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Slide of the Guild Theatre advertising "Spartacus," Las Vegas (Nev.), 1960
Date
1960
Archival Collection
Description
A side view of the exterior of the Guild Theatre advertising Stanley Kubrick's "Spartacus" starring Kirk Douglas, Chas Laughton, Laurence Olivier, Peter Ustinov, Jean Simmons, and Tony Curtis. Site Name: Guild Theatre (Las Vegas, Nev.)
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Slide of the Guild Theatre advertising "Spartacus," Las Vegas (Nev.), 1960
Date
1960
Archival Collection
Description
A side view of the exterior of the Guild Theatre advertising Stanley Kubrick's "Spartacus" starring Kirk Douglas, Chas Laughton, Laurence Olivier, Peter Ustinov, Jean Simmons, and Tony Curtis. Site Name: Guild Theatre (Las Vegas, Nev.)
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Photograph of servicemen and an entertainer, Las Vegas (Nev.), 1950-1960
Date
1950 to 1960
Archival Collection
Description
A picture of three servicemen with an entertainer (possibly Yvette Dare of the El Rancho Ranchettes) and a parrot in front of the El Rancho Hotel. Site Name: El Rancho Hotel (Las Vegas, Nev.)
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Photograph of roof ventilators at the Basic Magnesium Inc. plant, Henderson (Nev.), April 27, 1943
Date
1943-04-04
Archival Collection
Description
Black and white photograph of roof ventilators in the yard at the Basic Magnesium Inc. plant. Each ventilator weighs 750 pounds.
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Photograph of Main St and Fremont St at night, Las Vegas (Nev.), 1930s-1940s
Date
1930 to 1949
Archival Collection
Description
View of Main & Fremont with lit up building signs, including the Overland Hotel and Hotel Sal Sagev (only "hotel" is lit up on this sign). Street Address: Main Street and Fremont Street
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Photograph of cars on Main Street, Pioche (Nev.), circa 1935
Date
1934 to 1936
Archival Collection
Description
Ground level view of Main Street. Pioche News Stand, U.S. Post Office, and Hodges Cook Mercantile Co. can be seen on the left. Cars are parked along the sides of the street while a black car approaches down the center. Street Address: Main Street
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Photograph of mixing plant, Hoover Dam, March 8, 1932
Date
1932-03-08
Archival Collection
Description
Looking upstream at the low level mixing plant, 4 cubic-yard aggregators mounted on white trucks in the foreground. Site Name: Hoover Dam (dam)
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Photograph of mining area, Death Valley (Calif.), 1920-1930
Date
1920 to 1930
Archival Collection
Description
A horse grazes while three men pose for a picture in a Death Valley mining area. Their automobile sits behind them. The image's right and left top corners have been ripped, resulting in the strange trapezoidal shape of the photo.
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Photograph of buses, Boulder City (Nev.), circa 1933
Date
1932 to 1934
Archival Collection
Description
Transport buses to haul workmen to Dam from Boulder City. Warehouse present in background. Note: "Between shifts, early a.m. mess hall out of photo to the left. RR Pass in right rear. Trucks ready to take Trucks were called Crummies. Each truck had a particular station to drop off and pick up their crews. - W.A. Davis."
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Photograph of Babcock and Wilcox Co. Steel Plant, Boulder City (Nev.), circa 1933
Date
1932 to 1934
Archival Collection
Description
Babcock & Wilcox plant under construction. Note on back: ""Steel plant at damsite, used to fabricate steel for tunnels. Transported by RR on a special car then put in place with a 150 ton crant. - W.A. Davis""
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