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Photograph of Lake Mead at base of Lost City restorations, Nevada, 1939

Date

1939

Description

Water from Lake Mead undermining a wall in the restored Lost City.

Transcribed Notes: Transcribed from photo sleeve: "1939- Water of rising Lake Mead laps at base of Lost City restorations."

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Photograph of water seeping into restored pit and dwellings of Lost City, Nevada, 1939

Date

1939

Description

Pithouse in the Lost City restorations undermined by rising Lake Mead water.

Transcribed Notes: Transcribed from photo sleeve: "(1939) Seeping water from rising Lake Mead undermines pit and dwellings."

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Photograph of a water wheel in the Muddy River near Logandale, Nevada, after 1936

Date

1936 to 1950

Description

Man standing next to a water wheel in the Muddy River near Logandale, Nevada.

Transcribed Notes: Tramscribed from photo sleeve: "Water wheel in the Muddy River near Logandale, Nevada. (Built in 1936)"

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Views of Boulder Dam and Las Vegas, Nevada

Description

"N.E. Johnson, photographer and publisher." Booklet consists primarily of photographs of the Colorado River in Black Canyon, prior to the construction of Hoover (Boulder) Dam, and photographs of people and businesses in early 20th-century Las Vegas.

Text

Aerial photograph of North Las Vegas, Nevada, June 5, 1973

Date

1973-06-05

Description

Aerial view of housing developments in North Las Vegas, Nevada. Caption on back of photograph: "Project: Annex. area - land use. Location: Looking west. Remarks: Toward No. Hgh. Est. and Wishing Well."

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Photograph of the Aqueduct guest wing, Sands Hotel (Las Vegas), 1963

Date

1963

Archival Collection

Description

View of the Aqueduct wing of the Sands Hotel in 1963. Transcribed from photo sleeve: "New three-story building called the Aqueduct, opened in 1963. This latest addition to the Sands Hotel housed 83 suites and rooms. (1963)." Stamped on original: "Las Vegas News Bureau. Las Vegas, Nevada, Convention Center. 10454. Don English, Jerry Abbott, Joe Buck, Milt Palmer, John Cook."
Site Name: Sands Hotel
Address: 3355 Las Vegas Boulevard South

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