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Architectural drawing of the Hacienda (Las Vegas), detailed plans, first, second, third floor, elevator lobbies, August 5, 1957
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Archival Collection
Description
Plans for the construction of a 266 room addition for the Hacienda. Inlcudes coffer and elevator hatchway details.
Site Name: Hacienda
Address: 3590 Las Vegas Boulevard South
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Architectural drawing of the Flamingo Hilton tower addition (Las Vegas), roof plan, July 27, 1976
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Archival Collection
Description
Architectural plans for the addition of a tower to the Flamingo in 1976. Reduced sheet. Original material: parchment. Socoloske, Zelner and Associates, structural engineers; Harold L. Epstein and Associates, structural engineers; Bennett/Tepper, mechanical engineers; J. L. Cusick and Associates, electrical engineers.
Site Name: Flamingo Hotel and Casino
Address: 3555 Las Vegas Boulevard South
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Architectural drawing of the the Flamingo Hilton tower addition (Las Vegas), building cross sections, July 7, 1976
Date
Archival Collection
Description
Various building sections for the addition of a tower to the Flamingo in 1976. Printed on parchment. Harold L. Epstein, structural engineer; Socoloske, Zelner and Associates, structural engineers; Joseph L. Cusick and Associates, electrical engineers; Bennett/Tepper, mechanical engineers.
Site Name: Flamingo Hotel and Casino
Address: 3555 Las Vegas Boulevard South
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Architectural drawing of the Fabulous Flamingo addition (Las Vegas), interior stair, March 6, 1961
Date
Archival Collection
Description
Details and sections for the internal stairs for a four story hotel building for the Flamingo from 1961. Printed on parchment.
Site Name: Flamingo Hotel and Casino
Address: 3555 Las Vegas Boulevard South
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Claude Warren in front of a boulder: photograph
Date
Archival Collection
Description
Slide from the Elizabeth von Till and Claude N. Warren Professional Papers (MS-00906) -- Elizabeth von Till Warren Papers -- Personal papers -- Claude slides, photographs, negatives: Nevada research, California research, Idaho research, Zimbabwe trip, England research, England trip, holiday slides file.
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The Allegiant Stadium construction site along Dean Martin Drive, looking north-northwest in Las Vegas, Nevada: digital photograph
Date
Archival Collection
Description
Photographed as part of the UNLV Special Collections and Archives' Building Las Vegas collecting initiative started in 2016. This photo series documents ongoing construction work at the Allegiant Stadium.
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Parking for construction workers at the Allegiant Stadium construction site, looking south-southeast in Las Vegas, Nevada: digital photograph
Date
Archival Collection
Description
Photographed as part of the UNLV Special Collections and Archives' Building Las Vegas collecting initiative started in 2016. This photo series documents ongoing construction work at the Allegiant Stadium.
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People gather and view the crosses at the 1 October memorial located at the Welcome to Las Vegas sign, looking east-northeast in Las Vegas, Nevada: digital photograph
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Archival Collection
Description
Following the October 1, 2017 killing of 58 people at the Route 91 Harvest Music Festival on the Las Vegas Strip, the Las Vegas community responded in a variety of ways. This series of photographs document the impromptu memorial created at the Welcome to Las Vegas sign.
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Geneva Stark Merwin oral history interview
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Abstract
Oral history interview with Geneva Stark Merwin conducted by Elizabeth Nelson Patrick on August 24, 1983 for the Ralph Roske Oral History Project on Early Las Vegas. In this interview, Merwin discusses her career and experiences as a teacher in Pahrump, Nevada after moving there in 1941. Merwin also discusses some of the people in the town and its layout. Merwin goes on to describe her teaching career in Las Vegas, Nevada after being recommended to the school board by Maude Frazier.
Archival Collection
Thomas McDonald oral history interview
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Oral history interview with Thomas McDonald conducted by Ted Papatheodorou on July 05, 1975 for the Ralph Roske Oral History Project on Early Las Vegas. In this interview, McDonald describes his experiences running a newspaper and a restaurant in Chicago, Illinois before moving to Las Vegas, Nevada to work as a manager at the Stardust Hotel and Casino. McDonald shares several short anecdotes, such as being thrown off of a freight train in 1915 in early Las Vegas, or serving then-Senator Lyndon B. Johnson at his restaurant in Chicago.
Archival Collection