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Photograph of Lake Mead and back of Lost City restorations, Nevada, 1939
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Archival Collection
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View from the back side of the Lost City restorations looking out into the approaching water.
Transcribed Notes: Transcribed from photo sleeve: "(1939) Waters of Lake Mead rise to base of Lost City Restorations."
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Photograph of Hoover Dam and surrounding area, Boulder City (Nev.), 1940s
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Archival Collection
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Letter from Alfred Merritt Smith (Carson City) to Ernest Cragin (Las Vegas), May 6, 1946
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Archival Collection
Description
Letter written by the Nevada state engineer to the mayor of Las Vegas regarding the water use from the Las Vegas Aquifer, which was roughly equal to the recharge rate. The state engineer recommended that a group of property owners form a group, perhaps called the "Las Vegas Valley Water Improvement District" to pursue the acquisition of additional water from Lake Mead and thus allowing for future development and growth of the City of Las Vegas and surrounding areas. Earl, Ira J. (Ira Joseph) is son of Joseph Ira Earl.
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Photograph of Showboat Hotel and Casino escalators (Atlantic City), circa March, 1987
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Archival Collection
Description
Escalators in the lobby area of the Atlantic City Showboat.
Site Name: Showboat Hotel and Casino (Atlantic City)
Address: 801 Boardwalk, Atlantic City, NJ
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Photograph of a lounge in the Showboat Hotel and Casino (Atlantic City), circa March, 1987
Date
Archival Collection
Description
Bar and lounge area in the Atlantic City Showboat.
Site Name: Showboat Hotel and Casino (Atlantic City)
Address: 801 Boardwalk, Atlantic City, NJ
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A City Withing a City. The Black Freedom Struggle in Grand Rapids, Michigan by Todd E. Robinson on July 30, 2014: digital photographs
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Archival Collection
Description
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Photograph of the Showboat Hotel and Casino rooftop courtyard area (Atlantic City), 1987
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Archival Collection
Description
Courtyard area on the roof of the Showboat Hotel and Casino in Atlantic City.
Site Name: Showboat Hotel and Casino (Atlantic City)
Address: 801 Boardwalk, Atlantic City, NJ
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Photograph of shops in downtown Boulder City, Nevada, circa 1932-1940
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Archival Collection
Description
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Photograph of stagecoach in a parade, Boulder City, Nevada, circa 1930-1940
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Archival Collection
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Pearl Hughes oral history interview
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Oral history interview with Pearl Hughes conducted by Katherine D. Beal on February 11, 1977 for the Ralph Roske Oral History Project on Early Las Vegas. In the interview, Hughes discusses her family's early arrival to Las Vegas, Nevada after moving from Salinas, California. Her family then bought and operated a motel in North Las Vegas, Nevada between the late 1940s to 1950. Hughes also discusses the growth of the hotel and casino industry, city urban development, community interactions, Las Vegas, Nevada celebrities, atomic testing, and President John F. Kennedy's assassination.
Archival Collection