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Sales material for the Valencia model home in the El Encanto development, Las Vegas, Nevada, 1967-1969

Date

1967 to 1969

Description

Sales material from the late 1960s for model no. 15 B residential home, called "The Valencia," in the El Encanto development, Las Vegas, Nevada. One side has an illustration of the front exterior elevation, a floor plan, and a list of features. The other side shows two alternate exterior elevation illustrations (15B-3-R and 15B-2-R). The price is handwritten. The development is located between Harmon and Tropicana Avenues (north and south) and Sandhill Rd. (west) and S. Lamb Blvd. (east).
Site Name: El Encanto (Las Vegas, Nevada)

Architecture Period: Mid-Century Modernist

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Sales material for the Conquistador model home in the El Encanto development, Las Vegas, Nevada, 1967-1969

Date

1967 to 1969

Description

Sales material from the late 1960s for model no. 15 C residential home called "The Conquistador," in the El Encanto development, Las Vegas, Nevada. One side has an illustration of the front exterior elevation, a floor plan, and a list of features. The other side shows two alternate exterior elevation illustrations (15C-1-L and 15C-2-R). The price is handwritten. The development is located between Harmon and Tropicana Avenues (north and south) and Sandhill Rd. (west) and S. Lamb Blvd. (east).
Site Name: El Encanto (Las Vegas, Nevada)

Architecture Period: Mid-Century Modernist

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Photograph of Corn Creek Ranch, Nevada, circa 1938

Date

1937 to 1939

Archival Collection

Description

Two men moving an outhouse with the use of a truck.

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Photograph of Corn Creek Ranch, Nevada, circa 1938

Date

1937 to 1939

Archival Collection

Description

A view of two unidentified men haying on Corn Creek Ranch in Nevada.

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Plat of H.F.M & M addition to city of Las Vegas, Clark County, Nevada, comprising the west 1/2 of N.W. 1/4 Sec. 27, Twp. 20 S., R. 61 E., M.D.B & M, March 8, 1924

Date

1924-03-08

Description

Blue-line print ; 74 x 36 cm on sheet 79 x 61 cm. Survey was competed on March 8, 1924. Signed by the owners of the piece of property for the addition Roy W. Martin, Forest R. Mildren, William E. Ferron, and A. W. Ham, signed by the surveyor J.T. McWilliams, and notarized on March 31, 1924. Approved by the Board of City Commissioners and signed by the major W. C. German and by Florence S. Doherty, city clerk, on April 1, 1924. Recorded in Book 1 of plats, page 47. Includes township and range grid.

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Photograph of power plant, Hoover Dam, April 12, 1938

Date

1938-04-12

Description

Black and white image of the downstream face of Hoover Dam and its power plant at night, as seen from the lower portal road at the dam. Note: Boulder Dam was officially renamed Hoover Dam in 1947.

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Photograph of Etna, Lincoln County, Nevada, circa 1938

Date

1938

Description

Black and white photo of Etna near Caliente on railroad, Lincoln County.

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Photograph of a replica of a Civil War field piece at Tonopah Park, North Las Vegas, July 15, 1965

Date

1965-07-15

Description

A picture of Robert O. Forson (North Las Vegas Building Superintendent) pointing at a replica of a Civil War field piece to Tonopah Park visitor Robert Kirk. Tonopah Park is at West Tonopah and Yale Street in North Las Vegas.

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Photograph of Julie Weintraub, Las Vegas, 1980s

Date

1980 to 1989

Description

A picture of Julie Weintraub. He was a big gambling figure, popularized gambling "junkets," and helped build the Dunes Hotel into one of the biggest casinos of its time.

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