Skip to main content

Search the Special Collections and Archives Portal

Search Results

Display    Results Per Page
Displaying results 27121 - 27130 of 139048

Photograph of fishermen displaying their catch, Lake Mead, 1940s-1950s

Date

1940 to 1959

Description

Five unidentified fisherman stand and sit of the "Tyee" boat as they proudly display the fish they caught that day at Lake Mead.

Image

Photograph of fisherman and his catch, Lake Mead, 1940s-1950s

Date

1940 to 1959

Description

An unidentified fisherman displays one of the many fish that he caught at Lake Mead.

Image

Photograph of businessmen next to AiResearch plane, 1940s-1950s

Date

1940 to 1959

Description

A group of businessmen standing next to an AiResearch plane. The AiResearch company built gas turbine engines. On the tail of the airplane is: "NC 56801," "AiResearch manufacturing Company," and "A division of the Garrett Corporation."

Image

Architectural drawing of the Showboat Hotel and Casino (Atlantic City), elevator plans, 1985

Date

1985

Description

Plans for the construction of the Showboat Hotel Casino in Atlantic City from 1985. Original material: parchment.
Site Name: Showboat Hotel and Casino (Atlantic City)
Address: 801 Boardwalk, Atlantic City, NJ

Latest Drawing Revision: 1985-11-22

Image

Slide of an entrance sign, Boulder City, Nevada, December 1, 1931

Date

1931-12-01

Description

Black and white image of a sign at the entrance to the Boulder Canyon Project Federal Reservation in Nevada.

Image

Slide of an entrance sign, Boulder City, Nevada, May 8, 1932

Date

1932-05-08

Description

Black and white image of signs at the entrance to the Boulder Canyon Project Federal Reservation in Nevada.

Image

Carmichael, Kent

Kent Carmichael, lighting engineer and artist, is responsible for many of the most iconic signs in Las Vegas history. Kent Carmichael was born in December 1933 in Burbank, California, drafted for Korean War as a football player for the U.S. Navy, and served overseas in Korea. After being discharged in 1956 in Long Beach he began working for Interstate Neon for Max and Mo Oggenblick.

Person