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Unidentified protestor at an anti-atomic weapons march: photographic print

Date

1988

Description

An anti-atomic weapons march in Hamburg, Germany 1988. The man pictured was the first protestor at the solidarity action for the march/demonstration at the Nevada Test Site.

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Report by the Freeman Company publicist regarding the Sands Hotel in Las Vegas, circa October 18, 1953- October 18, 1959

Date

1953 to 1959

Description

A report by the Freeman Company publicists regarding the entertainment at the Sands Hotel and the hotel's history in Las Vegas, Nevada. Site Name: Sands Hotel and Casino

Mixed Content

Fred and Maurine Wilson photographs (unidentified), image 54

Date

1960 to 1990

Description

Unidentified man stands next to a blue car with a suitcase in the Hacienda Hotel parking lot. Site Name: Hacienda del Sol (Reno, Nev.)

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Architectural drawing of Circus Circus (Las Vegas), detailed proposal sheets, plot and roof plans, parking and area schedule, and legal description, November 17, 1967

Date

1967-11-17

Description

Project overview sheets of the major elements of Circus Circus from November 1967; Stamped "Preliminary - Not for Construction Purposes."
Site Name: Circus Circus Las Vegas
Address: 2880 Las Vegas Boulevard South

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Architectural drawing of the Hacienda's (Las Vegas), proposed structure of the principal floor plan, May 29, 1954

Date

1954-05-29

Description

Preliminary study of various aspects of the proposed Hacienda. Drawn by: H.A.B.. Original medium: pencil on paper. Efstonbuilt, Inc. of Chicago, architects; McClellan & Markwith, architects.
Site Name: Hacienda
Address: 3590 Las Vegas Boulevard South

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Lillian and Lloyd Morrison oral history interview

Identifier

OH-01337

Abstract

Oral history interview with Lillian and Lloyd Morrison conducted by Don Morrison on October 20, 1991 for the UNLV Libraries Oral History Collection. The Morrison's talk about the loss of their Iowa farm in the Great Depression and Lloyd's decision to set out for Nevada to seek work at the Hoover dam construction site. He speaks at length about finding work, working on the dam, and an injury suffered in a fall that left him temporarily in a wheelchair. Lillian recalls arriving in Boulder City, Nevada some three years after Lloyd, of various homes the couple and their young son lived in, taking in boarders for extra money, and the growth and contraction of the town's population.

Archival Collection

Photograph of Betty Hind, Dub McClanahan, and others, Las Vegas (Nev.), circa 1948

Date

1948 to 1949

Archival Collection

Description

A large group of people, including Betty Hind and Dub McClanahan, probably at the Thunderbird Hotel, which opened on September 2, 1948. Site Name: Thunderbird Hotel (Las Vegas, Nev.)

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Postcard of the Sands Hotel, Las Vegas (Nev.), 1955-1970

Date

1955 to 1970

Archival Collection

Description

The Sands Hotel and Casino. Postcard reads "Greetings from Las Vegas." Site Name: Sands Hotel and Casino

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Photograph of a couple in Tonopah (Nev.), 1920-1950

Date

1920 to 1950

Archival Collection

Description

Unidentified couple in Tonopah (Nev.) huging and posing near the Tonopha Trucking Co. Inc. site, 1920-1950

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Photographs of Donn Arden's staged production "Lido," Las Vegas (Nev.), 1962-1963

Date

1962 to 1963

Archival Collection

Description

Eleven photos of the Lido production staged by Donn Arden at the Stardust Hotel in Las Vegas. Various dance numbers are shown. Site Name: Stardust Resort and Casino

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