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Protestors with tombstone protest signs: photographic print

Date

1999-05-08

Description

A group of protestors at the Federal Building in Las Vegas, protesting nuclear testing and the Nevada Test Site June 19, 1992. Sister Rosemary Lynch is the second from the left.

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Program for Pzazz '70 and all that Jazz Baby at the Desert Inn, Las Vegas (Nev.), circa 1970

Date

1969 to 1971

Description

Program for Pzazz '70 and all that Jazz Baby at the Desert Inn.
Show Name: Pzazz! 70
Site Name: Desert Inn (Las Vegas, Nev.)

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Photograph of the hotel tower and monorail at Circus Circus, circa 1975

Date

1972 to 1979

Archival Collection

Description

Exterior view of the first hotel tower addition at Circus Circus, Las Vegas, Nevada, showing monorail cars. Site Name: Circus Circus (Las Vegas, Nev.)

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Photographs of Ironworkers and classified workers at Frontier Hotel, Culinary Union, Las Vegas (Nev.), 1991 August 07 (folder 1 of 1)

Date

1991-08-07

Description

Culinary Union workers strike at the Frontier Hotel and Casino on August 7, 1991. Secretary-treasurer of the Culinary Workers Union, Jim Arnold, and civil rights activist, Jesse Jackson are shown speaking on stage. Photographs also show police officers and travel buses on site. A large banner is partly shown, reading "Welcome iron workers... iron workers of the state of California and vicinity including..." Protest signs read, "Conquering the Frontier, Culinary Local 226, Bartenders Local 165." The Frontier marquee is depicted and reads, "Welcome teachers & ironworkers, bottled beer 25 cents 2pm Aug. 7 .. 10"Arrangement note: Series I. Demonstrations, Subseries I.A. Frontier Strike Site name: Frontier Hotel and Casino

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Architectural drawing of hi-rise addition, Sahara Hotel (Las Vegas), plot plan, parking layout, and utilities, April 24, 1959

Date

1959-04-24

Description

Architectural plans for the addition of a hotel tower for the Sahara from 1959. Includes plot plan notes. Printed on onion skin.
Site Name: Sahara Hotel and Casino
Address: 2535 Las Vegas Boulevard South

Latest Drawing Revision: 1963-04-08

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Architectural drawing of hi-rise addition, Sahara Hotel (Las Vegas), typical floor plan (2-13 inclusive), April 24, 1959

Date

1959-04-24

Description

Architectural plans for the addition of a hotel tower for the Sahara from 1959. Includes revisions, elevations, and details. Printed on onion skin.
Site Name: Sahara Hotel and Casino
Address: 2535 Las Vegas Boulevard South

Latest Drawing Revision: 1963-04-08

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Architectural drawing of the Hacienda (Las Vegas), golf course and general plot plan, December 4, 1957

Date

1957-12-04

Description

Plans for the golf course additions for the Hacienda from 1957-1958. Includes plan of passage and building connection. Original medium: parchment ozalid
Site Name: Hacienda
Address: 3590 Las Vegas Boulevard South

Latest Drawing Revision: 1958-01-20

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Architectural drawing of the Hacienda (Las Vegas), second room and public area additions, general plot plan, December 21, 1962

Date

1962-12-21

Description

General plot plan with public area additions for the 1963 renovation of the Hacienda. Includes revision dates and parking tabulations.
Site Name: Hacienda
Address: 3590 Las Vegas Boulevard South, Las Vegas, NV

Latest Drawing Revision: 1963-01-15

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Architectural Drawings, 1951-1970

Level of Description

Series

Scope and Contents

The architectural drawings series of the Harry Hayden Whiteley Architectural Records are comprised of architectural records (1951-1970) created and/or maintained by the American architect Harry Hayden Whiteley and/or his architectural firm, known as Harry Hayden Whiteley and Associates. This series includes 10 oversized flat files of architectural drawings documenting work on over 30 projects and focuses on Las Vegas and Reno, Nevada. The materials feature hand-drawn architectural drawings ranging from pencil and ink on tracing paper preliminary sketches to mounted artist's renderings. The drawings also contain work from a number of consultants, engineers, and other architects who collaborated on the development of the various projects. The collection includes architectural drawings for hotels, casinos, integrated casino resorts, office towers, multi-family residential developments, and custom single-family homes.

The architectural drawings series may include: site plans, floor plans, exterior and interior elevations, and exterior and interior perspective renderings.

Archival Collection

Harry Hayden Whiteley Architectural Records
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Collection Number: MS-00134
Collection Name: Harry Hayden Whiteley Architectural Records
Box/Folder: N/A

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