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Board of City Commissioners General Master Plan for the City of Las Vegas, Nevada, 1959

Level of Description

File

Archival Collection

Robert Woodruff Papers
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Collection Number: MS-00455
Collection Name: Robert Woodruff Papers
Box/Folder: Box 01

Archival Component

"Las Vegas City Council: Inside City Council" videotape, 1991 February 11

Level of Description

Item

Archival Collection

Dan Lovil Audiovisual Collection
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Collection Number: MS-01165
Collection Name: Dan Lovil Audiovisual Collection
Box/Folder: Box 05

Archival Component

Boulder City Hospital, Boulder City, Nevada: photographic print, 1954 March 10

Level of Description

Item

Archival Collection

Morgan Sweeney Photograph Collection
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Collection Number: PH-00228
Collection Name: Morgan Sweeney Photograph Collection
Box/Folder: Folder 01

Archival Component

Architectural drawing of Harrah's Marina Hotel Casino (Atlantic City), alterations and sketches of the site plan study, October 15, 1981

Date

1981-10-15

Description

Plans for proposed changes to Harrah's Marina Hotel Casino in Atlantic City. Transferred onto parchment using the ozalid process.
Site Name: Harrah's Marina Resort (Atlantic City)
Address: 777 Harrah's Boulevard, Atlantic City, NJ

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Photograph of police escorting the fuselage of Hughes Flying Boat, San Pedro, California, June 15, 1946

Date

1946-06-15

Description

Police escort lined up in front of Hughes Flying Boat on Roosevelt Highway in San Pedro, California, as it was being moved from Culver City to Terminal Island in Long Beach.

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Photograph of Virginia City, Nevada, 1870-1875

Date

1870 to 1875

Description

A aerial view of Virginia City before the fire of 1875.

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Photograph of Howard Hughes' plane at Floyd Bennet Airfield, New York, August 20, 1938

Date

1938-08-20

Description

Description given with photograph: "Hughes sets new transcontinental transport mark. Floyd Bennet Field, NY--- Howard Hughes, millionaire flier, setting his famous round-the-world transport plane down here, early August 20th, after a record-smashing flight from Los Angeles. Hughes and three companions completed the trip in 10 hours 32 minutes and 20 seconds, shattering the record of 11 hours and five minutes set four years ago by Tommy Tomlinson. The flight was made most of the way in the substratosphere at an average altitude of 17, 000 feet. Credit Line ACME."

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Boulder City housing developments: photographic prints

Date

1978

Description

U.S. Bureau of Reclamation. Boulder City housing developments, 1978.

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First switchboard in Boulder City, Nevada: photograph

Date

1953-10

Description

Photograph taken in Boulder City, October 1953. Switchboard of first board in Boulder City, Nevada. One 2 -position unit in foreground was added to original when moved to Boulder City office. First marriage by telephone performed on this unit. Standing is Mrs. Edith R. Gregory, first chief operator of LV. Next to Gregory is Mrs. Ann Gieck, and in foreground is Mrs. Katherine Bush.

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Film transparency of Boulder City, Nevada, circa 1931-1936

Date

1931 to 1936

Archival Collection

Description

An image of Arizona Street in Boulder City. From this view point, may different city shops are visible, such as the Hoover Dam Visitors Bureau (left) and the Nava-Hopi Trading Post (right).

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