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a desert bighorn ram on Soaring Rock Court at the Ascaya development with Las Vegas Strip background, Henderson, Nevada: digital photograph

Date

2017-11-25

Description

A desert bighorn ram pauses and appears to be looking at the Las Vegas skyline while standing atop a luxury home lot on Soaring Rock Court in the Ascaya development. Infrastructure for Ascaya, carved into the McCullough Mountain range in Henderson, Nevada, was completed with materials mined from the site.

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desert bighorn sheep on Soaring Rock Court at the Ascaya development with Las Vegas Strip background, Henderson, Nevada: digital photograph

Date

2017-11-25

Description

Desert bighorn sheep look back as the Las Vegas skyline provides a background while standing atop a luxury home lot on Soaring Rock Court in the Ascaya development. Infrastructure for Ascaya, carved into the McCullough Mountain range in Henderson, Nevada, was completed with materials mined from the site.

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Color view of the construction site sign for the Parkway Mall, located at Maryland Parkway between Desert Inn Road and Twain Avenue. This would eventually be renamed The Boulevard Mall.

Date

1950 to 1969

Description

Arrangement note: Series V. Glass slidesSite name: Boulevard Mall (Las Vegas, Nev.) Site address: Maryland Pkwy

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Frontier Strike: Desert Solidarity, Solidarity March, Culinary Union, Las Vegas (Nev.), 1990 December 05 (folder 2 of 2), image 34 (back)

Date

1990-12-05

Description

Text reads: "A celebration of our movement at its best. Like those at Pittston, the Daily News and Ravenswood, the Frontier strikers are taking on a brutal, illegal, anti-union employer with a strike and a plan to win. So, on December 5th in Las Vegas we will draw our line in the sand. September 21, 1991: Five Locals from four Interna-"Arrangement note: Series I. Demonstrations, Subseries I.A. Frontier Strike

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Photographs of Solidarity March on the Strip, Culinary Union, Las Vegas (Nev.), 1991 December 05 (folder 2 of 3)

Date

1991-12-05

Description

A crowd of local unions, including members of the United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners of America Local 1780, Teamsters of America Local 995, and International Union of Operating Engineers Local 501 AFL-CIO march on the Las Vegas Strip in support of the Culinary Workers Union Frontier strike. Protestors hold signs that say "ON STRIKE NO CONTRACT FRONTIER", "FRONTIER UNFAIR", "Solidarity in Las Vegas is no mirage. Proud to be union!", "Maggie, I'd rather be a dumb bunny than a horse's ass!", among others. Culinary Union secretary-treasurer Jim Arnold and others make speeches from a platform decorated with posters. Multiple casinos can be seen in the background. Arrangement note: Series I. Demonstrations, Subseries I.A. Frontier Strike Site name: Frontier Hotel and Casino; The Strip (Las Vegas, Nev.)

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Photograph of Jim Arnold with postal workers union at Frontier Strike, Culinary Union, Las Vegas (Nev.), 1990s (folder 1 of 1)

Date

1990 to 1999

Description

Arrangement note: Series I. Demonstrations, Subseries I.A. Frontier Strike

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Negatives of Senator Bob Kerrey visiting the Frontier Strike, Culinary Union, Las Vegas (Nev.), 1990s (folder 1 of 1)

Date

1990 to 1999

Description

Arrangement note: Series I. Demonstrations, Subseries I.A. Frontier Strike

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