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New crane being built for Stratosphere construction: video, 1993 September 06

Level of Description

File

Scope and Contents

Construction footage of new Stratosphere Tower crane being built Original media VHS, color, aspect ratio 4 x 3, frame size 720 x 486.

Archival Collection

Bob Stupak Professional Papers
To request this item in person:
Collection Number: MS-01016
Collection Name: Bob Stupak Professional Papers
Box/Folder: Digital File 00, Box 37

Archival Component

New construction crane being built for Stratosphere Tower: video

Date

1993-09-06

Archival Collection

Description

The building of a new construction crane for Stratosphere Tower after the previous crane had been damaged in a construction fire; camera zooms in and out on the crane, construction equipment, and construction workers Original media VHS, color, aspect ratio 4 x 3, frame size 720 x 486. From the Bob Stupak Professional Papers (MS-01016) -- Professional papers -- Audiovisual material -- Digitized audiovisual clips file.

Moving Image

Photograph of equipment being lowered into Hoover Dam construction site, circa 1930-1935

Date

1930 to 1935

Archival Collection

Description

An aerial image of a box of equipment being lowered into Black Canyon for Hoover (Boulder) Dam construction.

Image

Photograph of equipment being lowered into Hoover Dam construction site, circa 1930-1935

Date

1930 to 1935

Archival Collection

Description

An aerial image of a box of equipment being lowered into Black Canyon for Hoover (Boulder) Dam construction.

Image

Photograph of equipment being lowered into Hoover Dam construction site, circa 1930-1935

Date

1930 to 1935

Archival Collection

Description

An aerial image of a box of equipment being lowered into Black Canyon for Hoover (Boulder) Dam construction.

Image

Sister Clara Bachiega presents to the Pope: photographic print

Date

1985-12

Description

Pope John Paul II is on the left. Inscription on the back of the photo reads: "Suor Clara Bachiega presenta Al Papa le Attivita Del Centro at the Vatican December 1985" which translates to: "Sister Clara Bachiega presents the activities of the Center to the Pope at the Vatican December 1985."

Image

Photograph of war plane being towed in parade, Las Vegas (Nev.), late 1940s

Date

1945 to 1949

Description

War plane being towed by a jeep in a parade. This is possibly the Helldorado Days festival parade.

Image

"100 Las Vegas African American Educators Past and Present" booklet

Date

2005

Description

From the Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Incorporated, Theta Theta Omega Chapter Records (MS-01014) -- Ivy Leaf magazines and event souvenir programs file. Full title of booklet: "100 Las Vegas African American Educators Past and Present. Happy 100th Birthday Las Vegas, 1905-2005. Presented to the Public by the Ivy Reading AKAdemy Staff & Students, Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc./Theta Theta Omega Chapter of Las Vegas."

Text

Photograph of the fuselage of Hughes Flying Boat being moved to Terminal Island, California, 1946

Date

1946

Description

A section of Howard Hughes' "Spruce Goose" or "Flying Boat" being moved (with a police escort) from the Hughes Aircraft plant in Culver City, California to Terminal Island in the Los Angeles Harbor where the plane was assembled in June of 1946. The body is paused at a railroad crossing and power lines are being lifted so the aircraft can pass underneath.

Image

Aerial photograph showing boxcar being lowered into Hoover Dam, circa 1934-1935

Date

1934 to 1936

Archival Collection

Description

An image of Boulder Dam with open jet flow gates (outlet works) and a boxcar being lowered into the canyon. The name was officially changed to Hoover Dam in 1947.

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