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Letter from Frank Strong (Los Angeles) to Walter R. Bracken (Las Vegas), May 30, 1943

Date

1943-05-30

Archival Collection

Description

Strong is reluctant to commit the company to a specific amount of water to be delivered to the Las Vegas Ranch.

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Letter from F. H. Knickerbocker to Walter R. Bracken (Las Vegas), March 6, 1929

Date

1929-03-07

Archival Collection

Description

Knickerbocker was asking Bracken to investigate the Winterwood property as the president of the Railroad company was interested in properties that they had not yet managed to acquire.

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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

Color view of Temple Beth Sholom located at 1600 East Oakey Boulevard

Date

1950 to 1969

Description

Arrangement note: Series V. Glass slidesSite name: Temple Beth Sholom (Las Vegas, Nev.) Site address: 1600 E Oakey Blvd

Image

Photograph of Black Canyon, Hoover Dam, circa early 1930s

Date

1931 to 1935

Archival Collection

Description

Black and white image of Black Canyon at the site of construction at Hoover Dam. Note: Boulder Dam was officially renamed Hoover Dam in 1947.

Image

Postcard of outhouse and tents, Henderson, Nevada, circa 1941

Date

1941 (year approximate)

Archival Collection

Description

Postcard of outhouse and tent buildings, probably at Basic Magnesium site, Henderson, Nevada. "Priority A-1-A in Nevada, It's 'Basic'" written on front of card.

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A sidewalk surface at the Ascaya development, Henderson, Nevada: digital photograph

Date

2017-08-05

Description

Instead of traditional concrete sidewalks, paths in the Ascaya luxury home development are surfaced with rock sourced and crushed on site and affixed with stabilizing agents giving walkways a more natural feel. Infrastructure for Ascaya, carved into the McCullough Mountain range in Henderson, Nevada, was completed with materials mined from the site.

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