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#62525: Artemus W. Ham Concert Hall - Interiors, 1999 December 17
Level of Description
File
Archival Collection
University of Nevada, Las Vegas Creative Services Records (1990s)
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Collection Number: PH-00388-03
Collection Name: University of Nevada, Las Vegas Creative Services Records (1990s)
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Collection Name: University of Nevada, Las Vegas Creative Services Records (1990s)
Box/Folder: N/A
Archival Component
Panoramic photograph of downtown Boulder City, Nevada, circa 1933 - late 1930s
Date
1933 to 1939
Archival Collection
Description
View of downtown Boulder City seen from Government Park (later Wilbur Square Park). Well known buildings can be seen from this angle, including St. Andrew's Catholic Church (left), City Hall (left, center), the Boulder Theater building that contained the Boulder Dam Service Bureau (right, center), and the Boulder Dam Hotel (right).
Image
Slide of students in front of Maude Frazier Hall, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, circa 1980s
Date
1980 to 1989
Archival Collection
Description
Students on lawn in front of Maude Frazier Hall, University of Nevada, Las Vegas.
Image
Photograph of Hughes Flying Boat section being moved to Terminal Island in the Los Angeles Harbor, June 15, 1946
Date
1946-06-15
Archival Collection
Description
A section of Howard Hughes' "Spruce Goose" or "Flying Boat" being moved (with a police escort) from the Hughes Aircraft plant in Culver City, California to Terminal Island in the Los Angeles Harbor where the plane was assembled in June of 1946. Date stamped on back of photo.
Image
Film transparency of the façade of the Golden Nugget Gambling Hall (Las Vegas), circa 1948
Date
1947 to 1949
Archival Collection
Description
Exterior entrance image of the Golden Nugget Gambling Hall;
Site Name: Golden Nugget Las Vegas
Address: 129 East Fremont Street
Image
Photograph of the HK-1, Hughes Flying boat, as it returns from its historic test flight, November 2, 1947
Date
1947-11-02
Archival Collection
Description
A side view of the HK-1, Hughes Flying Boat, the world's largest plane, which successfully completed its first flight. The eight 3,000 horsepower engines lifted the craft from the waters of Los Angeles Harbor with Hughes at the controls. The plane is 219 ft long.
Image
Photograph of Carson City Mint interior, Carson City, Nevada, circa 1941 - mid 1900s
Date
1941 to 1969
Archival Collection
Description
A coin press from Carson City Mint on exhibit at the Nevada State Museum in Carson City, Nevada.
Image
Photograph of a drill bit at the Hughes Tool Co., Houston, Texas, circa 1950s
Date
1950 to 1959
Archival Collection
Description
Transcribed from attached press release: "LITTLE BIT Only an inch and a quarter in diameter, this "microbit" enables engineers at the Hughes Tool Company, Houston, Texas, to estimate the performance of full-size bits for the oil drilling industry. The company operates the largest testing laboratory of its kind anywhere in the world and produces thousands of rock bits necessary to drill deeper and deeper as the world's shallow oil wells have become exhausted. Howard Hughes terms the Hughes Tool company the "keystone" of his industrial empire."
Image
Interior views of Silver Slipper Gambling Hall and Saloon in Las Vegas, Nevada: postcard
Date
1900 (year approximate) to 1999 (year approximate)
Archival Collection
Description
From the UNLV Libraries Single Item Accession Photograph Collection (PH-00171). Interior view of Old West Gambling hall and Saloon in Silver Slipper.
Image
Photograph of Boulder City High School athletic stadium, Boulder City, Nevada, circa 1951
Date
1950 to 1952
Archival Collection
Description
The installation of the original lighting system used on the Boulder City High School athletic field in Boulder City, Nevada.
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