The Television, Radio Shows, and Movies Series from 1953 to 1972 contains photographs, correspondence, show programs, and proposals that the Sands Hotel had an interest in producing or were filmed on the hotel property. Also included are scripts and a promotional package the included arrangements to see one of the atomic bomb blasts from the Nevada Test Site.
Archival Collection
Sands Hotel Public Relations Records
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Collection Number: MS-00417 Collection Name: Sands Hotel Public Relations Records Box/Folder: N/A
Materials contain photographs of the Wilson Family in the Kawich Mountains from 1914 to 1987. Materials include photographs of Robert "Bob" Wilson operating his mining equipment in Ophir Canyon, his cyanide plant, his mill site, and the dredge in Manhattan. Materials also include photographs of Wilson and his family in Nevada and in California.
Archival Collection
Nye County, Nevada Photograph Collection
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Collection Number: PH-00221 Collection Name: Nye County, Nevada Photograph Collection Box/Folder: N/A
This set includes: exterior perspectives, site plans, foundation plans, floor plans, exterior elevations, building sections, wall sections, framing plans, roof plans, finish/door schedules and interior elevations.
This set includes drawings by Claude MacClayton Davis Ltd (architect).
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 341
This set includes drawings for Fred and Ernie Crossley (client).
This set includes: site plans, floor plans, interior elevations, foundation plans, roof plans, framing plans, exterior elevations, building sections, electrical plans, finish/door/window schedules and construction details.
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 410
Photographer's notes: "A solitary worker departs the construction site to the Nevada side of the canyon." Site Name: Mike O'Callaghan-Pat Tillman Memorial Bridge
Elevations and details of stores and offices for the construction of the Riviera Hotel and Casino from 1954. Includes small site plan. Drawn by H.G.H. Original medium: pencil on parchment. Site Name: Riviera Hotel and Casino Address: 2901 Las Vegas Boulevard South