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Film transparency of a general view of Boulder City, Nevada, circa 1930s-1940s

Date

1930 to 1949

Archival Collection

Description

The view of two unidentified gentlemen wearing skis on snow-covered ground in front of the Boulder City Bureau of Reclamation Administration building located at 1200 Park Street Boulder City, Nevada.

Image

Mrs. Robert Baker, Boulder City, Nevada, approximately 1935

Level of Description

File

Archival Collection

Elton and Madelaine Garrett Photograph and Architectural Drawing Collection
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Collection Number: PH-00265
Collection Name: Elton and Madelaine Garrett Photograph and Architectural Drawing Collection
Box/Folder: Folder 15

Archival Component

News segments on Bob Stupak's Stratosphere Tower receiving City Council approval: video

Date

1990-04-18

Archival Collection

Description

Local news anchors discuss the Las Vegas City Council's approval for the Stratosphere Tower construction; includes clips of the City Council meeting; discussion of the construction timeline; and pushback from the FAA on tower's height. Original media VHS, color, aspect ratio 4 x 3, frame size 720 x 486. From the Bob Stupak Professional Papers (MS-01016) -- Professional papers -- Audiovisual material -- Digitized audiovisual clips file.

Moving Image

Slide of Petroglyphs on a rock, Boulder City, Nevada, circa 2000s

Date

Unknown year in the decade of the 2000s (year approximate)

Description

Petroglyphs in the Boulder City Dry Fall Area. The exact location is unknown, but the location is possibly in Keyhole Canyon. Petroglyphs are pictogram and logogram images created by removing part of a rock surface by incising, picking, carving, or abrading. Outside North America, scholars often use terms such as "carving", "engraving", or other descriptions of the technique to refer to such images. Petroglyphs are found world-wide, and are often associated with prehistoric peoples. The word comes from the Greek words petro-, theme of the word "petra" meaning "stone", and glyphein meaning "to carve", and was originally coined in French as pétroglyphe. The term petroglyph should not be confused with petrograph, which is an image drawn or painted on a rock face. Both types of image belong to the wider and more general category of rock art or parietal art. Petroforms, or patterns and shapes made by many large rocks and boulders over the ground, are also quite different. Inukshuks are also uni

Image

Slot World Casino double mounted sign, Carson City, Nevada

Date

2016 (year approximate) to 2020 (year approximate)

Description

The double mounted sign for Slot World at dusk with lit neon.

3879 US-50 E, Carson City, NV 89701

Slot World


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