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Proposal for the Playboy Hotel and Casino, Atlantic City, 1977
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Archival Collection
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Bound proposal for Playboy Hotel and Casino including artist's conceptions, vicinity map, themes, and architectural drawings for all major components. Includes note on protective cover: "First concept, Constructed as modified."
Site Name: Playboy Hotel and Casino (Atlantic City)
Address: Florida Ave & Boardwalk, Atlantic City, NJ
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Photographs of the "Bluebell Girls" performing at the Lido, Paris (FRA.), 1950s-1960s
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Archival Collection
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Second generation concrete base design for heliostats, 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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Photograph of two men outside of Lincoln Davis' brokerage office, Goldfield (Nev.), early 1900s
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Archival Collection
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Florence Smith oral history interview
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Oral history interview with Florence Smith conducted by her grandson, Sam Smith, on March 19, 1978 for the Ralph Roske Oral History Project on Early Las Vegas. In this interview, Smith discusses the police department for Las Vegas, Nevada and crime in the city. She describes employment levels, the ease and difficulty of finding work, and where someone can find jobs. Smith talks about raising her children and federal government ownership of land in Nevada.
Archival Collection
Architectural drawing of Riviera Hotel and Casino (Las Vegas), phase 1-2 plot plan, January 19, 1962
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Archival Collection
Description
Phase 1-2 plot plan for the expansion of the Riviera Hotel and Casino in 1962. Drawn by J.A.S. Facsimile.
Site Name: Riviera Hotel and Casino
Address: 2901 Las Vegas Boulevard South
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Architectural drawing of the Riviera Hotel and Casino (Las Vegas), master plan, second floor, February 3, 1984
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Archival Collection
Description
Drawing of proposed changes to the Riviera as submitted to the planning commission from 1984. Printed on mylar.
Site Name: Riviera Hotel and Casino
Address: 2901 Las Vegas Boulevard South
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Architectural drawing of the New Frontier Hotel and Casino (Las Vegas), plot plan, June 12, 1964
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Archival Collection
Description
Plot plan of the 1st stage additions to the New Frontier Hotel. Original medium: pencil on parchment.
Site Name: Frontier
Address: 3120 Las Vegas Boulevard South
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Gail Hambley oral history interview
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Oral history interview with Gail Hambley conducted by Mike Hinton on February 25, 1977 for the Ralph Roske Oral History Project on Early Las Vegas. In this interview, Hambley reflects upon her upbringing in early Las Vegas, Nevada. She discusses her schooling at Las Vegas High School with wooden desks and no air conditioning, memories at the Stewart Ranch and Hoover Dam, and her job with the Nevada Test Site.
Archival Collection
Bernard Lee Brown oral history interview
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Oral history interview with Bernard Lee Brown conducted by Marcus Brown for the Ralph Roske Oral History Project on Early Las Vegas. Brown discusses his work at various gaming properties on the Las Vegas Strip and in Downtown Las Vegas, Nevada, owning his own shoe business, working at the Nevada Test Site, racial discrimination, and the role of unions. He also discusses the overall changes of Las Vegas over time.
Archival Collection