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Postcard showing the entrance of the Dunes Hotel (Las Vegas), mid 1960s
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Archival Collection
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Dunes Hotel front entrance and porte-cochère. Transcribed from original: "The Dunes Hotel, Las Vegas, Nevada. This beautiful hotel on the Las Vegas Strip has been referred to as the 'Miracle of the Desert,' 'a thousand and one delights.' The hotel's impressive entrance, beautiful gardens and casino are all unsurpassed and the Arabian Room nightly presents the nation's finest floor shows." Publishing info from original: "Western Resort Publications, 1320 N. Broadway, Santa Ana, Calif. Copyright Ferris H. Scott, Santa Ana, Calif."
Site Name: Dunes Hotel
Address: 3650 Las Vegas Boulevard South, Las Vegas, NV
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Postcard showing the Landmark Hotel (Las Vegas), 1970s
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Archival Collection
Description
View of the Landmark Tower; Transcribed from back of postcard: "Landmark. A Hughes Resort Hotel. Las Vegas, Nev. 89109. Above all in Las Vegas, the Landmark Hotel, 31 stories above the Las Vegas 'Strip.' Great entertainment in 2 exciting showrooms - dining in 4 lavish restaurants - dancing in the fabulous skybar - Nevada's longest swimming pool, complete with waterfalls, bridges and an island bar... no wonder the Landmark is called the most unique resort hotel in the world." Publishing info from original: "Ektachrome by Chet Kranz, Las Vegas, Nevada."
Site Name: Landmark Hotel and Casino
Address: 364 Convention Center Drive, Las Vegas, NV
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Postcard showing the Sahara Hotel and Casino (Las Vegas), mid 1970s
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Archival Collection
Description
View of the facade of the Sahara from the Strip with the text "Greetings from Las Vegas." Transcribed from back of postcard: "World Famous Sahara Hotel. 'On-The-Strip' in Las Vegas, Nevada. Photo by Mac Miller." Publishing info from original: "Pub. by Las Vegas News Agency, Las Vegas, Nevada. Genuine Natural Color Made by Dexter Press, Inc., West Nyack, N.Y., U.S.A. 1972 D.P.I. Made by Dexter Press Inc. West Nyack, New York."
Site Name: Sahara Hotel and Casino
Address: 2535 Las Vegas Boulevard South
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Blueprint of a passenger station for the Union Pacific Railroad Company, August, 1939
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Archival Collection
Description
Site Name: Union Pacific Railroad Passenger Station (Las Vegas, Nev.)
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Postcard of Candelaria (Nev.), ca 1887
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Archival Collection
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Photograph of people gambling in the Tonopah Club, Tonopah (Nev.), 1930-1950
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Archival Collection
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Elevation, Bonanza: architectural drawing
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Archival Collection
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From the Homer Rissman Architectural Records (MS-00452). Written on the image: "Rissman and Rissman Associates 1011 Swarthmore Avenue Pacific Palisades California Gladstone 4-7519. Scale 1/3'-1'-0'. Architects. Structural Engineer Harold L. Epstein 3324 Barham Blvd. Los Angeles, Calif. 90028 Hollywood 3-7121. Mechanical Engineer Ira Tepper & Associates 1147 So. Beverly Drive Los Angeles, Calif. 90035 Crestview 6-1736. Electrical Engineer J.L. Cusick & Associates 4219 Lankershim Blvd. North Hollywood, Cal. 91602 Triangle 7-6231. Elevation. 8 drawing number".
Site Location: Highway 91 (Clark County, Nevada)
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Architectural drawing for MGM Grand Hotel (Las Vegas), 21st and 22nd floor plans, February 28, 1972
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Archival Collection
Description
Floor plans for the MGM Grand Hotel high-rise tower rooms and suites. Includes revisions and key plan. Printed on mylar. The MGM Grand Hotel was sold to Bally's Corporation to become Bally's Las Vegas in 1985. Berton Charles Severson, architect; Brian Walter Webb, architect; Remond, delineator; Taylor Construction Co.
Site Name: MGM Grand Hotel
Address: 3645 Las Vegas Boulevard South, Las Vegas, NV
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Architectural drawings of rest rooms at Zion National Park, Utah, floor plan, elevations, sections and details, December 12, 1925
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Archival Collection
Description
Floor plan, elevations, sections and details of rest room building at Zion National Park, Utah, as constructed. Sheet 1, Job no. 351, date 12/12/25, rev. 1/10/26. "Revised April 9, 1930. Drawing made as constructed." "Recommended by D. R. Hull per T.C. Unit, Landscape Eng. N.P.S. Approved by Stephen T. Mather, Director, N.P.S." Scale: 3/4"=1'-0". "Dr. by A.P.B. Tr. by Brown. Ch. by P.R. Gage."
Site Name: Zion National Park (Utah)
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Robert H. Crabtree papers, 1920 to 1999
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Scope and Contents
The Robert H. Crabtree papers (1920-1999) sub-series contains an extensive account of Crabtree's career as a professor and archaeologist. Materials includes correspondence, photographic prints and negatives, reports, and notes of archeological surveys and excavations done in Southern California, Southern Nevada, Washington, Oregon, and Mexico. Collection includes resources such as field catalogs, proposals, newsletters, annual reports, workflow documentation, conference materials, and meeting minutes from various archaeological and anthropological societies and organizations. The subseries also includes class notes, dissertation drafts, and manuscripts used by Crabtree during his academic career. Digital files include field notes and reports.
Archival Collection
Collection Name: Elizabeth von Till and Claude N. Warren Professional Papers
Box/Folder: N/A
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