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Photograph of railroad cars transporting structures to Hoover Dam, circa 1930-1935

Date

1930 to 1935

Archival Collection

Description

An image of railroad cars transporting structures to the Hoover (Boulder) Dam construction site.

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Photograph of railroad cars transporting materials to Hoover Dam, circa 1930-1935

Date

1930 to 1935

Archival Collection

Description

An image of railroad cars transporting structures to the Hoover (Boulder) Dam construction site.

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Photograph of early construction on intake towers, Hoover Dam, January 24, 1934

Date

1934-01-24

Archival Collection

Description

An image of beginning intake tower construction at the Hoover (Boulder) Dam construction site.

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Records of Other Development Projects and Business Ventures, 1980-2013

Level of Description

Series

Scope and Contents

Mark Fine’s other development projects and business ventures in Southern Nevada, including Summerlin, Continental National Bank, and Park Towers at Hughes Center, are documented in the series through promotional materials, memos, meeting agendas, meeting minutes, annual reports, business plans, proposals, data books, design and marketing plans and guidelines, financing prospectuses, building and site plans, and investment brochures from 1980 to 2013.

Archival Collection

Mark L. Fine Papers
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Collection Number: MS-00696
Collection Name: Mark L. Fine Papers
Box/Folder: N/A

Archival Component

Kiel (Taylor) Ranch, 1964

Level of Description

Sub-Series

Scope and Contents

Materials contain photographs from the Kiel (Taylor) Ranch from 1964, including photographs of the ranch, John Park's house, and other buildings. The Kiel Ranch was one of earliest non-indigenous settlements in the Las Vegas Valley, and it has become infamous as the site of the murders of Ed and William Kiel committed in 1900. The ranch is now in North Las Vegas and is administered by the North Las Vegas Neighborhood and Leisure Services Department.

Archival Collection

Elbert Edwards Photograph Collection
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Collection Number: PH-00214
Collection Name: Elbert Edwards Photograph Collection
Box/Folder: N/A

Archival Component

Events, 1978-2006

Level of Description

Series

Scope and Contents

The events series (1978-2006) is comprised of documents related to various protests organized or attended by the Nevada Desert Experience (NDE) at the Nevada Test Site (NTS). Materials include speeches, correspondence, newspaper clippings, NDE publications, and workshop training booklets. The materials primarily focus on the August Desert Witness protests (1985-2005), the Lenten Desert Experience protests (1982-2006), and the Millennium 2000 protests (1999-2000).

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

Tower expansion: architectural drawings, sheets A100-A222, 1979 August 31; 1980 February 6

Level of Description

File

Scope and Contents

This set contains architectural drawings for MGM Grand Hotels (client).

This set includes: sheet index, site plans, grading plans, floor plans, reflected ceiling plans, roof plans, parking plans, exterior elevations, interior elevations, and building sections.

Archival Collection

Martin Stern Architectural Records
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Collection Number: MS-00382
Collection Name: Martin Stern Architectural Records
Box/Folder: Roll 112

Archival Component

Photograph of construction trucks in the bed of the Colorado River, 1930-1933

Date

1930 to 1933

Description

A construction site at the base of the Hoover Dam. A label at the bottom of the photo: "Circa 1930's. Construction trucks rumble through the soggy bed of the Colorado River, diverted around the dam site by concrete tunnels to clear the area for the base of the dam."

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