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Chart of land proposed to be acquired by Las Vegas Valley Water District, August 18, 1952
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Archival Collection
Description
Indication of the values of land parcels to be purchased by the Las Vegas Valley Water District from Union Pacific Railroad Company and the Las Vegas Land and Water Company.
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Architectural drawings of a residential home in Las Vegas, Nevada, November 2, 1962
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Description
Exterior elevations and details for a residential home on Fifth Place in Las Vegas, Nevada. Sheet no. 4. "Drw. D.H."
Architecture Period: Mid-Century ModernistImage
Photograph of the swimming pool at the Sands Hotel (Las Vegas), 1950s
Date
Archival Collection
Description
Hotel guests enjoying the swimming pool in the courtyard of the Sands. Stamped on original: "Please credit Union Pacific Railroad Photo, Public Relations Department, 422 West 6th St., Los Angeles 14, Calif, File Print Stock, Los Angeles Neg."
Site Name: Sands Hotel
Address: 3355 Las Vegas Boulevard South
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Architectural drawing of the Western Village theme park (Las Vegas), stables, 1947
Date
Archival Collection
Description
Architectural plan for a component of the Western Village (ultimately named Last Frontier Village) at the Hotel Last Frontier from 1947.
Site Name: Frontier
Address: 3120 Las Vegas Boulevard South
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Architectural drawing of the Last Frontier Village theme park (Las Vegas), beauty parlor and clothing store, 1947
Date
Archival Collection
Description
Conceptual drawing for buildings in the Last Frontier Village at the Hotel Last Frontier from 1947.
Site Name: Frontier
Address: 3120 Las Vegas Boulevard South
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Architectural drawing of the Showboat Hotel and Casino (Atlantic City), miscellaneous stair sections, October 3, 1985
Date
Archival Collection
Description
Plans for the construction of the Showboat Hotel Casino in Atlantic City from 1985. Drawn by Nick B. Tabu.
Site Name: Showboat Hotel and Casino (Atlantic City)
Address: 801 Boardwalk, Atlantic City, NJ
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Commercial lots alongside the Las Vegas Wash looking east towards Civic Center Drive in North Las Vegas, Nevada: digital photograph
Date
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 Alexander Road and Cheyenne Avenue.
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Howard Hughes Public Relations Photograph Collection
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Abstract
The Howard Hughes Public Relations Photograph Collection depicts the activities of businessman Howard Hughes from 1930 to 1950. The photographs primarily depict aircraft flown by Hughes or designed by the Hughes Aircraft Company, including the XF-11 reconnaissance plane, the HK-1 Hercules (or "Spruce Goose"), and the Hughes H-1 Racer. The photographs also depict celebrations following Hughes's circumnavigation flight in New York City, New York and Chicago, Illinois in 1938. Lastly, the photographs include Hughes testifying in front of the Senate Special Committee to Investigate the National Defense Program in 1947.
Archival Collection