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Conceptual sketch of the Bourbon Street Slots inside the Showboat Casino, Atlantic City, New Jersey, 1986
Level of Description
Archival Collection
Collection Name: Showboat Atlantic City Photograph Collection
Box/Folder: Folder 02
Archival Component
Conceptual sketch of Casino Phase 1 Expansion inside the Showboat Casino, Atlantic City, New Jersey, 1986
Level of Description
Archival Collection
Collection Name: Showboat Atlantic City Photograph Collection
Box/Folder: Folder 01
Archival Component
Conceptual sketch of high-rise buildings with the Showboat Casino on the left, Atlantic City, New Jersey, 1986
Level of Description
Archival Collection
Collection Name: Showboat Atlantic City Photograph Collection
Box/Folder: Folder 02
Archival Component
Leo Dunbar, Harry Hall, Carl Merrill, Mary Ann Merrill, and Harold Wadman oral history interview
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Oral history interview with Leo Dunbar, Harry Hall, Harold Wadman, Carl Merrill, and Mary Ann Merrill conducted by Dennis McBride on June 24, 1986 for the Boulder City Library Oral History Project. The interviewees discuss their early lives and families, moving to Nevada, and starting work on the Hoover Dam. They recall memories of living in Boulder City, Nevada during the Great Depression and beyond, and share information about the construction of the dam and the city as well as personal stories about their lives in Southern Nevada.
Archival Collection
Photograph of Howard Hughes in Wichita, Kansas, July 4, 1938
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Russell Howard oral history interview
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Oral history interview with Russel Howard conducted by James W. Howard on January 10, 1972 for the Ralph Roske Oral History Project on Early Las Vegas. Howard recalls being transferred to Las Vegas, Nevada for work in 1947 and how impressed he was by the number of celebrities from the movie and entertainment industry that frequented Las Vegas in the early 1950s. He also discusses the expansion of the Las Vegas Strip and how rapidly the number of hotels grew.
Archival Collection
Program for the Italian Benevolent Society and the Home for Aged Poor eleventh annual ball, Wednesday, March 20, 1901, The Monico, International Hall
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Archival Collection
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Note: Includes financial records of past balls, music program and a dancing engagement card with some signatures and with attached pencil. Program also states that the ball is "under the patronage of Count Francesco Bottaro-Costa, Chargé d'Affaires of H.M. The King of Italy." Menu insert: Dancing engagement cards; Music Programs; Event programs; Quotations Restaurant: The Monico Location: London, England
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Two books displays ("Old Friends" and "New Friends") at the Boulder City Library, 1950 November 10
Level of Description
Archival Collection
Collection Name: Bureau of Reclamation Photographs of the Hoover Dam and Boulder City, Nevada
Box/Folder: Folder 07 (Restrictions apply)
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Architectural drawing of residential home in Boulder City, Nevada, preliminary elevation, 1962
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Archival Collection
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Preliminary drawing of front exterior elevation of ra anch-style residential home in Boulder City, Nevada. Handwritten near lower right: "Elevations only for Plan 1 (1B, 1C, 1D), Plan 2 (2B, 2C, 2D), Plan 4 (4B, 4C, 4D), Plan 5 (5B, 5C, 5D)."
Architecture Period: Mid-Century ModernistImage