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Postcard of a Union Pacific Railroad train, during Hoover Dam construction, late 1920s - early 1930s
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Archival Collection
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Photograph of six men at the signing of the Boulder Dam Bill, December 21, 1928
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Archival Collection
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Dr. Ray Lyman Wilbur, United States Secretary of the Interior: photographic print
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Archival Collection
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Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority Records
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The Las Vegas Convention and Visitor Authority Records (1973-2007) contain memorandums written by Rossi Rallenkotter, the Vice President of the Authority's marketing division to Las Vegas hotel sales and travel directors. The memorandums provide monthly visitor statistics. The collection also includes information on riverboat gambling legislation and the capacities of function/meeting rooms in various Las Vegas hotels. Also included are LVCVA marketing plans and bulletins.
Archival Collection
Pacific Engineering and Production Company of Nevada (PEPCON) Disaster Collection of News Articles
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The Pacific Engineering and Production Company of Nevada (PEPCON) Disaster Collection of News Articles (1988-1992) consists of articles from Las Vegas and other state and regional newspapers about the PEPCON plant explosion that took place in May of 1988. Also included are United Press International press releases from October to December, 1988.
Archival Collection
Wayne Cronister Photograph Collection
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The Wayne Cronister Photograph Collection depicts towns in Southern Nevada from 1905 to 1950. The photographs primarily depict Fremont Street in Las Vegas, Nevada and the construction of the Hoover (Boulder) Dam on the Colorado River. The photographs also include the Union Pacific Railroad Depot in Las Vegas, Nevada, the abandoned town of Rhyolite, Nevada, and a mining camp in El Dorado Canyon.
Archival Collection