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A mailbox in the Ascaya development prior residents building homes, Henderson, Nevada: digital photograph
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Archival Collection
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Photograph of construction of an unidentified hotel on the Las Vegas Strip, Nevada, circa 1960s
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Archival Collection
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Architectural drawing of the New Frontier Hotel and Casino (Las Vegas), proposed complex, 1960s
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Archival Collection
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Drawing of proposed New Frontier Hotel and Casino complex. Original medium: pencil on parchment.
Site Name: Frontier
Address: 3120 Las Vegas Boulevard South
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Susan Fine oral history interview
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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.
Archival Collection
Alice Lake-Rockwell and Earl Rockwell Photographs
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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.
Archival Collection
Film negatives of building development on the corner of Prisin Zano Circle and Highland Drive, August 24, 1965.
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Set of twelve negatives from Nevada State Museum showing the site for the Gerson Park housing project (?), August 24, 1965.
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Water filtration system at Crescent Dunes Solar, near Tonopah, Nevada: digital photograph
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Archival Collection
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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."
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Distant view of Crescent Dunes Solar, near Tonopah, Nevada: digital photograph
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Archival Collection
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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; off-site; renewable energy; storage; tower."
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The air cooled condenser at Crescent Dunes Solar, near Tonopah, Nevada: digital photograph
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Archival Collection
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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."
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House and garden belonging to Gordon and Billie Bettles: photographic print
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Archival Collection
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From the Nye County, Nevada Photograph Collection (PH-00221) -- Series I. Amargosa Valley, Nevada -- Subseries I.A. Fishel Family (T&T Ranch). The house was occupied by Betty-Jo Boyde and her husband in 1990, was moved to the site by the Bettles from Death Valley Junction, California. The site was bare land when the Bettles moved onto it. As this picture testifies, Billie Bettle's reputation as a skilled gardener is fully justified.
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