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Tonopah, Nevada Mining Town Photograph Album
Identifier
PH-00411
Abstract
The Tonopah, Nevada Mining Town Photograph Album (approximately 1908) consists of twenty-two photographs in a leather-bound album. The photographs depict businesses, townspeople, street scenes, and mining operations in Tonopah, Nevada and the surrounding areas of Goldfield, Nevada and Mina, Nevada. Also included are photographs of a fire on May 12, 1908 that destroyed a block of commercial buildings in Tonopah, which were taken by local photographer E. W. Smith., and views of the downtown area both before and after the fire.
Archival Collection
Robert E. "Spud" Lake Photographs
Identifier
PH-00041
Abstract
The Robert E. "Spud" Lake Photographs depict "Spud" Lake, his family, and Las Vegas, Nevada from 1905 to 1947. The photographs include the Las Vegas town site auction, Stewart (Kiel) Ranch, Clark County Courthouse, Eglington Ranch, Helldorado Parade, and Colorado River and the Hoover (Boulder) Dam. The photographs also depict a Las Vegas Chamber of Commerce luncheon honoring Las Vegas pioneers, the Gold Bar Club tent in Pahrump, Nevada, and Fremont Street in Las Vegas.
Archival Collection
Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Theta Theta Omega Chapter ways and means committee reports
Date
2003-01-13
2003-02-01
2003-03-26
2003-09-15
Archival Collection
Description
From the Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Incorporated, Theta Theta Omega Chapter Records (MS-01014) -- Chapter records file.
Text
Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Theta Theta Omega Chapter 73rd Far Western Regional conference agenda and report
Date
2002-05-01 to 2002-05-05
Archival Collection
Description
From the Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Incorporated, Theta Theta Omega Chapter Records (MS-01014) -- Chapter records file.
Text
Photographs of Boulder Station sign, Las Vegas (Nev.), March 27, 2017
Date
2017-03-27
2017-09-27
Archival Collection
Description
The Boulder Station Hotel and Casino sign sits at 4111 Boulder Highway. Information about the sign is available in the Southern Nevada Neon Survey Data Sheet.
Site address: 4111 Boulder Hwy
Sign owner: Stations Casino Company
Sign details: This location opened in 1991 and is considered a locals casino. They have a similar train station theme to a few of the other Stations Casino properties used to have. This location also holds a movie theater.
Sign condition: 5- still in very good condition and lights up very brightly at night still
Sign form: Pylon, Porte cochere and semi-decorated shed
Sign-specific description: The main pylon sign has a two white steel bases with a reader board on the bottom, a plasma t.v. screen on top of the reader board and the main portion of the sign with their logo above. Their main logo is a green train front with a yellow neon trim with curved maroon ovals on it stating "Boulder Station" and "Hotel-Casino" underneath it in channeled white letters that contain flashing incandescent. The porte cochere sign above their valet is in a rainbow shape stating "Boulder Station" in sparkling incandescent. With red letters underneath stating "Hotel" in red neon. Also on the main hotel tower there are the same "Boulder Station" letters in incandescent lights outlined in red neon as well. Also the word "Casino" is also in incandescent lights on the side of the building. There are also LED lights that are chasing outlining the whole building making a semi-decorated shed look.
Sign - type of display: Neon, Incandescent, LED, LED plasma screen
Sign - media: Steel and plastic for reader board
Sign - non-neon treatments: Reader board and Plasma screen
Sign animation: Flashing incandescents and Chasing LED lights
Sign environment: This location is on Boulder Hwy on the way to Henderson/Boulder City. This location is near a residential areas and is a neighbor to a Motel 6.
Sign - date of installation: Has been up since at least 2007
Sign - thematic influences: Their train theme is portrayed well in their pylon sign. Also the train theme could be considered an homage to early Vegas history as a railroad stop.
Sign - artistic significance: The pylon sign is very similar to the Fiesta Rancho sign which is also a station casino with the reader board and plasma screen. This sign is almost identical in design to the old Palace Station sign.
Survey - research locations: Palace Station sign. Surveyor Notes 1. Research locations (archAsessor's page, Boulder Station website https://boulderstation.sclv.com/ , Station's Casino website https://www.sclv.com/, google maps satellite/ road view
Survey - research notes: Station's Casinos have 10 casinos in Las Vegas and have been present in the community for the past 40 years.
Surveyor: Emily Fellmer
Survey - date completed: 2017-09-27
Sign keywords: Pylon; Porte-cochère; Neon; Incandescent; Steel; Plastic; Flashing; Reader board; Chasing; Plasma display
Site address: 4111 Boulder Hwy
Sign owner: Stations Casino Company
Sign details: This location opened in 1991 and is considered a locals casino. They have a similar train station theme to a few of the other Stations Casino properties used to have. This location also holds a movie theater.
Sign condition: 5- still in very good condition and lights up very brightly at night still
Sign form: Pylon, Porte cochere and semi-decorated shed
Sign-specific description: The main pylon sign has a two white steel bases with a reader board on the bottom, a plasma t.v. screen on top of the reader board and the main portion of the sign with their logo above. Their main logo is a green train front with a yellow neon trim with curved maroon ovals on it stating "Boulder Station" and "Hotel-Casino" underneath it in channeled white letters that contain flashing incandescent. The porte cochere sign above their valet is in a rainbow shape stating "Boulder Station" in sparkling incandescent. With red letters underneath stating "Hotel" in red neon. Also on the main hotel tower there are the same "Boulder Station" letters in incandescent lights outlined in red neon as well. Also the word "Casino" is also in incandescent lights on the side of the building. There are also LED lights that are chasing outlining the whole building making a semi-decorated shed look.
Sign - type of display: Neon, Incandescent, LED, LED plasma screen
Sign - media: Steel and plastic for reader board
Sign - non-neon treatments: Reader board and Plasma screen
Sign animation: Flashing incandescents and Chasing LED lights
Sign environment: This location is on Boulder Hwy on the way to Henderson/Boulder City. This location is near a residential areas and is a neighbor to a Motel 6.
Sign - date of installation: Has been up since at least 2007
Sign - thematic influences: Their train theme is portrayed well in their pylon sign. Also the train theme could be considered an homage to early Vegas history as a railroad stop.
Sign - artistic significance: The pylon sign is very similar to the Fiesta Rancho sign which is also a station casino with the reader board and plasma screen. This sign is almost identical in design to the old Palace Station sign.
Survey - research locations: Palace Station sign. Surveyor Notes 1. Research locations (archAsessor's page, Boulder Station website https://boulderstation.sclv.com/ , Station's Casino website https://www.sclv.com/, google maps satellite/ road view
Survey - research notes: Station's Casinos have 10 casinos in Las Vegas and have been present in the community for the past 40 years.
Surveyor: Emily Fellmer
Survey - date completed: 2017-09-27
Sign keywords: Pylon; Porte-cochère; Neon; Incandescent; Steel; Plastic; Flashing; Reader board; Chasing; Plasma display
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Photographs of Fiesta sign at dusk, Las Vegas (Nev.), April 2, 2017
Date
2017-04-02
2017-09-06
Archival Collection
Description
The Fiesta Rancho Hotel and Casino sits at 2400 North Rancho Drive. Information about the sign is available in the Southern Nevada Neon Survey Data Sheet.
Site address: 2400 N Rancho Dr
Sign owner: Stations Casinos Inc.
Sign details: This location was constructed in 1995 as the Fiesta, but in 2001 Stations Casino bought out the casino and renamed it Fiesta Rancho. Stations Casinos Inc. that own this casino have a chain of 9 resort casinos and a number of smaller casinos in the Las Vegas Valley that are popular along the local community here in Las Vegas. The Fiesta Rancho has a sister property named Fiesta Henderson which also has an ice rink as well as identical sign designs.
Sign condition: 4 - the lights still shine very brightly on this one but the colors on the sign have faded over the years and look more like pastel colors when they used to be very vibrant
Sign form: Marquee and Entrance Sign
Sign-specific description: The marquee on Rancho Dr. has concrete bases with a big plasma screen tv with a reader board underneath it. Above the T.V. screen they have a huge design with a purple background, but around this is yellow, orange, blue, green and pink streamers. These all illuminate the same color as the paint at night time. In the middle of the streamer design is channeled letters "Fiesta" in a curvy print font, and then the words "Casino Hotel" underneath it in a normal block type font. The letters illuminate white at night time. Above their main entrance to the casino they have big channeled letters stating " Fiesta" in the same font to their other signs that contain incandescent bulbs that flash at night. Underneath the incandescent "Fiesta" there are red channeled Neon signs stating "Race Sports Keno Bingo" that illuminate red.
Sign - type of display: Neon and Incandescents
Sign - media: Steel
Sign - non-neon treatments: Reader Board and Plasma Screen
Sign animation: Flasher for incandescent bulbs
Sign environment: This property is on North Rancho about a mile north of the 95 highway. It is located right next door to Texas Station, and is near a residential area.
Sign manufacturer: Possibly YESCO
Sign - date of installation: c. 2001
Sign - thematic influences: The theme of the casino matches the sign with the fun party colors and ribbon streamers that they depict on their sign looks like a fiesta.
Sign - artistic significance: This sign is practically identical to the signage for Fiesta Henderson, for they based their sign off of this Fiesta Rancho sign design.
Survey - research locations: Assessor's website, company website
Survey - research notes: Fiesta Rancho website https://fiestarancho.sclv.com/, Stations Casino page https://www.sclv.com/
Survey - other remarks: https://www.sclv.com/Casinos/PropertyMap Stations Casino website has an interactive map of their locations
Surveyor: Emily Fellmer
Survey - date completed: 2017-09-06
Sign keywords: Neon; Incandescent; Steel; Flashing; Reader board; Marquee; Video screen; Pylon
Site address: 2400 N Rancho Dr
Sign owner: Stations Casinos Inc.
Sign details: This location was constructed in 1995 as the Fiesta, but in 2001 Stations Casino bought out the casino and renamed it Fiesta Rancho. Stations Casinos Inc. that own this casino have a chain of 9 resort casinos and a number of smaller casinos in the Las Vegas Valley that are popular along the local community here in Las Vegas. The Fiesta Rancho has a sister property named Fiesta Henderson which also has an ice rink as well as identical sign designs.
Sign condition: 4 - the lights still shine very brightly on this one but the colors on the sign have faded over the years and look more like pastel colors when they used to be very vibrant
Sign form: Marquee and Entrance Sign
Sign-specific description: The marquee on Rancho Dr. has concrete bases with a big plasma screen tv with a reader board underneath it. Above the T.V. screen they have a huge design with a purple background, but around this is yellow, orange, blue, green and pink streamers. These all illuminate the same color as the paint at night time. In the middle of the streamer design is channeled letters "Fiesta" in a curvy print font, and then the words "Casino Hotel" underneath it in a normal block type font. The letters illuminate white at night time. Above their main entrance to the casino they have big channeled letters stating " Fiesta" in the same font to their other signs that contain incandescent bulbs that flash at night. Underneath the incandescent "Fiesta" there are red channeled Neon signs stating "Race Sports Keno Bingo" that illuminate red.
Sign - type of display: Neon and Incandescents
Sign - media: Steel
Sign - non-neon treatments: Reader Board and Plasma Screen
Sign animation: Flasher for incandescent bulbs
Sign environment: This property is on North Rancho about a mile north of the 95 highway. It is located right next door to Texas Station, and is near a residential area.
Sign manufacturer: Possibly YESCO
Sign - date of installation: c. 2001
Sign - thematic influences: The theme of the casino matches the sign with the fun party colors and ribbon streamers that they depict on their sign looks like a fiesta.
Sign - artistic significance: This sign is practically identical to the signage for Fiesta Henderson, for they based their sign off of this Fiesta Rancho sign design.
Survey - research locations: Assessor's website, company website
Survey - research notes: Fiesta Rancho website https://fiestarancho.sclv.com/, Stations Casino page https://www.sclv.com/
Survey - other remarks: https://www.sclv.com/Casinos/PropertyMap Stations Casino website has an interactive map of their locations
Surveyor: Emily Fellmer
Survey - date completed: 2017-09-06
Sign keywords: Neon; Incandescent; Steel; Flashing; Reader board; Marquee; Video screen; Pylon
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Photograph of Therapy restaurant sign, Las Vegas (Nev.), June 28, 2017
Date
2017-06-28
2017-08-06
Archival Collection
Description
The sign for Therapy sits at 518 Fremont Street in Downtown Las Vegas. Information about the sign is available in the Southern Nevada Neon Survey Data Sheet.
Site address: 518 Fremont St
Sign owner: Jared Weiss and Sig Rogich (Motion Corp)
Sign details: The building is from 1951, so within the restaurant there are exposed bricks and wood ceiling from the original building. Therapy restaurant opened in 2015 as a gastropub with Daniel Octiveas as the chef. Previous to turning into the Therapy restaurant this location held a Dollar Store.
Sign condition: 5, a newer sign still in very good condition
Sign form: Hanging sign and entrance sign
Sign-specific description: Pink lettering. The T is a solid print type font, then the rest of the letters are in cursive. There is a period at the end of the word Therapy. Each individual letter is in its own channeled block to contain the light for each letter. Also above their door there is a small black rectangular sign with the Therapy logo (same manufacturing style as the letters previously noted). There is a pink arrow starting from the farthest (from the entrance) top of the sign pointing towards the entrance. On this arrow there are sparking incandescent light bulbs.
Sign - type of display: Neon and Incandescent
Sign - media: Steel
Sign animation: Flasher for Incandescent light bulbs on the arrow to show the entrance of the property.
Sign environment: This property is in between 6th and Las Vegas Blvd. on the North side of Fremont St. This district in the past few years has shaped into its own creative and artsy area.
Sign manufacturer: Vision Signs
Sign designer: Gerrit Blok and Rob McGuire
Sign - date of installation: 2015 when the restaurant opened
Sign - thematic influences: The sign above the door has the arrow which was a popular trend in 1950s signs with the car consumer era, but also helps with the pedestrian traffic on Fremont St.
Sign - artistic significance: The simple yet beautiful cursive font shows that there is simplicity and elegance. Also the arrow above the entrance could be a hint of subliminal messaging, as well as a great direction indicator. The channeled letters shows how to capture illumination compared to skeletal Neon.
Survey - research locations: Therapy website http://www.therapylv.com/ , Las Vegas Weekly Article https://lasvegasweekly.com/dining/reviews/2015/aug/12/therapy-downtown-restaurant-review-fremont-east/ , Acessor's office, discussion with owner and contact with Vision signs
Survey - research notes: Eater Las Vegas (2015 article) shows cool pictures of the building being renovated. https://vegas.eater.com/2015/6/25/8845981/las-vegas-restaurants-therapy#5
Surveyor: Emily Fellmer
Survey - date completed: 2017-08-06
Sign keywords: Neon; Incandescent; Steel; Flashing; Hanging; Building-front design; Fascia; Cantilever construction
Site address: 518 Fremont St
Sign owner: Jared Weiss and Sig Rogich (Motion Corp)
Sign details: The building is from 1951, so within the restaurant there are exposed bricks and wood ceiling from the original building. Therapy restaurant opened in 2015 as a gastropub with Daniel Octiveas as the chef. Previous to turning into the Therapy restaurant this location held a Dollar Store.
Sign condition: 5, a newer sign still in very good condition
Sign form: Hanging sign and entrance sign
Sign-specific description: Pink lettering. The T is a solid print type font, then the rest of the letters are in cursive. There is a period at the end of the word Therapy. Each individual letter is in its own channeled block to contain the light for each letter. Also above their door there is a small black rectangular sign with the Therapy logo (same manufacturing style as the letters previously noted). There is a pink arrow starting from the farthest (from the entrance) top of the sign pointing towards the entrance. On this arrow there are sparking incandescent light bulbs.
Sign - type of display: Neon and Incandescent
Sign - media: Steel
Sign animation: Flasher for Incandescent light bulbs on the arrow to show the entrance of the property.
Sign environment: This property is in between 6th and Las Vegas Blvd. on the North side of Fremont St. This district in the past few years has shaped into its own creative and artsy area.
Sign manufacturer: Vision Signs
Sign designer: Gerrit Blok and Rob McGuire
Sign - date of installation: 2015 when the restaurant opened
Sign - thematic influences: The sign above the door has the arrow which was a popular trend in 1950s signs with the car consumer era, but also helps with the pedestrian traffic on Fremont St.
Sign - artistic significance: The simple yet beautiful cursive font shows that there is simplicity and elegance. Also the arrow above the entrance could be a hint of subliminal messaging, as well as a great direction indicator. The channeled letters shows how to capture illumination compared to skeletal Neon.
Survey - research locations: Therapy website http://www.therapylv.com/ , Las Vegas Weekly Article https://lasvegasweekly.com/dining/reviews/2015/aug/12/therapy-downtown-restaurant-review-fremont-east/ , Acessor's office, discussion with owner and contact with Vision signs
Survey - research notes: Eater Las Vegas (2015 article) shows cool pictures of the building being renovated. https://vegas.eater.com/2015/6/25/8845981/las-vegas-restaurants-therapy#5
Surveyor: Emily Fellmer
Survey - date completed: 2017-08-06
Sign keywords: Neon; Incandescent; Steel; Flashing; Hanging; Building-front design; Fascia; Cantilever construction
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