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Blue Diamond Mine (Nev.), image 016 of 020: photographic print

Date

1950 (year approximate) to 1971 (year approximate)

Description

Aerial view of Blue Diamond Mine.

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Blue Diamond Mine (Nev.), image 017 of 020: photographic print

Date

1950 (year approximate) to 1971 (year approximate)

Description

Aerial view of Blue Diamond Mine.

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The Las Vegas Strip, image 003: postcard

Date

1970 (year approximate) to 1989 (year approximate)

Description

Aerial view of Las Vegas Strip.

Image

Photograph of McCarran Airport, Las Vegas (Nev.), late 1970s

Date

1975 to 1979

Description

Aerial view of the McCarran Airport terminal.

Image

Photograph of the landing of Howard Hughes' Lockheed 14 aircraft, New York, July 14, 1938

Date

1938-07-14

Description

The black and white, aerial view of Howard Hughes' Lockheed 14 aircraft preparing for its final landing on its Round the World flight in Floyd Bennett Field, New York. Typed onto a piece of paper attached to the image: "Aerial New of landing, 7-14-38. (Daily News.)" Typed onto a second piece of paper attached to the image: "Howard Hughes plane from a welcoming plane as the Round the World flight ended at Floyd Bennett Field."

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Photographic slide of Las Vegas cityscape, circa 1950s-1970s

Date

1950 (year approximate) to 1979 (year approximate)

Description

Written on the slide: "Looking east. Vegas Range. Las Vegas, Clark Co. Nevada."

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Stardust Hotel and Casino bomb scare: video, 1996 February 05

Level of Description

File

Scope and Contents

Local news reports of The Stardust Hotel/Casino evacuated due to a bomb threat and subsequent scare of a suspicious package found in the poker room on February 5, 1996. The video consists of 12 segments from three different stations. Includes soundbites from Las Vegas Metro Police Sergeant Greg McGurdy that the suspicious package was not an explosive device, followed by brief soundbite from bystander. Includes aerial footage of the Stardust and reporters on the scene. Original media VHS, color, aspect ratio 4 x 3, frame size 720 x 486.

Archival Collection

Stardust Resort and Casino Records
To request this item in person:
Collection Number: MS-00515
Collection Name: Stardust Resort and Casino Records
Box/Folder: Digital File 00, Box 014

Archival Component

Newspaper clipping, Water level decline shown, Las Vegas Review-Journal, March 15, 1945

Date

1945-03-15

Archival Collection

Description

Newspaper article summarizing a 1945 U.S. Geological Survey report of a sharp water level decline in the Las Vegas artesian basin.

Text

Photograph of Lake Mead, Hoover Dam, circa 1940-1950s

Date

1940 to 1959

Description

Color image showing an aerial view of Hoover Dam and Lake Mead. Note: Boulder Dam was officially renamed Hoover Dam in 1947.

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