Skip to main content

Search the Special Collections and Archives Portal

Search Results

Displaying results 14161 - 14170 of 19583

Warren A. Bechtel Album of Hoover Dam: photographic print

Date

1971-07-01

Description

p.9 #1011 Marion electric shovel with 3 1-2 cubic yard rock dipper loading into White 8 cubic yard truck, at Nevada spillway cut. Mar, 18, 1932. p.9 #1014 Mack truck with 14 cubic yard body being loaded at Nevada Spillway cut. Five similar trucks being used on this operation. Mar. 18, 1932. p.9 #1004 White truck dumping near site of Nevada spillway cut and extending road the for muck disposal. Mar. 16, 1932.

Film transparencies from an event at the Mesquite Club of Las Vegas, Nevada mid-1980s

Date

1983 to 1986

Description

Twenty seven film transparencies from an event at the Mesquite Club of Las Vegas, Nevada. This event was probably in conjunction with WE CAN or the President's Child Safety Partnership. WE CAN (Working to Eliminate Child Abuse and Neglect) was a chapter of the National Committee to Prevent Child Abuse. Site Name: Mesquite Clubhouse Street Address: 702 E Street Louis Avenue

Image

Postcard of people playing craps at the Flamingo Hotel and Casino, Las Vegas (Nev.), late 1950s-early 1960s

Date

1956 to 1963

Description

Postcard showing people gambling at a craps table in the Flamingo Hotel and Casino, Las Vegas, Nevada. Caption: "Lookin' for a 'hard-six' in Las Vegas." Caption on back: "Craps--the 'fastest action' game in the world. Color courtesy: The Flamingo Hotel." "P29128." Site Name: Flamingo Hotel and Casino (Las Vegas, Nev.) Street Address: 3555 South Las Vegas Boulevard

Image

Photographs of Frontier Strike rally, Culinary Union, Las Vegas (Nev.), 1991 September 21 (folder 4 of 4)

Date

1991-09-21

Description

Culinary Union secretary-treasurer Jim Arnold hands out flyers at the entrance of the Frontier Hotel and Casino as strikers picket with signs nearby. News media can also be seen asking strikers and bystanders for interviews.Arrangement note: Series I. Demonstrations, Subseries I.A. Frontier Strike Site name: Frontier Hotel and Casino

Image

Photograph of flooding at Lazy 88 Ranch, Pahrump (Nev.), September 1955

Date

1955-09

Description

Dorothy home during a flood at the Lazy 88 Ranch, Pahrump, Nevada. Beds outside (unknown reason) showing height of water. Inscription with photo reads: "beds are tall hospital beds." See Image 0131 0147, pho023521. Site Name: Lazy 88 Ranch

Image

Photograph of Dorothy with cotton bales, Pahrump (Nev.), 1950-1955

Date

1950 to 1955

Description

Color Transparency of Dorothy Dorothy with cotton just picked from her fields. She stands next to bales of cotton and holds a cotton plant in her hand. Her red dress stands out against the white color of the cotton. Site Name: Lazy 88 Ranch

Image

Photograph of people with automobile at Kiel Ranch, North Las Vegas (Nev), 1940s

Date

1940 to 1949

Description

Blurry image of group of individuals standing in front of a car at the Boulderado (Taylor) Ranch (Kiel Ranch). Inscription reads: "Adobe in background." Duplicate image and Xeroxed "Help us write history" article in photo sleeve. Site Name: Kiel Ranch (North Las Vegas, Nev.)

Image

A stand alone building on the back side of the Resorts World Las Vegas tower under construction as seen from the Circus Circus parking garage, looking west-southwest in Las Vegas, Nevada: digital photograph

Date

2018-09-21

Description

Photographed as part of the UNLV Special Collections and Archives' Building Las Vegas collecting initiative started in 2016. This photo series documents ongoing construction work at the Resorts World Las Vegas site.

Image

The Resorts World Las Vegas project under construction as seen from near Las Vegas Boulevard with SkyTower Las Vegas Condominiums and the Drew Las Vegas project in background, looking north in Las Vegas, Nevada: digital photograph

Date

2020-02-06

Description

Photographed as part of the UNLV Special Collections and Archives' Building Las Vegas collecting initiative started in 2016. This photo series documents ongoing construction work at the Resorts World Las Vegas site.

Image

The Resorts World Las Vegas project under construction as seen from near Las Vegas Boulevard and Resorts World Drive with SkyTower Las Vegas Condominiums and the Drew Las Vegas project in background, looking north in Las Vegas, Nevada: digital photograph

Date

2020-02-06

Description

Photographed as part of the UNLV Special Collections and Archives' Building Las Vegas collecting initiative started in 2016. This photo series documents ongoing construction work at the Resorts World Las Vegas site.

Image