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Slide of a holding area for arrested protesters near the Nevada Test Site, March 1988

Date

1988-03-12

Description

Color image of the "Monkey Cafe," a holding area for protesters who were arrested during a 10-day demonstration known as "Reclaim the Test Site" that was organized by American Peace Test, an anti-nuclear testing group.

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Majestic Star Casino (currently Rivers Casino): renderings and sketches of interior and exterior building perspectives; computer drafted site plan and exterior building perspectives; photograph of site, 2009

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File

Archival Collection

Bergman Walls & Associates Architectural Drawings
To request this item in person:
Collection Number: MS-00910
Collection Name: Bergman Walls & Associates Architectural Drawings
Box/Folder: Flat File 12, Digital File 00

Archival Component

Slide of a protester standing in front of the No Trespassing sign at the Nevada Test Site, April 1989

Date

1989-04

Description

Color image of Sister Rosemary Lynch standing in front of the "No Trespassing" sign at the entrance of the Nevada Test Site. She was part of the Lenten Desert Experience (also called the Nevada Desert Experience), a group opposing nuclear testing.

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Slide of protesters marching along the highway near the Nevada Test Site, April 1986

Date

1986-04

Description

Color image of several protesters marching along the highway leading to the Nevada Test Site to demonstrate against nuclear testing. They are part of the Lenten Desert Experience (also called the Nevada Desert Experience). Some are carrying wooden crosses.

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Architectural drawing of the Showboat Hotel and Casino (Atlantic City), site plan, April 15, 1985

Date

1985-04-15

Description

Site plan for the 1985 construction of the Showboat Hotel and Casino in Atlantic City. Parchment copy.
Site Name: Showboat Hotel and Casino (Atlantic City)
Address: 801 Boardwalk, Atlantic City, NJ

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Petroglyphs at dune site at Muddy Springs Canyon, Red Rock Canyon, Nevada: photographic print

Date

1987 (year approximate)

Description

From the Eileen Margaret Green Photograph Collection (PH-00229) -- Muddy Springs Canyon, dune site. Handwritten on envelope, "Dune Site, Muddy Springs Canyon. (from her MA thesis. A Cultural Ecological Approach to the Rock Art of Southern Nevada, GN 799 P4 G73x 1987a)". Handwritten on the back of the photograph, "Figure 22. Dune Site, Muddy Springs Canyon."

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Petroglyphs at dune site at Muddy Springs Canyon, Red Rock Canyon, Nevada: photographic print

Date

1987 (year approximate)

Description

From the Eileen Margaret Green Photograph Collection (PH-00229) -- Muddy Springs Canyon, dune site. Handwritten on envelope, "Dune Site, Muddy Springs Canyon. (from her MA thesis. A Cultural Ecological Approach to the Rock Art of Southern Nevada, GN 799 P4 G73x 1987a)". Handwritten on the back of the photograph, "Figure 23. Dune Site, Muddy Springs Canyon."

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Photograph of atomic test Priscilla detonation, Nevada Test Site (Nev.), June 24, 1957

Date

1957-06-24

Description

Atomic test "Priscilla" detonated at the Nevada Test Site in southern Nye County June 24, 1957. Priscilla was one of nearly one hundred atmospheric nuclear tests conducted at the site during the 1950s. Atmospheric testing was banned by treaty between the United States and the Soviet Union in 1963, although it had been moved underground in Nevada in 1959. Since 1951, more than 600 nuclear devices have been detonated at the Nevada Test Site.

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Architectural drawing of the Hacienda (Las Vegas), golf course and site plan, December 4, 1957

Date

1957-12-04

Description

Plans for the golf course additions for the Hacienda from 1957-58. Original medium: parchment ozalid
Site Name: Hacienda
Address: 3590 Las Vegas Boulevard South

Latest Drawing Revision: 1958-01-20

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Photograph of construction at Unit 3 with perimeter boundary circumventing hill to the west of project site, January 6, 2012

Date

2012-01-06

Description

Construction at Unit 3 with perimeter boundary circumventing hill to the west of project site

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