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Liddle, Samuel
Samuel Liddle owned and operated a general store in Leadville, Nevada during 1887. Born in England around 1841, Samuel traveled to the western United States to reach mining areas where his occupation as a mining engineer and machinist kept him employed.
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NSHE Series Records
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Records are from the Nevada System of Higher Education and date from 1952 to 2010.
Archival Collection
Photograph of YESCO workers installing Vegas Vic at the Pioneer Club (Las Vegas), 1951
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Archival Collection
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Workers installing the now-famous Vegas Vic sign on the front of the Pioneer Club. Stamped on back of photo: "Photo by Desert Sea News Bureau. Las Vegas, Nevada." Transcribed from photo sleeve: "First Highrise Hotel -- Center of action downtown throughtout the '30s was the Apache Hotel which boasted an elevator and a nitery downstairs. The corner is now Binion's Horseshoe, but the spot has undergone many name changes from Tony Cornero's 'S.S. Rex' to the Eldorado where the mobs were fighting for control of the race wire. Bugsy Siegel's influence was first felt here in the early '40s."
Site Name: Pioneer Club
Address: 25 East Fremont Street
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Architectural drawing of additions and alterations, miscellaneous details, Sands Hotel, Las Vegas, Nevada, November 24, 1964
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Detail drawings for roof hatch; louvers and transformer; Pullman support bracket; glazed partition systems; ceiling furring; door support track; suspended ceilings; catwalk sections; lobby entrance; "Dor-O-Matic" door operator; ceramic tile shower stalls; public and service toilet rooms at the Sands Hotel, Las Vegas, Nevada. "Sheet number 54. Job 420. Scale as noted. Drawn by Walter H. Koziol. Job captain: Masayoshi Tokubo. Date: August 3, 1964. Revisions: 8-13-64; 10-29-64; 11-24-64."
Site Name: Sands Hotel
Address: 3355 Las Vegas Boulevard South;
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Architectural drawing of tourist facilities, Zion National Park, Utah, March 6, 1928
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Archival Collection
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Blueprint showing locations of buildings at Zion National Park, including the main pavilion, cabins, dormitories, a firepit, swimming pool, maintenance and utility buildings and lines and proposed locations. Scale: 1 inch = 20 feet. "Union Pacific System, Los Angeles & Salt Lake Railroad Co. Chief Engineer's Office, Omaha, Neb. Dec. 14, 1927." "C.E. drawing no. 50046. Per 'as constructed' print dated Dec. 5, 1927 - from S. J. Mayo, Asst. Engineer. Revised per S.J.M. letter dated Dec. 21, 1927. Revised per S.J.M. letter and print dated Mar 6, 1928." Handwritten in red pencil in lower right:"Office copy 15182."
Site Name: Zion National Park (Utah)
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Costume design drawings, yellow, red, blue and black costumes with wild cat motifs, Las Vegas, 1984
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Archival Collection
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Costume Details: Baggy yellow trousers with oversized yellow tunic-style top with a lion head on front, oversized teal collar and cuffs and teal sash; black oversized knee-length tunic-style top with a tiger head on front, with yellow sash; both costumes have tasseled black slippers. Red robe with tiger and leopard motifs on the sleeves, tied with a gold tasseled rope belt, baggy red trousers knotted at the ankles; dark blue robe with a black panther motif on the left sleeve and side, tied with a gold tasseled rope belt, with black trousers and boots.
Show Name: Siegfried & Roy
Site Name: Frontier Hotel and Casino
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Exterior of Krave Massive at Neonopolis, 450 East Fremont Street, Las Vegas, Nevada: digital image
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Transcript of interview with Norman Forsythe by Steve Flint, March 19, 1981
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Transcript of interview with Neil H. Holmes by Laura Bell, February 12, 1975
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Archival Collection
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On February 12, 1975, collector Laura Bell interviewed her neighbor, plant mechanic foreman, Neil H. Holmes (born on November 16th, 1897 in Chicopee, Kansas) in the collector’s home in Boulder City, Nevada. This interview covers the construction of Boulder (Hoover) Dam. During this interview Neil also discusses local living conditions in 1931.
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