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Terry Ritter Collection
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The Terry Ritter Collection, dating from approximately 1995-2012, contains six color prints of Ritter's artwork depicting Las Vegas, Nevada showgirls. There is also one convention flier advertising her artwork.
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Lorraine Thomas-Perry Papers
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The Lorraine Thomas-Perry Papers (1910-1936) contain the personal papers of Lorraine Thomas and her family, who were early residents of Beatty, Nevada. Collection materials include report cards, graduation certificates, correspondence, and short stories and poems written by family members. The majority of collection are photocopies. The collection also contains one original program for the opening banquet and ball for Hotel Fayle in Goodsprings, Nevada on May 13, 1916.
Archival Collection
Interview with Corbin Harney, August 4, 2005
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Archival Collection
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Interview with Fred Ray Huckabee, January 21, 2005
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Archival Collection
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Poker Palace Neon Survey document, August 23, 2017
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Archival Collection
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Site address: 2757 N Las Vegas Blvd
Sign owner: Marvin and Laura Coleman
Sign details: This location opened 1974 with a castle theme. This location is also claimed as a locals casino. In 2015 their main pylon roadside sign caught on fire, but it was recently replaced.
Sign condition: 4- the signs that were not in the fire are still in relatively good condition
Sign form: Two pylons and architectural sign
Sign-specific description: The building itself has many different neon signs on it mostly red neon. Also the buildings architecture matches the palace theme. There are two pylon signs the first one states "Poker Palace Bingo" in channeled neon letters, then below is a reader board. The second pylon is just north a little of the first one, this is the one that caught on fire in 2015. After the fire the beam bases of the sign remained. This sign has "Poker Palace Casino" in red channeled letters.
Sign - type of display: Neon and incandescent
Sign - media: Steel and plastic
Sign - non-neon treatments: Reader board
Sign animation: Flasher for incandescent light bulbs.
Sign environment: This is located in North Las Vegas in a residential area and by a few other small businesses.
Sign - date of installation: Late 2015/ early 2016 for new pylon sign, others look to be older
Sign - date of redesign/move: 2015 pylon sign went up in flames and was destroyed, then replaced
Sign - thematic influences: The building looks like a palace which goes with their names and theme. Also their signs showcases similar shapes to the building.
Survey - research locations: Poker Palace website http://pokerpalace.net/History.html , Images of sign , Review Journal article https://www.reviewjournal.com/local/local-las-vegas/nlv-casino-marquee-fire-sends-up-plume-visible-for-miles/
Surveyor: Wyatt Currie-Diamond
Survey - date completed: 2017-08-23
Sign keywords: Architectural; Neon; Incandescent; Steel; Plastic; Flashing; Reader board; Pylon; Fascia
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William Geagley Collection on Nuclear Safety
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The William Geagley Collection on Nuclear Safety contains government publications, memoranda, and pamphlets about counteracting nuclear contamination of food supplies from 1951 to 1960. The materials primarily document Geagley’s oversight of the development of food safety contingency plans for the Michigan Department of Agriculture. The materials also contain information relating to the Nevada Test Site’s plans for Operation Plumbbob, atmospheric and underground nuclear tests held in 1957 in Nevada.
Archival Collection
Letter from R. L. Adamson (Los Angeles) to F. H. Knickerbocker, September 10, 1928
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Archival Collection
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Summary of the amount of water used by the railroad, the water company, and for irrigation on the Las Vegas Ranch in 1928 for use in calculating water rates.
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County agent project progress report, Flood control - soil conservation, November 1, 1939
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Archival Collection
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Report on flood control efforts in the Virgin Soil Conservation District, the Moapa Soil Conservation District, and the Virgin River Watershed. Project Number: State Office #172, Clark Co. #12
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