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The High Roller Observation Wheel as seen from East Viking Road west of Eastern Avenue, looking west-southwest in Las Vegas, Nevada: digital photograph
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Archival Collection
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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 Eastern Avenue between Desert Inn and Flamingo Roads.
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A school bus in front of single family homes along Jeffries Street, looking south-southwest in Las Vegas, Nevada: digital photograph
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Archival Collection
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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 Eastern Avenue between Desert Inn and Flamingo Roads.
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An immigration services building flying the Mexican and American flags Eastern Avenue south of Desert Inn, looking west-southwest in Las Vegas, Nevada: digital photograph
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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 Eastern Avenue between Desert Inn and Flamingo Roads.
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Spencer, Prince
Spencer was born on in Jenkinsville, South Carolina, a small town where he lived for only a short time, moving to Boston and then to Toledo, Ohio, at the age of six. At the age of eight, he won a dance contest doing the Charleston that launched his career. As a member of the famed Step Brothers, he danced all over the country and in Europe, where he lived for five years. From the stage, his career took him into movies and television. In Las Vegas, Nevada he played the Sands Hotel with Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis and the Flamingo Hotel with Pearl Bailey.
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Dreitzer, Howard
Howard Dreitzer grew up in Miami, Florida. He came to Las Vegas, Nevada in 1974 and went to dealer school on the GI Bill. Howard starting in gaming dealing craps at the Nevada Club and worked at several casinos downtown. Then he became a box and floor man at the Flamingo Hilton. Howard moved to Atlantic City, New Jersey and was a pit boss and later a shift manager at several casinos there. Then he worked at the Harrahs New Orleans Casino and Hotel until it went bankrupt.
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Tower expansion: architectural, structural, electrical, and kitchen, 1980 May 30
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Scope and Contents
The container label misidentifies these drawings: the label states that they are for MGM Grand Hotel, Reno, Nevada. These drawings are, in fact, for the MGM Grand Hotel in Las Vegas, Nevada.
Archival Collection
Collection Name: Martin Stern Architectural Records
Box/Folder: Roll 356
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Renaissance Center III: Cellular One Building: Engineer Redlining, 1992 August 14
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Scope and Contents
This set includes: redlining, foundation plans, framing plans and site plans.
This set includes drawings for Vista Group, Inc (client).
Archival Collection
Collection Name: Gary Guy Wilson Architectural Drawings
Box/Folder: Roll 375
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"B-roll for Las Vegas News Bureau" includes footage of Las Vegas Strip and airport: video
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Archival Collection
Description
B-roll aerial footage of McCarran Airport (Harry Reid International Airport), the Las Vegas Strip including the Hard Rock Cafe and Excalibur (daytime); cuts to the Strip at night and includes Holiday Inn, Imperial Palace, Flamingo Hilton; interior footage of the airport and people at baggage claim, ticket counters, and general interior shots of the airport. Original media Betacam, color, aspect ratio 4 x 3, frame size 720 x 486. From The Production Company Audiovisual Collection (MS-00930) -- Digitized audiovisual material file.
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