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Bland, Ora L., 1933-
Ora Bland migrated to Las Vegas in 1953 from Vicksburg, Mississippi. Her husband was a radiologist and worked in Area 51 of the Nevada Test Site. He never shared information about his work and would sometimes stay at the Test Site for a week or more without coming into the city. Bland remembers the Westside business community when the Brown Derby, the Mexican store, Johnson Malt Shoppe, and Bravo Market existed. An extremely independent person, she handled most of the childcare and worked at the downtown post office (now MOB Museum) for 20 years.
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Architectural drawing of Sands Hotel (Las Vegas) additions and alterations, ultimate development plan, December 11, 1963
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Archival Collection
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Architectural plans for proposed additions and alterations to The Sands. Includes revisions. Printed on mylar. Kei Nishikawa, delineator; M. Zepeda, delineator; Berton Charles Severson, architect; Brian Walter Webb, architect.
Site Name: Sands Hotel
Address: 3355 Las Vegas Boulevard South
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Architectural drawing of Sands Hotel (Las Vegas) additions and alterations, ultimate development plan,tower shadow projection study, February 4, 1964
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Archival Collection
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Architectural plans for proposed additions and alterations to The Sands. Printed on mylar. Notes indicate at what times of the day and year the pool area is clear of shadows. Berton Charles Severson, architect; Brian Walter Webb, architect; Frank R. Bernard, delineator.
Site Name: Sands Hotel
Address: 3355 Las Vegas Boulevard South
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Architectural drawing of the New Frontier Hotel and Casino (Las Vegas), patio and pool area, lanai building, February 28, 1967
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Archival Collection
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Landscaping, sections, and elevations of the patio and pool area for the 1967 renovations of the New Frontier Hotel and Casino. Original medium: pencil on parchment. Socoloske, Zelner and Associates, structural engineers; Ira Tepper and Associates, mechanical engineers; J. L. Cusick and Associates, electrical engineers.
Site Name: Frontier
Address: 3120 Las Vegas Boulevard South
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Photograph, map, and description of Las Vegas Convention center, 1959-1969
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Archival Collection
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Transcript of interview with Aaron Williams by Claytee D. White, August 16, 2005
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Archival Collection
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Aaron Williams moved to Las Vegas in 1960 and worked at the Nevada Test Site before serving as North Las Vegas councilman, County Commissioner and community activist. Williams sponsored youth baseball teams in North Las Vegas.
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Architectural drawing of addition to pavilion at Bryce Canyon National Park, Utah, roof and plot plans, February 19, 1926
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Roof plan and plot plan for pavilion at Bryce Canyon National Park, Utah, including additions. Scale as noted. Dr. by A.P. B., A. Sett. Tr. by A. Sett. Ch. by P.R. Gage. Sheet no. 1, Job. No. 350, date 2-19-26. Revised 6-14-26. #15774-A.
Site Name: Bryce Canyon National Park (Utah)
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Newspaper article, Pioneer Las Vegan Sees Town Grow, Las Vegas Sun, February 9, 1965
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Archival Collection
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Newspaper article featuring Lucretia Stevens. She moved to Las Vegas in 1923 when the town was about six blocks square and about 60 people made up the black community.
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Meeting Minutes from the Jewish Federation of Las Vegas Holocaust Education Committee Educators' Conference Subcommittee, March 22, 1994
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Archival Collection
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Meeting Minutes from the Jewish Federation of Las Vegas Holocaust Education Committee Educators' Conference Subcommittee.
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