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Photograph of the cocktail lounge at the El Rancho Vegas (Las Vegas), circa 1953

Date

1951 to 1955

Description

Site Name: El Rancho Vegas
Address: 2500 Las Vegas Boulevard South

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Photograph of Sam Boyd, Las Vegas, Nevada, April 3, 1979

Date

1979-04-03

Description

Sam Boyd arriving at Sam's Town. Site Name: Sam's Town (Las Vegas, Nev.)

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Photograph of stage in front of Lathrop & Davis General Merchandise, Tonopah (Nev.), early 1900s

Description

Caption: Tonopah Stage
Site Name: Lathrop & Davis Tonopah Store (Tonopah, Nev.)

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Heliostats (mirrors) at Crescent Dunes Solar, near Tonopah, Nevada: digital photograph

Date

2014-06-24

Description

Photographer's note: "10,347 heliostats (mirrors) are part of the Crescent Dunes Solar project. Each heliostat is 34 feet tall, uses 35 mirrors, and has a surface area of 1258 square feet, or 115.7 square meters. On site photo, Crescent Dunes Solar, near Tonopah, Nevada, USA."
Photographer's assigned keywords: "110 megawatts; CSP; Concentrated Solar Energy; Concentrated Solar Power; Crescent Dunes; NV; Nevada; Solar Reserve; SolarReserve; Tonopah; concentrated solar thermal; green energy; ground-based photo; molten salt; on-site; renewable energy; storage; tower."

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Postcard of Boulder Canyon, circa early 1930s

Date

1928 to 1931

Description

An artist's rendering of Boulder Canyon. Text on front of postcard: "Hoover Dam site, Boulder Canyon, looking downstream." Text on back of postcard: "Work is rapidly progressing on the new Hoover Dam, thirty miles southeast of Las Vegas. This tremendous project will cost the government in excess of $165, 000, 000.00 and will take about eight years to complete. The dam site is where the river disappears in the center of the picture. Arizona is on the left, Nevada on the right. Within a decade, the parched desert lands to the north will be washed by the waters of the largest man-made lake in the Western Hemisphere, impounded by the Hoover Dam, the greatest structure since Cheops."

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Photograph of circus performers, Circus Circus, Las Vegas, Nevada, 1970s

Date

1970 to 1979

Archival Collection

Description

An airborne acrobat and stunt performers during a circus act at Circus Circus, Las Vegas, Nevada. Site Name: Circus Circus (Las Vegas, Nev.)

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Photograph of a circus performer with a dog, Circus Circus, Las Vegas, Nevada, 1970s

Date

1970 to 1979

Archival Collection

Description

A circus performer prepares to catch an airborne dog at the Circus Circus midway, Las Vegas, Nevada. Site Name: Circus Circus (Las Vegas, Nev.)

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Photograph of Jay Sarno at the opening of Caesars Palace, Las Vegas, Nevada, August 5, 1966

Date

1966-08-05

Archival Collection

Description

Jay Sarno stands by a baby grand piano at the opening of Caesars Palace, Las Vegas, Nevada. Site Name: Caesars Palace (Las Vegas, Nev.)

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Harold Wadman oral history interview

Identifier

OH-02075

Abstract

Oral history interview with Harold Wadman conducted by Dennis McBride on December 21, 1986 for the Boulder City Library Oral History Project. In this short interview, Wadman talks about running away from his childhood home in Ogden, Utah at the age of thirteen. He explains how he hitchhiked to Nevada, bypassing Las Vegas and reaching Boulder City, Nevada in the middle of the night. He explains how he worked odd jobs before a brief employment at the dam site as a waterboy; possibly the youngest person to work on the dam.

Archival Collection