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Slide of the front exterior of the Arizona Club, Las Vegas, circa 1905
Date
1905 to 1910
Archival Collection
Description
A black and white image of the Arizona Club. It opened in 1905 in what became Las Vegas' notorious red light district, Block 16. When Block 16 was closed and bulldozed in January 1942, the Arizona Club's famous bar and fittings were installed in the Horn Room of the Hotel Last Frontier.
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Slide of Fremont Street looking east, Las Vegas, September 20, 1933
Date
1933-09-20
Archival Collection
Description
A black and white image of Fremont Street, looking east, in downtown Las Vegas. Site Name: Fremont Street (Las Vegas, Nev.)
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Photograph of the Sands Hotel marquee, Las Vegas, circa 1950s
Date
1950 to 1959
Archival Collection
Description
The Sands Hotel primary marquee advertises Frank Sinatra; Betty Kean & Lew Parker; the Exciting Texas Copagirls; Antonio Morelli & His Music. The secondary marquee advertisies The Celebrities; The Four Mints; Veracruz Boys with Ruth Gillis; Tommy Doyle; the Ernie Stewart Trio in the lounge.
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Photograph of a Packard, Sands Hotel and Casino, Las Vegas, circa 1952-1969
Date
1952 to 1969
Archival Collection
Description
Three women are presenting a man in a Packard with a sign announcing Packard Hawk Official Car for the Tournament of Champions. The Sands marquee is in the immediate background.
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Photograph of Union Pacific Depot Park on Fremont Street, Las Vegas, circa 1930
Date
1928 to 1932
Archival Collection
Description
A black and white image of Union Pacific Depot Park in downtown Las Vegas. The area was bustling with cars and people.
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Aerial photograph of the Union Plaza Hotel and railroad tracks, Las Vegas, September 1973
Date
1973-09
Archival Collection
Description
A black and white aerial view looking south upon the Union Plaza Hotel and railroad tracks.
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Slide of the Sands Hotel sign, Las Vegas, circa 1950s-1960s
Date
1952 to 1969
Archival Collection
Description
An image showing an exterior view of the Sands Hotel and Casino. Performances by Frank Sinatra and Joey Bishop are advertised on the marquee.
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Slide of the New Frontier, Las Vegas, circa 1950s-1960s
Date
1955 to 1967
Archival Collection
Description
An image showing an exterior view of the New Frontier Hotel and Casino. Performances by the Will Mastin Trio and Sammy Davis, Jr. are advertised on the marquee.
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Photograph showing the downstream face of Hoover Dam, circa late 1930s
Date
1936 to 1939
Archival Collection
Description
A view of Hoover Dam, as seen from the Arizona side; an unidentified man is standing beside a car in the foreground, looking toward the dam.
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Postcard of a concrete truck, Hoover Dam, circa 1930-1935
Date
1930 to 1935
Archival Collection
Description
Caption at bottom of image reads: "Trucking mamoth (sic) concrete buckets in the 50 ft. dia. tunnels, Boulder Dam." Boulder Dam was officially re-named Hoover Dam in 1947.
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