This set includes: redlining, mechanical plans, electrical plans, plumbing plans, construction details, exterior elevations, floor plans, site plans and foundation plans.
This set includes drawings by Rosewood Enterprises, Inc (manufacturer).
Archival Collection
Gary Guy Wilson Architectural Drawings
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Collection Number: MS-00439 Collection Name: Gary Guy Wilson Architectural Drawings Box/Folder: Roll 076
Materials contain photographic prints, photographic slides, and photographic negatives depicting landscapes in the southwestern United States. The photographs primarily depict natural features in Nevada, including the Colorado River, Black Canyon, Valley of Fire, and Mount Charleston. The photographs also depict the Grand Canyon in Arizona, atomic tests at the Nevada Test Site, and the areas around Lake Mead.
Archival Collection
L. F. Manis Photograph Collection
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Collection Number: PH-00100 Collection Name: L. F. Manis Photograph Collection Box/Folder: N/A
John F. Cahlan, left, coordinator of Las Vegas' Diamond Jubilee, unveils a plaque at Second and Lewis Streets, the former site of the city's first school. On the right is Ruth Fyfe, a veteran teacher. Originally the Salt Lake Hotel, the building was remodeled and converted to a grammar school in 1905 with about 200 students. The site is now a parking lot.
On February 9, 1980, collector Stephen M. Singer interviewed schoolteacher, Lomie Heard (born January 22nd, 1906 in Carlsbad, New Mexico) in her home in Las Vegas, Nevada. This interview covers education over the span of thirty years, and includes an overview on the building of the University of Nevada Las Vegas. Also discussed during this interview: Nellis Air Force Base, jet airplanes at Nellis, military families, and the Nevada Test Site.
A crew performing an excavation at Pueblo Grande de Nevada, also known as the "Lost City," near Overton, Nevada. Description provided with image: "At the Lost City Dig-1926."