Transcribed Notes: Handwritten collection note on back of photo: Aerial view of Las Vegas showing Fifth St. and Main St., c. 1933; Notes on photo sleeve: Aerial view of Las Vegas 'taken in a clip wing Jenny. Date is winter of 1930. Plane had a wooden propeller open cockpit. Pilot had a contract with Bureau of Reclamation to fly aerial photos in a grid. Took Wint (up in) the plane this day because it was too windy (for the pilot) to take his regular aerials.' (James J. Hester, son-in-law of W.A. Davis ('Wint'), the photographer who took this. Note added 4-92.
Aerial view of the Sahara Hotel and adjacent property, Las Vegas, Nevada. The tower in the center is under construction. Las Vegas Boulevard is seen at the bottom of the photograph; East Sahara Avenue is seen at the left.
Photographer's note: "Aerial photograph of Crescent Dunes Solar, a 110MW tower style concentrated solar power plant with molten salt storage 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; aerial; concentrated solar thermal; green energy; molten salt; renewable energy; storage; tower."
Photographer's note: "Aerial photograph of Crescent Dunes Solar, a 110MW tower style concentrated solar power plant with molten salt storage 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; aerial; concentrated solar thermal; green energy; molten salt; renewable energy; storage; tower."