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Photograph of sign showing the planned Union Plaza (Las Vegas), 1971

Date

1971

Archival Collection

Description

Sign at the construction site of the Union Plaza showing an illustrated drawing of the the planned building.
Site Name: Union Plaza
Address: 1 South Main Street

Image

Photograph of the Houssels House behind trees, Las Vegas (Nev.), 1983

Date

1983

Archival Collection

Description

Houssels House at its original site (1012 S. 6th St.) Site Name: Houssels House Street Address: 1012 South 6th Street

Image

Dunes Hotel and Country Club: Shopping Mall, 1976 May 24; 1981 February 25

Level of Description

File

Scope and Contents

This set includes: site plans, floor plans and land surveys.

This set includes drawings by Marnell Corrao Associates (architect), Alca Engineering and Surveying Inc (engineer).

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 132

Archival Component

Edgewater Hotel: As Built Drawings, 1984 May 30; 1984 June 21

Level of Description

File

Scope and Contents

This set includes: index sheet, construction details, foundation plans, framing plans, wall sections, site plans, exterior elevations, roof plans, preliminary sketches, building sections, floor plans and interior elevations.

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 159

Archival Component

Postcard of Boulder Canyon, circa 1930s

Date

1930 to 1935

Description

An artist's rendering of Boulder Canyon. Text printed on front of postcard: "Looking downstream in Boulder Canyon at Hoover Dam site near Las Vegas, Nevada." Text printed on back of postcard: "The Hoover Dam site is 32 miles southeast of Las Vegas, Nevada. Work is rapidly progressing on this tremendous project. The dam will be 727 feet high--the gorge is 290 feet wide at the river The dam site is in this narrow gorge, where the river disappears around the bend."

Image

Photographs of the groundbreaking ceremonies for the Molasky Corporate Center, 2006

Date

2006

Archival Collection

Description

Group of photographs showing Irwin Molasky and others at a podium during the groundbreaking ceremonies for the Molasky Corporate Center at 100 N. City Parkway in Las Vegas, Nev.

Image

Ford Family, 1931-1988

Level of Description

Sub-Series

Scope and Contents

Materials contain photographs from the Ford Family from 1931 to 1988. Materials include photographs of cowboys working, mushroom clouds from the Nevada Test Site, the First Pahrump Harvest Festival, ranchers, the Pahrump School, and photocopies of documents such as the front page of the Pahrump Valley Times and the telephone directory.

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

Archival Component

Subject Files, 1963-2006

Level of Description

Series

Scope and Contents

The subject files series (1963-2006) is comprised of the Nevada Desert Experience's (NDE) research files on topics such as Congressional testimony, nuclear facilities and testing, the Nevada Test Site, nuclear weapons and waste, notable people, treaties, and organizations related to the NDE. The materials include publications, government reports, notes, treaties, and newspaper clippings.

Archival Collection

Nevada Desert Experience Records
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Collection Number: MS-00524
Collection Name: Nevada Desert Experience Records
Box/Folder: N/A

Archival Component

Best Evidence, "John Wayne's Death," The Discovery Channel, 2007

Level of Description

File

Scope and Contents

Additional information from donor: Suspicious links between high cancer rates in Southern Utah to the radioactive fallout from the nuclear explosion tests at the Nevada Test Site, with John Wayne's death from cancer being a high-profile study. People affected by the nuclear fallout in Southern Utah are known as "down-winders."

Archival Collection

Scott Rayer Collection of Television Programs about Las Vegas, Nevada
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Collection Number: MS-01130
Collection Name: Scott Rayer Collection of Television Programs about Las Vegas, Nevada
Box/Folder: Digital File 00

Archival Component

Event at Venetian, undated

Description

Dr. Miriam and Sheldon Adelson at construction site.