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Kiel Family Photographs

Identifier

MS-00838

Abstract

The Kiel Family Photographs (approximately 1854-1989) contains glass plate negatives of members of the Kiel and George families, as well as neighbors from the Stewart and Wilson ranches and ranch workers. The majority of the photographs were taken at the Kiel Ranch site in North Las Vegas, Nevada. The collection consists of the original glass plate negatives, as well as photographic print and negative duplicates made using the originals.

Archival Collection

Warren A. Bechtel Album of Hoover Dam: photographic print

Date

1971-08-17

Description

p.20 #1411 - p.20 #1412 These pictures together with two on opposite page, form panorama of operations being carried on at canyon rim, on Nevada side. Photo was taken from Arizona Spillway site. To the left is shown Black Canyon Highway. High level mixing plant will be located behind fill on the road. To the right is shown highway extension road to Nevada Spillway. Note shovel boom projecting at former site of Lookout Point. Aug. 12, 1932. p.20 #1451 Three hundred boxes of dynamite were used in spectacular blast which demolished Lookout Point. Picture taken from new Look Point, on Black Canyon Highway. Aug. 16, 1932. p.20 #1452 Blasting usually scheduled for 11:30 a.m., and billowing dust dislodged from canyon rim completely fills the canyon. Aug. 16, 1932.

Nellis Air Force Base: Dining Hall: Bid Set, 1987 August 14

Level of Description

File

Scope and Contents

This set includes: index sheet, site plans, demolition plans, grading plans, utility plans, floor plans, exterior elevations, interior elevations, door/window schedules, wall sections, reflected ceiling plans, roof plans, construction details, equipment plans, equipment schedules, foundation plans, framing plans, plumbing plans, plumbing schedules, plumbing details, fire protection plans, fire protection details, HVAC plans, HVAC details, electrical plans and electrical details.

Nellis Air Force Base (Clark County, Nevada)

This set includes drawings by Strauss and Loftfield (engineer) and Harris Engineering, Inc (engineer).

Archival Collection

Gary Guy Wilson Architectural Drawings
To request this item in person:
Collection Number: MS-00439
Collection Name: Gary Guy Wilson Architectural Drawings
Box/Folder: Roll 112

Archival Component

Renaissance Center Commercial Office Park, 1980 January 17; 1980 February 01

Level of Description

File

Scope and Contents

This set includes: floor plans, construction details, site plans, index sheet, door schedules, exterior elevations, building sections, roof plans, wall sections, foundation plans, framing plans, plumbing plans, HVAC plans, electrical plans, fixture schedules and grading plans.

This set includes drawings by Leason Pomeray Associates (architect), Applies Mechanical Systems Inc (engineer), POD Inc. (landscape architect) R.E. Wall and Associates (engineer), d.d. Pagarno, Inc. (consultant) and R.L. Foley and Associates (engineer).

This set includes Fashion Show Mall Food Court drawings by Foodservices Specialties Inc.

Archival Collection

Gary Guy Wilson Architectural Drawings
To request this item in person:
Collection Number: MS-00439
Collection Name: Gary Guy Wilson Architectural Drawings
Box/Folder: Roll 364

Archival Component

Deal, L. Joe (Laurie Joe), 1924-2008

Laurie Joe Deal wa born on July 3, 1924 in Hickory, North Carolina. Laurie married Rosa Allen on April 26, 1958 and they had three children: David, Stephen, and James.

Deal obtained a bachelor of science degree in science and math from Lenoir Rhyne College.

Deal is associated with the Nevada Test Site as Director of the Civil Effects Group for the Application Englineering Company (AEC) and as a BioMed member of the Nevada Test Site planning board.

Person

Felt, Gaelen, 1922-

Dr. Gaelen Lee Felt was a scientist who was active during the height of atomic testing in the mid-twentieth century. He worked for the Los Alamos Scientific Laboratory in New Mexico before moving to Las Vegas, Nevada. Felt worked on the Nevada Atomic Test Site and became deputy director of the site in 1955. He then worked for the firm Edgerton, Germeshausen, and Grier (EG & G), eventually becoming vice president of the company's technical support group. He served on the Nevada Board of Education beginning in 1965.

Person

Handwritten notes for the Horseshoe Club neon sign (Las Vegas), circa 1960s

Date

1960 to 1969

Description

Handwritten notes with details for the neon facade of the Horseshoe Club.
Site Name: Horseshoe Club
Address: 128 East Fremont Street

Image

Scrapbook of Clyde and Edith Barcus, Tonopah (Nev.), 1900-1925

Date

1900 to 1925

Archival Collection

Description

Site Name: The Bottle House (Rhyolite, Nev.)
Piper's Opera House (Virginia City, Nev.)
Goldfield Hotel (Goldfield, Nev.)

Image

Film transparencies of Jack Entratter and Nat King Cole, Sands Hotel, Las Vegas, February 28, 1964

Date

1964-02-28

Description

Jack Entratter and Nat King Cole at Entratter's birthday party at the Sands Hotel in Las Vegas, Nevada. Site Name: Sands Hotel and Casino

Image

Photographs of dancers in a production at the Lido, Paris (FRA), 1950s-1960s

Date

1950 to 1969

Archival Collection

Description

Six photographs of dancers in production numbers at the Lido in Paris, France. The show was staged by Donn Arden. Site Name: Lido (Cabaret: Paris, France)

Image