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Architectural drawing of the International Hotel (Las Vegas), grading and paving plan, August 5, 1968
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Archival Collection
Description
Architectural plans for the International Hotel, Las Vegas, Nevada from 1968. Printed on mylar. Includes grading and paving notes, parking area requirements, and handwritten legend and revisions. Scale: 1 inch = 60 feet. Job Captain: M.T. Felipe Alvarez, delineator; Brian Walter Webb, architect; Berton Charles Severson, architect.
Site Name: International Hotel
Address: 3000 Paradise Road
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Helen J. Stewart Photographs
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The Helen J. Stewart Photographs depict the Stewart Family from approximately 1860 to 1950. The photographs primarily depict Helen J. Stewart and her children as well as the Stewart Ranch (also know as the Las Vegas Ranch) in Southern Nevada. The photographs include the early Las Vegas, Nevada town site, landscapes of Southern Nevada and the American Southwest, mines and mining camps, railroads and railroad workers, the Las Vegas Fort (also known as the Old Mormon Fort), hotels and early businesses in Las Vegas, Native Americans and Native American artifacts, and postcards.
Archival Collection
Manley Sorensen oral history interview
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Oral history interview with Manley Sorensen conducted by Michael Kelser on March 02, 1977 for the Ralph Roske Oral History Project on Early Las Vegas. In this interview, Sorensen discusses the history of Las Vegas, Nevada. Sorensen discusses how Las Vegas has changed since 1936, including how the casinos in the city have changed and the disappearance of water springs around Las Vegas. Sorensen also discusses the El Rancho Hotel fire, prospecting for recreation, environmental changes, nuclear weapons tests, and flooding in Las Vegas.
Archival Collection
Register of the Hotel Nevada, July 1, 1910-Sept. 12, 1911
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Archival Collection
Description
Guest register for the Hotel Nevada which opened on the southeast corner of Main Street and Fremont Street in Las Vegas in 1906. This particular volume lists guest names and their home cities for the period spanning July 1910 through September 1911.
Site Name: Hotel Nevada (Las Vegas, Nev.)
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Photograph of the Aladdin and Dunes from Las Vegas Boulevard (Las Vegas), late 1960s
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Archival Collection
Description
Looking north down the Strip with the Aladdin on the right and the Dunes on the left.
Site Name: Las Vegas Strip
Address: Las Vegas Boulevard, Las Vegas, NV
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Photograph of the coffee shop in the Mint (Las Vegas), circa 1960
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Archival Collection
Description
An exterior view of the coffee shop inside of the Mint Hotel in downtown Las Vegas.
Site Name: Mint Las Vegas
Address: 128 East Fremont Street
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Photograph of a rendering of the Showboat Hotel and Casino (Atlantic City), 1987
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Archival Collection
Description
Artist's conception of the Showboat Hotel and Casino (Atlantic City).
Site Name: Showboat Hotel and Casino (Atlantic City)
Address: 801 Boardwalk, Atlantic City, NJ
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Photograph of an aerial view of the Showboat Hotel and Casino (Atlantic City), 1987
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Archival Collection
Description
An aerial view of the Showboat Hotel and Casino in Atlantic City.
Site Name: Showboat Hotel and Casino (Atlantic City)
Address: 801 Boardwalk, Atlantic City, NJ
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Photograph of the Sands Hotel under construction (Las Vegas), circa 1952
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Archival Collection
Description
An unidentified man holding blueprints stands on one of the Sands buildings under construction.
Site Name: Sands Hotel
Address: 3355 Las Vegas Boulevard South
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