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Slide of protest graffiti on the underpass near the Nevada Test Site, March 25, 1990

Date

1990-03-25

Archival Collection

Sister Klaryta Antoszewska Photograph Collection

Description

Color image of an underpass near the Nevada Test Site with graffiti images and text, including: "Nights like the one when we walked to Mercury are the ones in my memory that remind me why life is worth living in these catastrophic times." Image was taken during a Franciscan weekend of peaceful demonstrations against nuclear testing.

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Architectural drawing of the Hacienda (Las Vegas), room additions and site plan, August 5, 1957

Date

1957-08-05

Archival Collection

Homer Rissman Architectural Records

Description

Plans for the construction of a 266 room addition to the Hacienda. Harold L. Epstein, structural engineer; W. L. Donley, mechanical engineer; Joseph L. Cusick and Associates, electrical engineers.
Site Name: Hacienda
Address: 3590 Las Vegas Boulevard South

Latest Drawing Revision: 1957-08-26

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Group seated; Fred Landau (man with the beard) at Nevada Test Site, Nevada: photographic slide

Date

1987-04

Archival Collection

Sister Klaryta Antoszewska Photograph Collection

Description

From the Sister Klaryta Antoszewska Photograph Collection (PH-00352). Demonstration at Nevada Test Site.

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Architectural drawing of Xanadu (Las Vegas), sketch of site and parking plan, circa late 1970s

Date

1975 to 1979

Archival Collection

Martin Stern Architectural Records

Description

Sketch of the site and parking for the proposed Xanadu Hotel and Casino from the 1970s. Includes parking tabulation. Printed on mylar. The Xanadu was to be located where the Excalibur Hotel and Casino currently sits, but it was never built.
Site Name: Xanadu Hotel and Casino
Address: 3850 Las Vegas Boulevard South, Las Vegas, NV

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Architectural drawing of Riviera Hotel and Casino (Las Vegas), site plan, July 28, 1954

Date

1954-07-28

Archival Collection

Martin Stern Architectural Records

Description

Site plan for the construction of the Riviera from 1954. Drawn by H.G.H. Includes revision dates. Original medium: pencil on paper.
Site Name: Riviera Hotel and Casino
Address: 2901 Las Vegas Boulevard South

Latest Drawing Revision: 1954-08-27

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Photograph of the Lost City site and Lake Mead, near Overton, Nevada, spring 1938

Date

1938

Archival Collection

Elbert Edwards Photograph Collection

Description

Long shot of the Lost City site (Pueblo Grande de Nevada), near Overton, Nevada, with the northwest arm of Lake Mead in the distance. The area is near the ruins of St. Thomas, Nevada, another nearby extinct town, submerged by Lake Mead.

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