The Alice Lake-Rockwell and Earl Rockwell Photographs depict the Las Vegas, Nevada area from approximately 1880 to 1962. The photographs primarily depict the Lake-Rockwell Family in Las Vegas, including Earl Rockwell with a local baseball team, the Las Vegas Volunteer Fire Department, and the Las Vegas Police. Other photographs include the Hoover (Boulder) Dam construction site and views of the completed dam. The photographs also portray family members from the Rockwell Family.
Oral history interview with Susan Fine conducted by Cecillia Boland on February 18, 1976 for the Ralph Roske Oral History Project on Early Las Vegas. Fine discusses her family background and moving to Boulder City, Nevada, and then later moving to Las Vegas, Nevada. She also discusses the educational system, church involvement, mercury test site, Howard Hughes’ impact to Las Vegas, Nevada, and Boulder (Hoover) Dam.
From the UNLV Libraries Single Item Accession Photograph Collection (PH-00171). The Tory. II-C reactor is pictured during final inspection before being moved to the test pad at the Nevada Test Site.
This set contains drawings for San Francisco Hilton (client) and includes drawings by John A. Martin and Associates (engineer), Cohen, Lebovich, Pascoe and Associates (engineer), Hellman and Lober (engineer), and Laschober and Sovich Incorporated (consultant).
This set includes: foundation plans, framing plans, framing elevations, mechanical plans, mechanical schedule, interior elevations, site plans, plumbing plans, exterior elevations, electrical schematics, electrical plans, kitchen plans, kitchen fixture schedules, redlining, sound attenuation details, index sheet, and construction details.
Archival Collection
Martin Stern Architectural Records
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Collection Number: MS-00382 Collection Name: Martin Stern Architectural Records Box/Folder: Roll 071
Photographer's note: "Temporary tent to store and melt salt, which was melted and loaded into a molten salt storage tank. On site photo, Crescent Dunes Solar, near Tonopah, Nevada, USA." Photographer's assigned keywords: "110 megawatts; CSP; Concentrated Solar Energy; Concentrated Solar Power; Crescent Dunes; NV; Nevada; Solar Reserve; SolarReserve; Tonopah; concentrated solar thermal; green energy; ground-based photo; molten salt; on-site; renewable energy; storage; tower."
Photographer's note: "Temporary tent to store and melt salt, which was melted and loaded into a molten salt storage tank. On site photo, Crescent Dunes Solar, near Tonopah, Nevada, USA." Photographer's assigned keywords: "110 megawatts; CSP; Concentrated Solar Energy; Concentrated Solar Power; Crescent Dunes; NV; Nevada; Solar Reserve; SolarReserve; Tonopah; concentrated solar thermal; green energy; ground-based photo; molten salt; on-site; renewable energy; storage; tower."