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Architectural drawing of the Hacienda's (Las Vegas), proposed structure of the principal floor plan, May 29, 1954

Date

1954-05-29

Description

Preliminary study of various aspects of the proposed Hacienda. Drawn by: H.A.B.. Original medium: pencil on paper. Efstonbuilt, Inc. of Chicago, architects; McClellan & Markwith, architects.
Site Name: Hacienda
Address: 3590 Las Vegas Boulevard South

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Postcard of Boulder Canyon, circa early 1930s

Date

1928 to 1931

Description

An artist's rendering of Boulder Canyon. Text on front of postcard: "Hoover Dam site, Boulder Canyon, looking downstream." Text on back of postcard: "Work is rapidly progressing on the new Hoover Dam, thirty miles southeast of Las Vegas. This tremendous project will cost the government in excess of $165, 000, 000.00 and will take about eight years to complete. The dam site is where the river disappears in the center of the picture. Arizona is on the left, Nevada on the right. Within a decade, the parched desert lands to the north will be washed by the waters of the largest man-made lake in the Western Hemisphere, impounded by the Hoover Dam, the greatest structure since Cheops."

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Heliostats (mirrors) at Crescent Dunes Solar, near Tonopah, Nevada: digital photograph

Date

2014-06-24

Description

Photographer's note: "10,347 heliostats (mirrors) are part of the Crescent Dunes Solar project. Each heliostat is 34 feet tall, uses 35 mirrors, and has a surface area of 1258 square feet, or 115.7 square meters. On site photo, Crescent Dunes Solar, near Tonopah, Nevada, USA."
Photographer's assigned keywords: "110 megawatts; CSP; Concentrated Solar Energy; Concentrated Solar Power; Crescent Dunes; NV; Nevada; Solar Reserve; SolarReserve; Tonopah; concentrated solar thermal; green energy; ground-based photo; molten salt; on-site; renewable energy; storage; tower."

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Transcript of interview with Chic Hecht by Julie Sefman, April 2, 1976

Date

1976-04-02

Archival Collection

Description

Interview with Chic Hecht Julie Sefman on April 2, 1976. In this brief interview, Hecht talks about his time in the state senate working to bolster the budget with sales tax and gaming tax, starting a community college and health programs. He also talks about Pop Squires, a newspaper man and advocate for building Hoover Dam, who had a home on the site of Chic Hecht's clothing store on Fremont Street. Hecht also describes his time in the military and his involvement with the Military Intelligence Association.

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Transcript of interview with Brad Nelson by Stefani Evans, October 30, 2017

Date

2017-10-30

Description

In 1984, with the advice of his father ringing in his ears, Brad Nelson uprooted his wife and two children from their Denver home and moved them to Henderson, Nevada, where he would begin a new adventure in shaping the new master-planned community of Green Valley with Mark Fine and American Nevada Corporation (ANC). Nelson, lifelong Nebraskan and only child of his parents, arrived armed with a Bachelor's degree in landscape architecture with urban planning option, a Master's degree in urban planning, and fifteen years of planning and executive experience with the national firm of Harmon, O'Donnell and Henniger Planning Consultants. He arrived in time to plan Green Valley's first village, the Village of Silver Spring. By the time he left ANC for Lake Las Vegas in 1999, his work was done and most large parcels had been sold. As Nelson puts it, by 1999 ANC was "out of land, and I'm a land guy." Lake Las Vegas had plenty of undeveloped land, so "land guy" Nelson a chief operating officer

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Lillian and Lloyd Morrison oral history interview

Identifier

OH-01337

Abstract

Oral history interview with Lillian and Lloyd Morrison conducted by Don Morrison on October 20, 1991 for the UNLV Libraries Oral History Collection. The Morrison's talk about the loss of their Iowa farm in the Great Depression and Lloyd's decision to set out for Nevada to seek work at the Hoover dam construction site. He speaks at length about finding work, working on the dam, and an injury suffered in a fall that left him temporarily in a wheelchair. Lillian recalls arriving in Boulder City, Nevada some three years after Lloyd, of various homes the couple and their young son lived in, taking in boarders for extra money, and the growth and contraction of the town's population.

Archival Collection

Postcard of the Flamingo Hotel, Las Vegas (Nev.), December 11, 1954

Date

1954-12-11

Archival Collection

Description

Hand colored photograph-postcard of the Flamingo Hotel in Las Vegas, Nevada. Dated December 11, 1954 with message on the back of the card. Site Name: Flamingo Hotel and Casino (Las Vegas, Nev.)

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Photograph of John Cahlan and others at Western Airlines plaque, Las Vegas, Nevada, September 23, 1980

Date

1980-09-23

Description

Unveiling the Western Airlines plaque at the corner of Sahara and Paradise Road, the site of first airport in Las Vegas. L-R: Commissioner P. J. Christensen; Commissioner Ron Lurie; Jubilee coordinator John F. Cahlan; Western Airlines board Chairman Arthur "Art" Kelly.

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Architectural drawing of the Holiday Casino (Las Vegas), master plan, plot plan, September 8, 1987

Date

1987-09-08

Description

Proposed master plan drawing for the Holiday Casino in Las Vegas. Original medium: pencil and ink on tracing paper. The property became Harrah's Las Vegas in 1992.
Site Name: Holiday Casino
Address: 3475 Las Vegas Boulevard South

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Architectural drawing of the Royal Nevada (Las Vegas), plot plan, July 29, 1954

Date

1954-07-29

Description

Architectural plans for the Royal Nevada Hotel from 1954. The Royal Nevada Hotel was eventually incorporated into the Stardust Resort and Casino.
Site Name: Royal Nevada
Address: 3000 Las Vegas Boulevard South

Latest Drawing Revision: 1954-12

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