People stand or crouch at the end of a dark, interior workspace. Construction materials are scattered around the room, while pipes, boards, and wires can be seen exposed overhead. This black and white photograph was taken during the renovation period of the hotel and casino. Site Name: Stardust Resort and Casino Street Address: 3000 South Las Vegas Boulevard

View of sky underneath beams in room during Stardust Hotel renovation. Wires and pipes in the walls can be seen, and construction debris are piled up in the back of the room. This black and white photograph was taken during the renovation period of the hotel and casino. Site Name: Stardust Resort and Casino Street Address: 3000 South Las Vegas Boulevard

Construction at the Stardust Hotel, where workers are digging near pipes. Wheelbarrows, buckets, and shovels are nearby as one man shovels out dirt and another surveys the area. This black and white photograph was taken during the renovation period of the hotel and casino. Site Name: Stardust Resort and Casino Street Address: 3000 South Las Vegas Boulevard

Dale sits atop the cotton picker, while others utilize the cotton baler (behind him) on the Lazy 88 Ranch. Inscription with photo reads: "Cotton picker at work w/baler in background; Dale Dorothy on Rust Cotton picker on our ranch." [Identified by Dorothy Dorothy 11-1-84] ; Site Name: Lazy 88 Ranch

Black and white image of a search party at the site of Maury Graham's plane crash. Graham, an airmail pilot, made a forced landing in the mountains near Zion National Park in 1930. He survived, but froze to death in a blizzard that winter. The plane was located in June after the snow had finally melted, and his body was found weeks later.

Dozens and dozens of people sit and watch the swan-shaped float from the Sahara hotel drive during the Helldorado parade. The float is in front of the Western Gambling Hall. The float is driving down Fremont Street in 1948 or 1949. Site Name: Westerner Gambling Hall and Saloon (Las Vegas, Nev.) Street Address: 23 Fremont Street

Old Fort (Old Ranch), ca. 1924 (East side) Handwritten note on back of photo: "The old Mormon Fort at Las Vegas, Nevada about 1924 -- Called "The Old Ranch" -- negative is the part hidden by the tree in this picture." Site Name: Las Vegas Mormon Fort (Las Vegas, Nev.)