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Las Vegas City Engineering and Planning Department Reports

Identifier

MS-00270

Abstract

The Las Vegas City Engineering and Planning Department Reports (1951-1981) consist of urban planning reports, transportation and parking studies, and environmental impact assessments concerning the greater Las Vegas, Nevada metropolitan area. In addition to general issues of urban planning, the collection contains materials relating to the expansion of Interstate 15 through West Las Vegas in the 1970s and early 1980s.

Archival Collection

Love Ranch mounted sign, Carson City, Nevada

Date

2016 (year approximate) to 2020 (year approximate)

Description

View of the mounted arrow sign for the Love Ranch in Carson city in the evening with unlit neon. A detail shot of a star sign is shown.

95 Kit Kat Dr, Carson City, NV 89706

Love Ranch


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Photograph of Howard Hughes' plane at Floyd Bennet Airfield, New York, August 20, 1938

Date

1938-08-20

Description

Description given with photograph: "Hughes sets new transcontinental transport mark. Floyd Bennet Field, NY--- Howard Hughes, millionaire flier, setting his famous round-the-world transport plane down here, early August 20th, after a record-smashing flight from Los Angeles. Hughes and three companions completed the trip in 10 hours 32 minutes and 20 seconds, shattering the record of 11 hours and five minutes set four years ago by Tommy Tomlinson. The flight was made most of the way in the substratosphere at an average altitude of 17, 000 feet. Credit Line ACME."

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Photograph of Boulder City, Nevada, circa 1936-1937

Date

1937

Archival Collection

Description

Aerial view of Boulder City looking southeast from Water Tank Hill.

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Photograph of business section, Boulder City, Nevada, 1940s

Date

1940 to 1949

Archival Collection

Description

Black and white photograph of business section of town in Boulder City. Possibly a postcard.

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Photograph of business section, Boulder City, Nevada, 1940s

Date

1940 to 1949

Archival Collection

Description

Black and white photograph of business section of town in Boulder City. Possibly a postcard.

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People outside of a store in Boulder City: photographic print

Date

1930 (year approximate) to 1939 (year approximate)

Description

Unidentified individuals walk by the Boulder City Company grocery store.

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