From the UNLV University Libraries Photographs of the Development of the Las Vegas Valley, Nevada (PH-00394). Part of the collection documents the entire 19 mile length of the north/south Eastern Avenue / Civic Center Drive alignment. This photograph was captured in the section of Civic Center Drive between Cheyenne Avenue and Las Vegas Boulevard.
A color image of the front exterior and neon sign for the blue and white Penguin Restaurant, located in Carson City, Nevada. The sign features an image of a penguin.
20 x 35 cm., folded to 22 x 11 cm. Copyright held by Redwood Pub. Co. "Compliments of 'Buck' Evans 76 Union"--Panel. Index on verso. Includes table of mileages to Las Vegas from other cities in the Southwest. Original publisher: Redwood Publishing Co., Scale: .
Ashley Hall was born April 3, 1943 in Caliente, Nevada. After high school, he worked for the Union Pacific Railroad at the Nevada Test Site as a cashier and as a signalman. He later attended Brigham Young University and the University of Nevada, Reno. After college, Hall served the City of Las Vegas in significant ways. Notably, as City Manager he was instrumental in the initial development of Summerlin, Nevada. Though he has retired from local politics, he remains active as the President of the Old Spanish Trail Association and as the U.S. Army Reserve Ambassador.
Picture of the Babcock and Wilcox (B&W) Company steel plant. B&W was the second largest contractor for the Hoover Dam project and built many of the houses that are still in Boulder City for their employees.