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Various airplanes, collection 001, image 001

Description

Photograph of a plane doing a flip, presumably at an air show.

Various airplanes, collection 001, image 001

Description

Photograph of two unidentified men, one of which may be an air pilot.

Various airplanes, collection 002, image 001

Description

Photograph of an airplane sitting on a tarmac.

UNLV University Libraries Collection of Blackjack Software Manuals

Identifier

MS-00856

Abstract

Collection is comprised of blackjack odds analyzing and strategy software manuals and software created primarily by Real World Casino and Stanford Wong (pen name of gambling author, John Ferguson) from approximately 1992 to 1996. The manuals and software in this collection are intended primarily for expert blackjack players to analyze real world effects of the game and to allow users to generate strategies for a specific game.

Archival Collection

Postcard collection of Hoover Dam, circa late 1950s

Date

1955 to 1959

Archival Collection

Description

A color collection of thirteen connected postcards showing various images of Hoover Dam and Lake Mead.

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Sean Clark Collection of Las Vegas Entertainment Ephemera

Identifier

MS-01104

Abstract

The Sean Clark Collection of Las Vegas Entertainment Ephemera (approximately 1940-2004) contains a variety of material relating to different eras of Las Vegas, Nevada entertainment. Included in the collection are newspapers about the 2004 re-release of Howard Hughes' "Two Arabian Nights" film, and draft articles about 1960s entertainment leaders Jack Entratter and George Sidney. Also included in the collection are original photographs of Corinne Sidney with Jack Entratter and others in the 1960s, and Sidney's father's political advertisements that show her as a young girl. A newspaper clipping about Edthye and Lloyd Katz, a 1979 ShoWest award to the couple, and a Huntridge Theater poster document the couple's work in the entertainment industry in the 1960s and 1970s.

Archival Collection

Bruce Turner Collection on Transportation and Water in Southern Nevada

Identifier

MS-00648

Abstract

The Bruce Turner Collection on Transportation and Water in Southern Nevada contains reports, publications, legal files, project proposals, journal articles, financial reports, photographs, and maps concerning transportation policy and water usage in Southern Nevada from 1980 to 2014. The collection contains documents from organizations including the Regional Transportation Commissions of Clark County and Southern Nevada, the Clark County Department of Air Quality and Environmental Management, Clark County Comprehensive Planning, the Urban Land Institute, the City of Las Vegas Neighborhood Services Department, the Southern Nevada Water Authority, and the Las Vegas Valley Water District.

Archival Collection

Janeene Anderson's record about the photograph collection: note

Date

1960 (year approximate) to 1980 (year approximate)

Description

From the Ray W. Baldwin Photograph Collection (PH-00194) -- Inserted sheet with information included with album pages.

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