street
Address: Fremont street, Las Vegas, NV
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Film transparency of Fremont Street looking northwest from Second Street at Christmas time (Las Vegas), circa 1948
Date
Archival Collection
Description
Nighttime view of Fremont Street looking northwest from east of Second Street. Neon signs for the Golden Nugget, Eldorado Club, Boulder Club, Frontier Club, Pioneer Club and White Cross Drugs are seen. Christmas decorations are seen on the exterior of the Eldorado Club and hanging over Fremont Street.
Site Name: Fremont Street
Address: Fremont street, Las Vegas, NV
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Transcript of interview with Dr. Angela Clarke by Lisa Gioia-Acres, October 3, 2008
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Archival Collection
Description
Interview with Dr. Angela Clarke conducted by Lisa Gioia-Acres on October 3, 2008. A native of Baltimore, Maryland, Clarke spent a great deal of time reading medical texts and started working at Social Security by the age of fourteen. Following high school, she joined the women's Air Force and attended Morgan State College on the GI Bill. Clarke recalls instances of racism and the efforts she personally made to mitigate or change circumstances for blacks. Among her many awards, she was given a plaque for integrating Air Force swimming pools. Later accepted at University of Maryland, her first year's tuition was paid by the Jessie Smith Noyes Foundation. Clarke lived and practiced medicine in Beverly Hills until 1976, when a friend suggested that she was needed in Las Vegas as a board-certified family practitioner.
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Architectural drawing, Xanadu Hotel and Casino (Las Vegas), sketches, site plan and parking layout study #1, November 22, 1975
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Archival Collection
Description
Parking layout study and site plan of the Xanadu Hotel and Casino from 1975. Parchment ozalid. The Xanadu was to be located where the Excalibur Hotel and Casino currently sits, but it was never built.
Site Name: Xanadu Hotel and Casino
Address: 3850 Las Vegas Boulevard South, Las Vegas, NV
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