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George Mortimer Photograph Album of Searchlight, Nevada
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The George Mortimer Photograph Album of Searchlight, Nevada dates between approximately 1900 and 1910, and contains black-and-white photographic prints illustrating various scenes and individuals in Searchlight, Nevada. Some images are captioned with initials or brief names.
Archival Collection
Gabriel Garcia oral history interview: transcript
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Archival Collection
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Oral history interview with Gabriel Garcia conducted by Monserrath Hernandez and Barbara Tabach on November 13, 2019 for the Latinx Voices of Southern Nevada Oral History Project. In this interview, Garcia discusses his early life in Arizona and moving to Las Vegas, Nevada in 1984. He remembers attending a sixth grade center, the Pacific Engineering and Production Company of Nevada (PEPCON) explosion, and attending Las Vegas High School. Garcia talks about Mexican culture in Las Vegas, car clubs, and becoming a graphic designer. Lastly, Garcia discusses his involvement with the Association of Latino Professionals for America, and the idea of diversifying the professional workplace.
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Keith Boman Papers on the Smith Center for the Performing Arts
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The Keith Boman Papers on the Smith Center for the Performing Arts consist of materials documenting the construction of the Smith Center for the Performing Arts in Las Vegas, Nevada from approximately 2009 to 2010. The collection includes documents from the construction oversight committee, financial budgets, and board of directors meeting agendas.
Archival Collection
Photographs of Strip Centre sign, Las Vegas (Nev.), March 24, 2017
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Archival Collection
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Sign owner: Has been for sale since 2013
Sign details: This location has is a little shopping mall, and is called the strip centre since they are near the north end of the strip. Though this location has been up for sale since 2013.
Sign condition: 3- has had some bad weathering over the years and the paint is quite faded now.
Sign form: Blade
Sign-specific description: This sign stand on top of the building above the entrance. It is a green base that reaches the top of the sign. On the top part there is a big green steel rectangle with yellow painted words "The Strip Centre" but the word "Strip" is contained in channeled neon while the other two words are skeletal neon. Beneath this is 3 green sign boxes that would contain back lit plastic signs, but there are no signs in them currently. To the south side of the main sign there are remains of a sign that look like it used incandescent light bulbs.
Sign - type of display: Neon and plastic back lit signs.
Sign - media: Steel and plastic
Sign - non-neon treatments: Plastic back lit portion
Sign environment: This location is on the north end of the strip. It is north of the Stratosphere by a few blocks but also has some motels and wedding chapels close to it.
Sign - date of installation: Has been up since at least 2009
Sign - thematic influences: The plastic back lit portion is helpful for malls like this since they can change out which stores are within the mall relatively easily without getting a whole new sign.
Survey - research locations: Google map roadside view, attempted assessor's page but could not find it
Survey - research notes: This location was hard to find information on since it is for sale. Also I could not find information on it the assessor's page for some reason.
Surveyor: Emily Fellmer
Survey - date completed: 2017-10-01
Sign keywords: Neon; Plastic; Backlit; Steel; Pole sign; Back to back
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