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Photographs of Frontier Strike: line, police, media, Culinary Union, Las Vegas (Nev.), 1991 August (folder 1 of 1)

Date

1991-08

Description

Culinary Union workers strike at the Frontier Hotel and Casino in August of 1991. Strikers march holding protesting posters with the image of Margaret Elardi. The photos also show police officers and news reporters on site.Arrangement note: Series I. Demonstrations, Subseries I.A. Frontier Strike Site name: Frontier Hotel and Casino

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Photograph of Houssels House passing the Las Vegas Hilton, Las Vegas (Nev.), 1983

Date

1983

Archival Collection

Description

Moving the Houssels House from its original location 1012 S. 6th, Las Vegas, to its new site on the UNLV campus, Brussells St. The house is seen here on the back of a truck, passing by the Las Vegas Hilton Hotel. Site Name: Houssels House

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Film transparency of a gravel testing laboratory, Las Vegas, September 1929

Date

1929-09-20

Description

Black and white image of the gravel testing laboratory at the site of the former Stewart Ranch, also known as the Las Vegas Ranch. Two of the people in the image are G. G. Walter and Henry Wieking. Site Name: Las Vegas Ranch (Las Vegas, Nev.)

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Booklet of construction progress photographs of the International Hotel, Las Vegas, February 1969

Date

1969-02

Description

Las Vegas International Hotel: Progress Photographs for Taylor Construction Company. Notarized documentation of date located on reverse of photographs.

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Websites and Tweets collected via twarc, 2017 to 2018

Level of Description

File

Scope and Contents

The websites archived in this series represent a sampling of the most frequently shared links on Twitter using the keyword “vegas” between September 29 and October 7, 2017. The series also includes Tweets from individual and news media accounts that were publicly available. Links to web content were selected from a list generated from twarc, a command line tool and Python library for archiving Twitter JSON data. Websites primarily represent mainstream and alternative news media sites, both domestic and foreign.

Archival Collection

Web Archive on the October 1, 2017 Shooting in Las Vegas, Nevada
To request this item in person:
Collection Number: MS-00866
Collection Name: Web Archive on the October 1, 2017 Shooting in Las Vegas, Nevada
Box/Folder: N/A

Archival Component

Twain McLeod Estates, 1982 April 29

Level of Description

File

Scope and Contents

This set includes: floor plans, redlining, preliminary sketches, exterior elevations, process drawings, interior elevations, index sheet, framing plans, foundation plans, roof plans, building sections, finish/door/window schedules, construction details, site plans and electrical plans.

This set includes drawings for Charles McHaffie (client).

McLeod Drive and Twain Avenue (Las Vegas, Nevada)

Archival Collection

Gary Guy Wilson Architectural Drawings
To request this item in person:
Collection Number: MS-00439
Collection Name: Gary Guy Wilson Architectural Drawings
Box/Folder: Roll 574

Archival Component

Nellis Air Force Base: Dining Hall, 1987 August 14

Level of Description

File

Scope and Contents

This set includes: index sheets, floor plans, site plans, exterior elevations, interior elevations, building sections, geotechnical sheets, vicinity maps, landscape plans, utility plans, wall sections, topographic survey maps, grading plans, equipment plans, exterior perspectives and interior perspectives.

This set includes drawings by Delta Engineering, Inc (engineer).

Archival Collection

Gary Guy Wilson Architectural Drawings
To request this item in person:
Collection Number: MS-00439
Collection Name: Gary Guy Wilson Architectural Drawings
Box/Folder: Roll 120

Archival Component

Telegram from Walter R. Bracken (Las Vegas) to H. C. Mann (Omaha), Frank Strong (Los Angeles), and F. R. McNamee (Los Angeles), May 7, 1931

Date

1931-05-07

Archival Collection

Description

Bracken discussing installing a pipeline to Industrial Unit No. 1.

Text

Letter from A. M. Folger to H. A. Shamberger (Carson City), February 28, 1948

Date

1948-02-28

Archival Collection

Description

Request for the drill logs of area wells to see the probable chance of success for a contemplated well on the Las Vegas Ranch.

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