Artist's conception of the entrance of Wilbur Clark's Desert Inn at night, showing its signature neon sign lit. Title near the bottom right reads "Proposed pylon sign." Site Name: Desert Inn Address: 3045 Las Vegas Boulevard South
The caption reads: "The camera is the eye of the mission." And to see that the eye is in good working order Captain Ursal P. Marshall, 522 South Furth St., Fulton, N. Y., rides along on D-Day. Captain Harvell is Photographic Officer of one of the veteran Liberator Groups which is now commanded by Colonel John H. Gibson of Hinsdale, Illinois. This photograph was taken shortly before reaching the target, in initial wave of heavy bombers on D-Day, June 6, 1944."
View of a water line and pump in the Amargosa Valley looking southwest toward the Funeral Mountains.
Transcribed Notes: Transcribed from photo sleeve: "Amargosa Valley looking southwest toward the Funeral Mountains, 1980, showing a 10" water line and pump to supply a circle sprinkler system. The pump is a 75 horsepower electric turbine pump that supplies two sprinkler systems with a total of 1,450 gallons per minute. At that capacity, the pump only draws water down 3 inches in the well."
Congressional delegation visiting the Hoover Dam site. Photo sleeve includes information from responses to Las Vegas Review-Journal newspaper "Help Us Write History" requesting photograph identification. Identified individuals: James Scrugham (1st man on the left) was Governor of Nevada at the time, but more names than actual people in the photograph are listed, so all potentially identified names have been included. Governor James G. Scrugham hosting a delegation from the United States Congress, visiting the site of the proposed Boulder Dam (now Hoover Dam) in 1923. The photo sleeve includes information from responses to Las Vegas Review-Journal newspaper "Help Us Write History" requesting photograph identification. Names were identified from a photo from James Scrugham's collection that was identified by him. The photo was published in the book Jones, Florence Lee and Cahlan, John F. "Water: a history of Las Vegas" Las Vegas [Nev.]: Las Vegas Valley Water District, 1975. UNLV Book
Actor Leo Carrillo, who played Pancho in the popular 1950s TV series "The Cisco Kid" poses in his 1941 Cadillac with a woman outside of the Carrillo Room at the Last Frontier Village. Site Name: Frontier Address: 3120 Las Vegas Boulevard South
International Hotel, now the Las Vegas Hilton, while it was under construction. Sticker on back of photo: "LV Hilton (International) with convention center, 1/6/69, Donn Knepp/Las Vegas News Bureau." Site Name: International Hotel Address: 3000 Paradise Road
Daytime view of the giant silver slipper and neon signs for the Silver Slipper Gambling Hall. Minsky's Burlesque and "the strip fight of the week: Red Lopez vs. Johnny Brooks" is advertised. Site Name: Silver Slipper Address: 3100 Las Vegas Boulevard South
Architectural plans for the phase VI sixth tower addition of the Oregon building to the Flamingo in 1993. Printed on drawing: "Oregon Building Exterior As built 1993 - For Bugsy's Memorial." Printed on mylar. Site Name: Flamingo Hotel and Casino Address: 3555 Las Vegas Boulevard South