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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.
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North Las Vegas City Hall and Library, 1968 March 25
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Archival Collection
Collection Name: Frank Mitrani Photographs
Box/Folder: Box 44
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Medical marijuana research and correspondence, town hall files, 2014 to 2018
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Archival Collection
Collection Name: Bob Coffin Political Papers
Box/Folder: Box 046, Digital File 00
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Photograph of neon sign for the Silver Slipper Gambling Hall (Las Vegas), after 1958
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Daytime view of the giant silver slipper and neon signs for the Silver Slipper Gambling Hall. Minsky's Burlesque and "the strip fight of the week: Red Lopez vs. Johnny Brooks" is advertised.
Site Name: Silver Slipper
Address: 3100 Las Vegas Boulevard South
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Photograph of Lily Pons, Howard Hughes, and Errol Flynn, Beverly Hills, California, circa late 1930s
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Howard Hughes sitting in between party attendees Lily Pons (left) and Errol Flynn (right) at a dining table located in the Beverly Wilshire Hotel in Beverly Hills, California. Text printed on an attached strip of paper: "At cocktail party given by singing star Los Angeles, Cal. -- Lily Pons, singing star; Howard Hughes, noted flier, and Errol Flynn (left to right) at the cocktail party given by Miss Pons at the Beverly Wilshire Hotel. Credit Line (ACME) 11/8/38 NY LON PAR."
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Slide presentation from a hearing at a City Hall in Nevada: photographic slide
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From the Sister Klaryta Antoszewska Photograph Collection (PH-00352). The presentation slide reads, "Total announced tests and radiation measured off the test range complex. Total above-ground tests = 126. Total sub0surface tests = 413. Total tests = 539. Number measured off the test range complex of above-ground tests = 89. Number measured off the test range complex of sub-surface tests = 40. Total number measured off the test range complex = 129."
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Slide of Frank and Estella Beam Hall under construction, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, circa 1982
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Slide of Frank and Estella Beam Hall during construction, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, circa 1982
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Slide of Frank and Estella Beam Hall under construction, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, circa 1982
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Aerial photograph of Civic Center Drive and North Las Vegas City Hall, May 23, 1970
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