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Photograph of construction site, Hoover Dam, circa late 1930s
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Dunes Hotel and Casino Records
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The Dunes Hotel and Casino Records are comprised of administrative, publicity, and entertainment materials documenting the history of the Dunes Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada from the years 1954 to 1992. Included are correspondence, contracts, photographs, hotel budgets, and an early aerial photograph of the property. The material provides a significant amount of historical documentation of the hotel that was long known to tourists and residents as the "the Miracle in the Desert."
Archival Collection
Photograph of penstock tunnel, Hoover Dam, circa early 1930s
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Archival Collection
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Film transparency of downstream construction, Hoover Dam, circa mid 1930s
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Archival Collection
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Photograph of the Mike O'Callaghan-Pat Tillman Memorial Bridge under construction and casting shadows on the Nevada side of Black Canyon, July 30, 2010
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Archival Collection
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Photograph of deck construction on the Mike O'Callaghan-Pat Tillman Memorial Bridge, Nevada-Arizona border, July 30, 2010
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Archival Collection
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Postcard showing a visualized Las Vegas after completion of the Hoover Dam, circa 1930
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Archival Collection
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Postcard depicting an aerial view of the Las Vegas area as envisioned after the completion of Hoover Dam
Transcribed Notes: Transcribed from front of postcard: "Visualization of the Las Vegas District, Clark County Nevada, after completion of the Boulder Dam on the Colorado River Black Canyon Site"
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