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Photograph of the Landmark Casino, Las Vegas (Nev.), December 23, 1967

Date

1967-12-23

Description

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

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Beatty, Nevada, 1904-1989

Level of Description

Series

Scope and Contents

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

Archival Component

Nevada files, 1964 to 2021

Level of Description

Sub-Series

Scope and Contents

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

Archival Component

Architectural sketch of the Hacienda (Las Vegas), general layout of the property, 1951-1956

Date

1951 to 1956

Description

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

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Film transparency of the gravel testing laboratory, Las Vegas, September 20, 1929

Date

1929-09-20

Description

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.)

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Telegram from J. Ross Clark to W. H. Comstock, January 23, 1905

Date

1905-01-23

Archival Collection

Description

Telegram requests rushing the surveying of the Las Vegas townsite.

Text

Photograph of construction of roads and bridge across Colorado River, Hoover Dam, circa 1930-1935

Date

1930 to 1935

Archival Collection

Description

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."

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