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Unidentified men photographing mannequins inside a house: photographic slide

Date

1977 to 1991

Description

From the Sister Klaryta Antoszewska Photograph Collection (PH-00352)

Image

Slide of an advertisement House on the Haunted Hill at the Fremont Theatre, Las Vegas (Nev.), 1959

Date

1959

Archival Collection

Description

Image of a prop grave and headstone advertising for the film House on Haunted Hill at Fremont Theatre, Las Vegas, Nevada 1959.

Image

Photograph of Six Companies guest house, Boulder City (Nev.), April 10, 1932

Date

1932-04-10

Description

Interior of Six Companies, Inc. Guest House. The table is prettily decorated with desert flowers and has been arranged for dinner.

Image

Photograph of teens in front of 4th street house, Las Vegas (Nev.), 1930s

Date

1930 to 1939

Description

Andy Crowell (left) and Bruce Beckley (right) stand in the front yard of the 4th Street house.

Image

Renaissance Center: Oriental House Beautiful, 1981 July 17

Level of Description

File

Scope and Contents

This set includes: floor plans, electrical plans, reflected ceiling plans and lighting plans.

Archival Collection

Gary Guy Wilson Architectural Drawings
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Collection Number: MS-00439
Collection Name: Gary Guy Wilson Architectural Drawings
Box/Folder: Roll 382

Archival Component

Los Angeles & Salt Lake Railroad Company standard signal maintainers & pumpers house: architectural drawing

Date

1926-11-24

Archival Collection

Description

From Union Pacific Railroad Collection (MS-00397). The scales are noted in the drawing. The bottom corner says, "Union Pacific System L.A. & S.L.R.R. Standard Signal Maintainers & Pumpers House. Locations. East Of Caliente. Ass't Chief Engineers Office Los Angeles. Drawn By F.W.G. Traced By F.W.G. Checked By W.V.L-B. Date. Nov. 24, 1926. Scales As Noted. Revised. Drawing. No. 15656-A".

Image

Photograph of Wilbur Clark's house, Las Vegas, October 1955

Date

1955-10

Archival Collection

Description

Wilbur Clark's private swimming pool at his home adjacent to the Desert Inn Golf course in Las Vegas, Nevada. Here is a close-up of the wall mural next to the pool. The pool was located off the master bedroom at their home at 331 E. Desert Inn Road.

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St. Vallier at Yuma Depot, Customs house: photographic print

Date

1870 (year approximate) to 1979 (year approximate)

Description

From the KLVX Steamboats on the Colorado Photograph Collection (PH-00156). Cabin added after stack

Image

Photograph of the Geer house and family, Pahranagat Valley (Nev.), 1910s

Date

1910 to 1919

Description

The Geer home with Clarissa (Clorissa) Dyer Geer and Adin (Aden) Geer located in the center. The home is on the west side of the Geer Ranch in Pahranagat Valley. Lois Wright Potter and her mother Mary Eliza Sharp Wright are in white dresses.

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Photographs of Holiday House Motel sign, Las Vegas (Nev.), March 1, 2017

Date

2017-03-01
2017-08-30

Description

The Holiday House motel sign with a "For Sale" sign sits at 2211 South Las Vegas Boulevard. Formerly the Bagdad Inn, the property has been in operation since the early 50s. Information about the sign is available in the Southern Nevada Neon Survey Data Sheet.
Site address: 2211 S Las Vegas Blvd
Sign details: The Holiday House Motel was originally the Bagdad Inn that opened up in the 1950's. The actual motel was possibly named after Bagdad California, a small ghost town in the San Bernardino county. This town was a former route 66 pit stop and later passed by with the new I-15 and I- 40 in the late 1970's. The motel changed its name in 1983 to Holiday House Motel. The motel currently has a for sale sign.
Sign condition: The sign is in a 4.5. There seems to not have much sun or wind damage to the sign. The color is still fresh.
Sign form: This is a two- pole squared structured sign.
Sign-specific description: The sign is a bright red squared basis. All aspects of the sign's advertisement are connected together in one large square. There is no separation within the structure; it just looks like one giant red canvas with words and would even suggest the sign is very minimal. At the bottom, right portion of the sign you will see a small reader board (currently the reader board has been covered with a for sale sign). Vertically on the left side is the word motel in white lettering. The holiday house font is in yellow incandescent lighting, and the font looks italicized. The no vacancy is in neon underneath the holiday house typography. Two white poles are what holds up the sign.
Sign - type of display: Neon, Incandescent and fluorescent lighting.
Sign - media: Steel and Plastic
Sign - non-neon treatments: Reader board
Sign animation: Flasher for the incandescent light bulbs in the letters
Sign environment: This location is on the north end of the Strip across the street from the Stratosphere and near the Holiday Motel and Fun City Motel.
Sign - date of installation: 1983
Sign - date of redesign/move: In 1950's the sign was Bagdad Inn and in 1983 the establishment later changed into the Holiday House Motel.
Sign - thematic influences: This sign could have inspiration from the post modernism idea of open space and minimal design to "advertise" to consumers. This sign is very representative of 1970's designs.
Sign - artistic significance: Every portion of the sign was thoughtfully placed to hit the consumer in a fast and efficient way.
Survey - research locations: Vintage Vegas http://vintagelasvegas.com/search/Holiday+House+Motel and Roadside Architecture http://www.roadarch.com/signs/nvvegas.html .
Surveyor: Gisselle Tipp
Survey - date completed: 2017-08-30
Sign keywords: Neon; Incandescent; Steel; Plastic; Flashing; Reader board; Pole sign; Fluorescent; Roof Sign

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