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Report, Las Vegas water supply recommendations, March 31, 1942
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Archival Collection
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Report describing the origins of the Las Vegas Land and Water Co., including recommendations that the Union Pacific Railroad keep title to water bearing lands, and that the company not sell out to the city.
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Photograph of the News Building and Goldfield Hotel, Goldfield (Nev.), 1900-1920
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Archival Collection
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Goldfield Hotel (Goldfield, Nev.)
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Photograph of a man cutting pipes to length or prepping them for welding, Hoover Dam, circa 1931
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Archival Collection
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Photograph of construction workers outside of the Sahara Hotel, Las Vegas, Nevada, circa March 1963
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Archival Collection
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O'Farrell, Thomas P.
Thomas P. O’Farrell studied zoology and entomology at the University of Tennessee, where he received his Ph.D. in the 1960s. O’Farrell worked under contract with various institutions such as the Battelle Pacific Northwest Laboratories, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, EG&G, the Energy Research and Development Administration (ERDA), the United States Department of Energy (DOE), and the University of Nevada System’s Desert Research Institute (DRI).
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Postcard of the Aladdin Hotel, Las Vegas (Nev), 1966-1980
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Archival Collection
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Architectural drawing of the Holiday Casino (Las Vegas), plot plan, first floor plan, September 3, 1971
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Archival Collection
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Plot and first floor plans for the proposed Holiday Casino in Las Vegas. Original medium: paper ozalid. The property became Harrah's Las Vegas in 1992.
Site Name: Holiday Casino
Address: 3475 Las Vegas Boulevard South
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Ruby and Bud Rankin oral history interview
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Oral history interview with Ruby and Bud conducted by Chuck Williams on November 23, 2012 for the Friends of Red Rock Canyon in Nevada Oral History Project. Ruby Rankin begins the interview talking about her parents when they were caretakers of Oliver Ranch near Blue Diamond, Nevada. She briefly talks about Blue Diamond school. Then, Bud Rankin joins the interview and speaks about other caretakers, exploring the property, and the Carole Lombard plane crash site. Lastly, he briefly talks about the Oliver family.
Archival Collection
Arlene and Nephi Potter oral history interview
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Oral history interview with Arlene and Nephi Potter conducted by Shirley A. Myers on July 07, 1975 for the Ralph Roske Oral History Project on Early Las Vegas. In this interview, Arlene discusses her personal history, education, and church activities. Nephi then discusses his employment at the Basic Magnesium Plant and the two recall atomic bomb explosions at the Nevada Test Site. Later, Nephi and Arlene discuss Carole Lombard’s plane crash and the construction of Hoover Dam (Boulder Dam). Lastly, the two recall their experiences living in Las Vegas, Nevada.
Archival Collection