Aerial view of the Landmark Casino and the Las Vegas Convention Center. The Landmark Casino was closed on August 8, 1990 and demolished five years later on November 7, 1995. The site of the Landmark is now the Gold Parking Lot for the Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority. Site Name: Las Vegas Convention Center; Landmark Hotel and Casino
Materials contain photographs of families and ranches around Beatty, Nevada from 1904 to 1989. Materials include photographs of the Brockman, Lisle, Revert, Crowell, Lemmon, Palsgrove, and Reidhead families, documenting activities such as events on Main Street, construction of several buildings, protests against the Nevada Test Site, animal husbandry, railroad transportation (especially by the Tonopah and Tidewater Railroad), education, and mining and milling.
Archival Collection
Nye County, Nevada Photograph Collection
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Collection Number: PH-00221 Collection Name: Nye County, Nevada Photograph Collection Box/Folder: N/A
The Nevada files (1964-2021) sub-series contains research files, reprints, negatives, and surveys from various locations throughout Nevada. Moapa Valley, Overton, the Muddy River, Lake Mohave, Ash Meadows, the Nevada Test Site, the Great Basin region, and regional Northern and Southern Nevada comprise the majority of the files.
Archival Collection
Elizabeth von Till and Claude N. Warren Professional Papers
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Collection Number: MS-00906 Collection Name: Elizabeth von Till and Claude N. Warren Professional Papers Box/Folder: N/A
Rough sketch of the general layout of the proposed Lady Luck, which later became the Hacienda (Las Vegas). Original medium: blue pen on notebook paper. Site Name: Hacienda Address: 3590 Las Vegas Boulevard South
Black and white image of the gravel testing laboratory at the site of the former Stewart Ranch, also known as the Las Vegas Ranch. Standing in the center is Henry Wieking, "setting window and door casements preparatory to rebuilding adobe walls." Site Name: Las Vegas Ranch (Las Vegas, Nev.)
An aerial image of construction on roads and a bridge across the Colorado River at the Hoover (Boulder) Dam construction site. Noted on photo: "Taken by FAB."