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Las Vegas Hilton Hippodrome, 1974 June 11; 1976 February 10
Level of Description
File
Scope and Contents
This set includes drawings for Jackson Earl Wheeler (client).
This set includes: floor plans, building sections, exterior elevations, preliminary sketches, rendered exterior perspectives, rendered interior perspectives, aerial images and programmatic bubble diagrams.
Includes drawings for Xanadu Arena, Xanadu Hotel and Casino, Caesar's Towers and Las Vegas Airport Hotel.
Archival Collection
Gary Guy Wilson Architectural Drawings
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Collection Number: MS-00439
Collection Name: Gary Guy Wilson Architectural Drawings
Box/Folder: Roll 257
Collection Name: Gary Guy Wilson Architectural Drawings
Box/Folder: Roll 257
Archival Component
Photograph of boxers and others in ring, Silver Peak (Nev.), September 4, 1939
Date
1939-09-04
Archival Collection
Description
Max Baer, boxer on left, stands near the ropes of the ring while others attend to challenging boxer, "Big Ed" Murphy. Onlookers and possibly the referee stand near with a megaphone. Transcription with photograph: "Max Baer fighter in photo. Ed Murphy was Baer's contender. Murphy was a Tonopah man living in Silver Peak. Knocked out in first round." See Image 0141 0032 pho024066.
Image
Photograph of baseball players, Las Vegas (Nev.)
Date
1900 to 1925
Archival Collection
Description
Unidentified group of young men wearing baseball uniforms pose together on the dirt in front of stadium seating. Inscription with image reads: "Early Las Vegas baseball team."
Image
Transcript of interview with John Brooks by Jeff Kennedy, February 28, 1979
Date
1979-02-28
Archival Collection
Description
Jeff Kennedy interviews gaming industry professional John Brooks (b. 1937) at his home in Las Vegas, Nevada. During the interview Brooks discusses gaming, education, the early above ground atomic blasts, Boulder Dam, and social and environmental changes in Nevada. Brooks also discusses the Old Ranch, economic changes, religion, politics, family life, the Navy, sports, the railroad, Fremont Street and the hotels on the Strip in Las Vegas.
Text
Meeting minutes for Consolidated Student Senate, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, May 13, 1975
Date
1975-05-13
Archival Collection
Description
Agenda and meeting minutes for the University of Nevada, Las Vegas Student Senate.
Text
