An alternate view of a room under construction (Image 0075 pho024232). Construction equipment and building materials litter the floor. Wires and pipes hang exposed in the ceiling. This black and white photograph was taken during the renovation period of the hotel and casino. Site Name: Stardust Resort and Casino Street Address: 3000 South Las Vegas Boulevard
Construction at the Stardust Hotel, where workers are digging near pipes. Wheelbarrows, buckets, and shovels are nearby as one man shovels out dirt and another surveys the area. This black and white photograph was taken during the renovation period of the hotel and casino. Site Name: Stardust Resort and Casino Street Address: 3000 South Las Vegas Boulevard
Dale sits atop the cotton picker, while others utilize the cotton baler (behind him) on the Lazy 88 Ranch. Inscription with photo reads: "Cotton picker at work w/baler in background; Dale Dorothy on Rust Cotton picker on our ranch." [Identified by Dorothy Dorothy 11-1-84] ; Site Name: Lazy 88 Ranch
Black and white image of a search party at the site of Maury Graham's plane crash. Graham, an airmail pilot, made a forced landing in the mountains near Zion National Park in 1930. He survived, but froze to death in a blizzard that winter. The plane was located in June after the snow had finally melted, and his body was found weeks later.
Black and white image of a search party at the site of Maury Graham's plane crash. Graham, an airmail pilot, made a forced landing in the mountains near Zion National Park in 1930. He survived, but froze to death in a blizzard that winter. The plane was located in June after the snow had finally melted, and his body was found weeks later.
Dozens and dozens of people sit and watch the swan-shaped float from the Sahara hotel drive during the Helldorado parade. The float is in front of the Western Gambling Hall. The float is driving down Fremont Street in 1948 or 1949. Site Name: Westerner Gambling Hall and Saloon (Las Vegas, Nev.) Street Address: 23 Fremont Street
Crowds of people sit and watch as the women in costume pose and wave on an unidentified float in the Helldorado Parade on Fremont Street. This photo was taken in either 1948 or 1949. The float passes in front of The Pioneer Club and The Westerner Gambling Hall. Site Name: Westerner Gambling Hall and Saloon (Las Vegas, Nev.) Street Address: 23 Fremont Street
Old Fort (Old Ranch), ca. 1924 (East side) Handwritten note on back of photo: "The old Mormon Fort at Las Vegas, Nevada about 1924 -- Called "The Old Ranch" -- negative is the part hidden by the tree in this picture." Site Name: Las Vegas Mormon Fort (Las Vegas, Nev.)
Notes written by General Joe Battley regarding the Cadillac Business Managers Club booking for October 26, 1962 of the Emerald Room at the Sands Hotel located in Las Vegas, Nevada. The notes outline the date, time, person in charge, number of guests, function, room set up, and the menu. Site Name: Sands Hotel and Casino
The Kiel Ranch between 1893 and 1904. At left is a shed or stable for horses. At right is possibly a spring house. Man at left is Hampton E. George, the other man might be Conrad Kiel and the lady seated is Sadie Kiel George. 0105 0090 is a duplicate copy of this photo. Site Name: Kiel Ranch (North Las Vegas, Nev.)