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Leaflet, It all adds up, Housing Authority of the City of Las Vegas, circa 1945-1955

Date

1945 to 1955

Archival Collection

Description

Leaflet describing the effects and prevention of water leaks with examples about faucets, toilet tanks, and lawn watering. Slogans at bottom of each page: Gyp the drip and Stop the drop

Text

Requests from Residents and Business Owners to City Officials of Las Vegas, Nevada

Identifier

MS-00049

Abstract

The Requests from Residents and Business Owners to City Officials of Las Vegas, Nevada (1940) consist of formal petitions which were filed with the City of Las Vegas Clerk, and letters to the Mayor and City Commissioners dating from February 1, 1940 to December 4, 1940. The petitions, including one from the Westside Improvement Association, requested infrastructure improvements and zoning restrictions, while others criticized city government actions related to maintenance of public areas and inaction on previous petitions. Additional requests addressed commercial and residential zoning enforcement and clarification regarding new construction.

Archival Collection

Photograph of guests at Lake Mead Lodge, Boulder City (Nev.), 1940s -1950s

Date

1940 to 1959

Description

Guests sunbathing and relaxing outdoors at Lake Mead Lodge, in Boulder City. Site Name: Lake Mead Lodge (Boulder City, Nev.) Street Address: 322 Lakeshore Road, Boulder City, Clark County, NV

Image

Photograph of electrical transformer at Hoover Dam, Boulder City (Nev.), 1940s

Date

1940 to 1949

Description

Electrical transformer supplying energy to the city of Los Angeles. Inscription with photo reads "Top of transformer, City of Los Angeles switch."

Image

Photograph of Fortification Hill and Lake Mead, Boulder City (Nev.), 1940s

Date

1940 to 1949

Description

Fortification Hill. Photograph taken 4 miles away from Dam, as "infra-red shot, by Bureau of Reclamation, Boulder City, Nevada.

Image

Photograph of pottery at the Lost City Museum, Overton (Nev.), 1935-1950

Date

1935 to 1950

Description

Pottery and what appears to be a human skull in a hole at the Lost City Museum. The bottom of the photgraph reads: "Pottery, Lost City of Nevada".

Image

Ruins of the lost city of Saint Thomas, Nevada: photographic print

Date

1910 (year approximate) to 1930 (year approximate)

Description

From the Chester R. Longwell Photograph Collection (PH-00311)

Image

Photograph of Howard Hughes with a group of men in front of the XH-17 helicopter, Culver City, California, October 23, 1952

Date

1952

Description

Howard Hughes (second from left) standing in front of the experimental helicopter XH-17, Flying Crane, with others (from left to right): Rea Hopper, Director of the Aeronautical Division, Hughes Aircraft Company; Hughes; Clyde Jones, Director of Engineering, Hughes Tool Company Aeronautical Division; Warren Reed, Assistant; Colonel Carl E. Jackson, Air Research and Development Headquarters, Baltimore; Gale J. Moore, Pilot; possibly Chal Bowen, Flight Engineer/Co-pilot, and an unidentified man, October 23, 1952.

Image

Las Vegas City budget for the year, 1926

Level of Description

File

Archival Collection

Las Vegas City Commission Records
To request this item in person:
Collection Number: MS-00237
Collection Name: Las Vegas City Commission Records
Box/Folder: Box 01

Archival Component

Resolution Ordering General City Election, 1941

Level of Description

File

Archival Collection

Las Vegas City Commission Records
To request this item in person:
Collection Number: MS-00237
Collection Name: Las Vegas City Commission Records
Box/Folder: Box 01

Archival Component