Billboards tout Ascaya's custom home lots. Infrastructure for Ascaya, a high-end luxury home lot development cut into the McCullough Mountain range in Henderson, Nevada, was completed with materials mined from the site.
The Southern Nevada realtor photographs depict realtors and realties in Southern Nevada from 1953 to 1990, primarily realtors working in Southern Nevada and the Las Vegas Board of Realtors.
Archival Collection
Frank Mitrani Photographs
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Collection Number: PH-00332 Collection Name: Frank Mitrani Photographs Box/Folder: N/A
The interviews in this original radio series were produced by the Folk Arts Program of the Nevada Arts Council (then Nevada State Council on the Arts) in 1986, in partnership with KUNR (Reno), KNPR (Las Vegas) and KOLO (Reno), and with funding from the National Endowment for the Arts and the State of Nevada. Scripting, editing, photography, and production were by folklorist Blanton Owen. Narration was by Deb Spring, KOLO Radio (Reno). The series consists of thirteen short segments documenting aspects of the traditional life and crafts of Nevada residents. A supplemental printed program provides additional information about each interviewee.
'Compiled by C.D. Baker, Civil Engineer, State Water Right Surveyor, Mineral Surveyor, Gen. Land Office, Las Vegas, Clark County, Nevada. Oct. 1, 1940.' Yellow lines show boundary of the proposed water district; green lines show boundary of the city of Las Vegas; red line shows the Union Pacific Railroad route.