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Mandalay Bay Resort and Convention Center on the Las Vegas Strip, Las Vegas, Nevada: digital photograph

Date

2016-03-23

Description

Mandalay Bay Resort and Convention Center looking from Russel Road north down the Las Vegas Strip from the air.

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Above Las Vegas Strip, Las Vegas, Nevada: digital photograph

Date

2016-03-23

Description

Casinos, including Mandalay Bay, left, line Las Vegas Boulevard looking north from Russel Road down the Las Vegas Strip from the air.

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Above Las Vegas Strip, Las Vegas, Nevada: digital photograph

Date

2016-03-23

Description

Casinos, including Mandalay Bay, left, line Las Vegas Boulevard looking north from Russel Road down the Las Vegas Strip from the air.

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Additional Images for Reference

Level of Description

File

Scope and Contents

This collection of aerial photographs focus on the Colorado River, Lake Mead, and Lake Powell. They were created in 2021 and 2022 as part of Jamey Stillings' series titled Tapping the Colorado. This selection of images is described by the photographer as "Additional Images for Reference," and he notes "These images may have additional informational and historical interest for research." This portion of the "Additional Images for Reference" focuses on Lake Powell, Glen Canyon Dam, and parts of the Colorado River.

Archival Collection

Jamey Stillings Photographs
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Collection Number: PH-00380
Collection Name: Jamey Stillings Photographs
Box/Folder: N/A

Archival Component

Evolution of Ivanpah Solar, 2010-2016

Level of Description

Series

Scope and Contents

The Evolution of Ivanapah Solar series (2010-2014) is comprised of 300 digital photographs that represent Jamey Stillings's work on

render="italic">The Evolution of Ivanpah Solar , a photography project about the construction of the Ivanpah Solar Electric Generating System located along the Nevada and California border. The majority of the images are taken from an aerial perspective and are black-and-white. Some color photographs are included.

Archival Collection

Jamey Stillings Photographs
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Collection Number: PH-00380
Collection Name: Jamey Stillings Photographs
Box/Folder: N/A

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Edgewater Hotel, 1983 March 18; 1984 April

Level of Description

File

Scope and Contents

This set includes: site sections, parking lot plans, water and sewer plans, grading plans, lagoon plans, aerial images, topographic maps, utility plans, drainage plans and grading plans.

This set includes drawings by Chilton Engineering (engineer) and Robert J. McNutt (engineer).

Archival Collection

Gary Guy Wilson Architectural Drawings
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Collection Number: MS-00439
Collection Name: Gary Guy Wilson Architectural Drawings
Box/Folder: Roll 152

Archival Component

Stardust Gambling Museum news segments: video, 2001 July 10

Level of Description

File

Scope and Contents

Local news segment about planned convention space expansion at the Stardust with an estimated cost of about $3.5 million dollars; footage shows an aerial view of the property while news anchor describes where the expansion construction will take place. Original media VHS, color, aspect ratio 4 x 3, frame size 720 x 486.

Archival Collection

Stardust Resort and Casino Records
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Collection Number: MS-00515
Collection Name: Stardust Resort and Casino Records
Box/Folder: Digital File 00, Box 045

Archival Component

Ranch housing, Enterprise, Nevada: digital photograph

Date

2016-03-23

Description

Ranch style homes on large lots in the Enterprise township near South Decatur Boulevard and the 215 Beltway.

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Casino Projects on the Las Vegas Strip from the Air, Las Vegas, Nevada: digital photograph

Date

2016-03-23

Description

Stalled resort construction and a future demolition project cluster along Las Vegas Boulevard generally between Desert Inn and Sahara. Construction on the Fountainbleau (tall blue building, upper right) ceased in 2009, while Boyd Gaming's Echelon Project stopped construction on former Stardust site back in 2008 (left). That project was revived as the Resorts World Las Vegas. The Las Vegas Visitors and Convention Authority has scheduled the demolition of the Riviera Hotel and Casino for in summer 2016 to make way for a convention center expansion (small white buildings below Fountainbleau).

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