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Meeting minutes for Consolidated Student Senate University of Nevada, Las Vegas, May 16, 1985
Date
1985-05-16
Archival Collection
Description
Includes meeting agenda and minutes with additional information about bylaws and memorandums.
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Photographs of El Cortez Hotel and Casino at dusk, Las Vegas (Nev.), April 10, 2016
Date
2016-04-10 to 2017-09-04
Archival Collection
Description
The El Cortez Hotel and Casino sits at 600 E Fremont St in Downtown Las Vegas. Continually operating in the same location since 1941, the El Cortez is listed on the National Register of Historical Places. Information about the sign is available in the Southern Nevada Neon Survey Data Sheet.
Site name: El Cortez Hotel & Casino (Las Vegas, Nev.)
Site address: 600 Fremont St
Sign owner: IKE Gaming Inc
Sign details: 2,77 acre lot, with an original construction year of 1941.
Sign condition: 5 - fully functional, looks well taken care of, no damage to the sign, even looks original.
Sign form: Back to back Architectural sign
Sign-specific description: Double sided architectural sign perched on top of the building of the El Cortez reads El Cortez HOTEL COFFEE SHOP & BAR FREE PARKING with a metal frame work to hold it high for tourists to see down Fremont Street on either side of the road or sidewalk. in the Day it looks white and baby blue with the frame work painted white. At night El Cortez glows red whit what looks like white skeleton neon outlining the wording, HOTEL is outlined with pink skeleton neon, and COFFEE SHOP & BAR FREE PARKING is made of the same pink neon as the HOTEL portion.
Sign - type of display: Neon
Sign - media: Steel
Sign environment: The property is surrounded by other casinos, restaurants, and bars.
Sign - date of installation: circa 1941
Sign - date of redesign/move: Possible change in signage around 1946
Sign - thematic influences: Spanish revival (mission) style, the facade was faced with bricks with weeping mortar and the roof was red tile while a large metal sign announced the casino clubs name.
Sign - artistic significance: Spanish Revival / Western cowboy themes were popular in Vegas especially in the 30s and 40s due to the image pushed to look like the wild west or as a pioneer town.
Survey - research locations: Las Vegas Then and Now, Spectacular, assessor's website
Surveyor: Danny Jacobs
Survey - date completed: 2017-09-04
Sign keywords: Neon; Steel; Architectural; Back to back; Incandescent; Reader board; Marquee; Roof Sign
Site name: El Cortez Hotel & Casino (Las Vegas, Nev.)
Site address: 600 Fremont St
Sign owner: IKE Gaming Inc
Sign details: 2,77 acre lot, with an original construction year of 1941.
Sign condition: 5 - fully functional, looks well taken care of, no damage to the sign, even looks original.
Sign form: Back to back Architectural sign
Sign-specific description: Double sided architectural sign perched on top of the building of the El Cortez reads El Cortez HOTEL COFFEE SHOP & BAR FREE PARKING with a metal frame work to hold it high for tourists to see down Fremont Street on either side of the road or sidewalk. in the Day it looks white and baby blue with the frame work painted white. At night El Cortez glows red whit what looks like white skeleton neon outlining the wording, HOTEL is outlined with pink skeleton neon, and COFFEE SHOP & BAR FREE PARKING is made of the same pink neon as the HOTEL portion.
Sign - type of display: Neon
Sign - media: Steel
Sign environment: The property is surrounded by other casinos, restaurants, and bars.
Sign - date of installation: circa 1941
Sign - date of redesign/move: Possible change in signage around 1946
Sign - thematic influences: Spanish revival (mission) style, the facade was faced with bricks with weeping mortar and the roof was red tile while a large metal sign announced the casino clubs name.
Sign - artistic significance: Spanish Revival / Western cowboy themes were popular in Vegas especially in the 30s and 40s due to the image pushed to look like the wild west or as a pioneer town.
Survey - research locations: Las Vegas Then and Now, Spectacular, assessor's website
Surveyor: Danny Jacobs
Survey - date completed: 2017-09-04
Sign keywords: Neon; Steel; Architectural; Back to back; Incandescent; Reader board; Marquee; Roof Sign
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Film strip of Boulder City or Hoover Dam construction, image 006: photographic print
Date
1934-05-29
Archival Collection
Description
This photograph has three images. The first one (0272_0026) is a picture of the first bucket of concrete poured in Boulder Dam, June 6, 1933. The handwritten inscription reads, "The first bucket was 'grout' (cement and water) which was spread over surface of pour with steel brooms. All loose rocks have been pried out, and all cracks have been pumped with grout until filled. Some has taken a week of continuously pumping night and day. Each from and pour is supervised by government selected men." The second one (0272_0027) reads, "Excavation for foundation three hundred feet below river bed down to bedrock." The picture is looking upstream, excavation for dam foundation, Boulder Dam photo provided by the Bureau of Reclamation. It also says, "Seen from lookout point above. Trucks struggling up and down the steep grade, reminds you of ants as they attack this giant job. I often wondered where did they put all this dirt and rubble? Brakes were soon worn out and never replaced. Trucks were geared down real low, but you still got a thrill, going downhill. x-marks trussel for rail that will bring concrete from lower mixing plant around the bend where the mts. end in a gentle slope." written as a handwritten inscription. The third one (0272_0028) reads, "Drilling of walls to clean up and to blast off loose slabs on upstream canyon walls. These men climb hand over hand at end of shift, and slide down to work. The art of keeping your balance in a bos'n chair is picked up in a hurry at heights like this. I saw a miner hand a 90 lb. Hammer of his shoulder and climb hand over hand 75 ft. up, until he got past the overhang before he could touch the canyon wall with his feet. It was a side show," written as a handwritten inscription.
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Meeting minutes for Consolidated Student Senate University of Nevada, Las Vegas, March 6, 1995
Date
1995-03-06
Archival Collection
Description
Includes meeting agenda and minutes. CSUN Session 25 Meeting Minutes and Agendas.
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