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Photograph of a detail of a scale model of the Golden Nugget Gambling Hall (Las Vegas), 1958
Date
1958
Archival Collection
Description
Detail of a scale model of the Golden Nugget Gambling Hall as seen from the corner of Fremont and Second Streets.
Site Name: Golden Nugget Las Vegas
Address: 129 East Fremont Street
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Carson City Public School, Carson City, Nevada, undated
Level of Description
File
Archival Collection
William V. Wright Collection of Nevada Postcards
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Collection Number: PH-00094
Collection Name: William V. Wright Collection of Nevada Postcards
Box/Folder: Folder 01
Collection Name: William V. Wright Collection of Nevada Postcards
Box/Folder: Folder 01
Archival Component
Slide of the Golden Nugget Gambling Hall and its neon signs, Las Vegas, circa 1986
Date
1986
Archival Collection
Description
A color image of the exterior of the Golden Nugget Gambling Hall and its glowing neon signs in downtown Las Vegas at night.
Image
Photograph of attendants inspecting a plane, Brooklyn, New York, September 30, 1937
Date
1937-09-30
Archival Collection
Description
Description printed on photograph's accompanying strip of paper: Hughes Buys New Plane. Attendants at the Floyd Bennet Airport, in Brooklyn, New York, inspecting the tire on the plane Howard Hughes recently purchased from the Sikorsky Company. Hughes accepted delivery September 30th, and flew the plane from Bridgeport. The tire blew as he was making a test landing. No other damage was done. Credit Line (ACME) 9/30/37
Image
Photograph of Boulder City High School athletic stadium, Boulder City, Nevada, circa 1951
Date
1950 to 1952
Archival Collection
Description
An overhead view of a completed Boulder City High School athletic stadium in Boulder City, Nevada.
Image
Slide of the Virginia City historic marker, Virginia City, Nevada, circa 1960s
Date
1960 to 1969
Archival Collection
Description
A picture of a historic marker for tourists to take a picture with. The sign has "Virginia City-Queen of the Comstock" inscribed on it with details about the Comstock Lode, which was "the largest body of precious metals ever discovered on Earth."
Image
Photograph of Donn Arden at La Martinique, New York (N.Y.), 1940s-1950s
Date
1940 to 1959
Archival Collection
Description
Donn Arden (right) at La Martinique Nightclub with two unidentified women.
Image
Photograph of a crowd awaiting the arrival of Howard Hughes, New York, July 14, 1938
Date
1938-07-14
Archival Collection
Description
The black and white view of a crowd of people awaiting the arrival of Howard Hughes in his Lockheed 14 aircraft at Floyd Bennett Airport, New York. This final landing for Hughes marked the end of his Round The World flight.
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New York University Graduate School of Business Administration, "A Study of the Economic Impact of the Change in the Pari-mutuel Tax on the Pari-mutuel Industry of New York State", 1980
Level of Description
File
Archival Collection
Eugene Martin Christiansen Papers
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Collection Number: MS-00561
Collection Name: Eugene Martin Christiansen Papers
Box/Folder: Box 085
Collection Name: Eugene Martin Christiansen Papers
Box/Folder: Box 085
Archival Component
Photograph of Sam's Town Hotel and Gambling Hall, Las Vegas, Nevada, circa 1979-1980s
Date
1979 to 1989
Archival Collection
Description
The exterior of Sam's Town Hotel and Gambling Hall on Boulder Highway in Las Vegas, Nevada. The hotel-casino opened April 1, 1979.
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