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Photograph of a detail of a scale model of the Golden Nugget Gambling Hall (Las Vegas), 1958

Date

1958

Description

Detail of a scale model of the Golden Nugget Gambling Hall as seen from the corner of Fremont and Second Streets.
Site Name: Golden Nugget Las Vegas
Address: 129 East Fremont Street

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Postcard showing the Golden Nugget Gambling Hall interior (Las Vegas), after 1946

Date

1946 to 1950

Description

Photographic postcard featuring table games and the bar area of the Golden Nugget Gambling Hall. Transcribed from original: "The Million Dollar Golden Nugget Gambling Hall, Saloon and Restaurant, Las Vegas. Thousands of visitors are attracted annually by the lavishly decorated Casino with its Crystal Chandeliers, Famous Paintings and Mahogany Beams, reminiscent of the Barbary Coast days." Publishing info from original: "Plastichrome' by Colourpicture, Boston 15, Mass -- 6270 Mosley Ave., L.A."
Site Name: Golden Nugget Las Vegas
Address: 129 East Fremont Street

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Photograph of couples dancing inside the Town Hall Casino, Tonopah (Nev.), 1950-1959

Date

1950 to 1959

Description

Two men and two women dance together in the casino lounge. Individuals identified from left to right: "1. Unknown 2. Roger Nicely 3. Unknown 4. Staryle Terrell." Site Name: Town Hall Casino

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Photograph of a crowd of people awaiting the arrival of Howard Hughes, New York, July 14, 1938

Date

1938-07-14

Description

The black and white view of members of the Aeronautical Association awaiting the arrival of Howard Hughes and his Lockheed 12 aircraft at the Floyd Bennett Airport in New York. Typed onto a piece of paper attached to the image: "Official timers of Aeronautical Association compare their precision chronometers as Lockheed-14 roars overhead, marking end of Round-the-World flight at Floyd Bennett Airport." Typed onto a second piece of paper also attached to the image: "Official timers of the Aeronautical Association shown at Floyd Bennett Field comparing their precision chronometers as Howard Hughes' plane roared overhead marking the end of his Flight Around The World. July 1938."

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Photograph of Sam's Town Hotel and Gambling Hall, Las Vegas, Nevada, circa 1979-1980s

Date

1979 to 1989

Description

The exterior of Sam's Town Hotel and Gambling Hall on Boulder Highway in Las Vegas, Nevada. The hotel-casino opened April 1, 1979.

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Photograph of east-north exposures with children Betty and Robert, Las Vegas, 1938

Date

1938

Description

Description given with photograph: "East-north exposures, with children Betty and Robert."

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Photograph of Gold Point School, Gold Point, Esmeralda County, Nevada, 1938

Date

1938

Description

Exterior of Gold Point School, Esmeralda County, Nevada.

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Photograph of ruins at the Lost City site, near Overton, Nevada, 1938-1939

Date

1938 to 1939

Description

Stone ruins at the Lost City site (or Pueblo Grande de Nevada), near Overton, Nevada.

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Film negative showing an aqua plane rider on Lake Mead, January 1938

Date

1938-01

Archival Collection

Description

A shot of an aqua plane rider on Lake Mead; aqua plane rider is possibly Jack Buecrud.

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Cooperative agreement: Wells Siding flood control project, April 1938

Date

1938-04

Description

Agreement between the Muddy Valley Irrigation Company and the Moapa Soil Conservation District for a flood control project on Wells Siding.

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