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New Year's Eve 1966, menu, The Sands

Date

1965-12-31 to 1966-01-01

Description

Note: "New Years' Eve 1966"--cover. Cover has illustration of a grandfather clock with an inset photograph of the Sands tower. "Now appearing in the Copa Room! Jack Entratter presents Steve Lawrence & Eydie Gorme, Joe Guercio conducting; Richard Pryor." Inside of menus is autographed "to Archie" by Lawrence and Gorme. Photo of Lawrence and Gorme inside menu Restaurant: Copa Room Location: Las Vegas, Nevada, United States

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New home construction materials in Cadence, Henderson, Nevada: digital photograph

Date

2017-05-11

Description

Construction materials are staged in a lot near the newly finished homes along Gracious Way in the Cadence development in Henderson. For decades the western neighborhoods of Henderson experienced explosive growth as the city moved from small industrial town clustered around the World War II era plants to Las Vegas suburbs and the state's second largest city. Cadence hopes to change that with its large masterplanned community north of East Lake Mead Parkway and Boulder Highway.

Image

Photograph of Union Pacific Railroad crews removing tracks at the St. Thomas line, 1938

Date

1938

Description

Union Pacific Railroad crews taking up the St. Thomas line in advance of Lake Mead.

Transcribed Notes: Transcribed from photo sleeve: "Taking up track, advancing waters of Lake Mead in background"

Image

Photograph of the top of the St. Thomas, Nevada school, Lake Mead, circa June, 1938

Date

1938 (year approximate)

Description

The remains of the St. Thomas school building about to disappear under the waters of Lake Mead.

Transcribed Notes: Transcribed from photo sleeve: "The last of a once modern high school building (St. Thomas) about to disappear forever."

Image

Photograph of a woman holding a fish at the end of her line, Lake Mead, June 1938

Date

1938-06

Description

Women shows off her catch of the day to her other boating companions along Lake Mead. For another view, see Image 0219. Photo has stamp on back "Official photography do not publish without authority"

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Newspaper featuring Howard Hughes and the paths he traveled for his around-the-world flight, 1938

Level of Description

File

Archival Collection

Howard Hughes Public Relations Photograph Collection
To request this item in person:
Collection Number: PH-00373
Collection Name: Howard Hughes Public Relations Photograph Collection
Box/Folder: Folder 10

Archival Component

Louis C. Pico, Antonia Eva Pico, and Louis Jr., Las Vegas, 1938 February 07

Level of Description

File

Archival Collection

Union Pacific Railroad Photographs
To request this item in person:
Collection Number: PH-00043
Collection Name: Union Pacific Railroad Photographs
Box/Folder: Folder 04

Archival Component

Moapa, Nevada - Bennett and Taylor lease portion freight house to store materials, 1937-1938

Level of Description

File

Archival Collection

Union Pacific Railroad Collection
To request this item in person:
Collection Number: MS-00397
Collection Name: Union Pacific Railroad Collection
Box/Folder: Box 23

Archival Component

Crowds and the press watching Howard Hughes and his crew land Lockheed 14 in Chicago, 1938

Level of Description

File

Archival Collection

Howard Hughes Public Relations Photograph Collection
To request this item in person:
Collection Number: PH-00373
Collection Name: Howard Hughes Public Relations Photograph Collection
Box/Folder: Folder 14

Archival Component