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Exterior view of Ross Dress for Less business on Civic Center Drive, looking west in North Las Vegas, Nevada: digital photograph
Date
2019-02-06
Archival Collection
Description
From the UNLV University Libraries Photographs of the Development of the Las Vegas Valley, Nevada (PH-00394). Part of the collection documents the entire 19 mile length of the north/south Eastern Avenue / Civic Center Drive alignment. This photograph was captured in the section of Civic Center Drive between Las Vegas Boulevard and Lake Mead Boulevard.
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Photograph of Tommy "Moe" Raft, 1972
Date
1972
Archival Collection
Description
A five panel publicity photograph of comedian Tommy "Moe" Raft, a performer in Minsky's Burlesque at the Aladdin Hotel and Casino. The Aladdin opened on April 1, 1966 and closed on November 25, 1997, and was imploded on 7:30pm, on April 27, 1998, except for the Aladdin Theatre to make way for the construction of an entirely new casino. The new Aladdin was scheduled to reopen on August 17, 2000, at 6:00 p.m. The opening was delayed while the Clark County building inspector completed its fire safety testing. Another delay was caused by last-minute repairs to the casino surveillance system. The new Aladdin finally opened the next day at 7:45 a.m. The casino was sold in bankruptcy on June 20, 2003 to a partnership of Planet Hollywood and Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide. Renovations were carried out in stages, allowing the resort to remain open throughout. The retail space formerly known as "The Desert Passage" was converted into the Hollywood-themed "Miracle Mile Shops" and the theatre formerly known as the "Aladdin Theatre" was converted into "The AXIS". After the casino was renovated, it was reopened as "Planet Hollywood Resort & Casino" on April 17, 2007.
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Photograph of principles involved in signing Boulder Dam bill, December 21, 1928
Date
1928-12-21
Archival Collection
Description
Principles involved in the signing of the Boulder Dam bill. L-R: Elwood Mead, Phil Swing, President Calvin Coolidge, Sen. Hiram Johnson, Addison T. Smith, and W.B. Matthews. Text on photo reads: "Public Service History Written as Boulder Dam Bill Is Signed. December 21, 1928. Elwood Mead, Commissioner of Reclamation. Phil Swing, M. C. Cali., Author Boulder Dam bill House of Representatives. President Coolidge. Senator Hiram Johnson, Author Boulder Dam bill in United States Senate. Addison T. Smith, M. C. Idaho, Chairman, Committee on Reclamation, House of Representatives. W. B. Matthews. General Counsel, Boulder Dam Association, Los Angeles."
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Photograph of Las Vegas, Nevada Rotary scholarship winners with Rotarian Dave Wells, Las Vegas, Nevada, September 22, 1976
Date
1976-09-22
Archival Collection
Description
Rotary scholarship winners with Dave Wells (center), President of Las Vegas Rotary Club. L-R: Rebecca Marzan, Valley High School; Linda Magnus, Gorman High School; Wells; Becky Tilley, Chaparral High; James Deakin, Las Vegas High School.
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Photograph of the Pee Wee "Coyotes" Little League baseball team and their coach, North Las Vegas, Nevada, May 28, 1975
Date
1905-05-28
Archival Collection
Description
The Pee Wee "Coyotes" Little League baseball team, North Las Vegas, Nevada, May 28, 1975. Front row, left to right: Warren Hampton, Anthony Richardson, Ricky Finkler, Randy Smith, Jerry Pennell, David McDonald, Tommy Pennell, Trevor Pennell. Back row, left to right: Ignatio Navarez, Freddie McGowan, Dennis [LeChase], Shawn [Leake], Jerome Hill, Brian Smith, Coach Don Pennell.
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Photograph of United States Air Force Thunderbirds at Nellis Air Force Base, Nevada, October 9, 1979
Date
1979-10-09
Archival Collection
Description
U.S. Air Force Thunderbirds (the Air Force's aerial demonstration team) pilots sit in their planes with canopies open, during an open house at Nellis Air Force Base, Nevada. Planes are labeled with the pilots' names, L-R: SSgt Ramón Badia; Lt Col D. L. Smith; Rob McCall; (?) Shackelford; Capt. Ron Maness; SSgt Mike Cook; Capt Jim Latham; Carl Priddy; Maj. Jim Coziahr; Capt. [Gail] "Scar"Scarborough, Capt. R. D. Evans. Site Name: Nellis Air Force Base (Nev.)
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Map showing configuration of potentiometric surfaces in Paleozoic and Cenozoic aquifers in the area between the Las Vegas Valley and the Amargosa Desert, Nevada, 1963
Date
1963
Description
'Department of the Interior, United States Geological Survey. TEI-840.' 'Prepared in cooperation with the U.S. Atomic Energy Commission.' 'Contours in northwest Las Vegas Valley from Malmberg, 1961.' Relief shown by contours. Shows township and range lines. Scale [ca. 1:253,440. 1 in.=aprrox. 4 miles] (W 114°00´--W 115°00´--N 37°00´/N 36°00´). Originally published in A summary of the ground-water hydrology of the area between the Las Vegas Valley and the Amargosa Desert, Nevada : with special reference to the effects of possible new withdrawals of ground water / by Isaac J. Winograd, published by the U.S. Geological Survey in 1963 as number 840 of the Trace elements investigations report.
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