Fremont Street with Union Pacific Railroad Depot and depot park at end of street. Inscription with the image reads, "The arch was built to welcome Secretary of the Interior Ray Lyman Wilbur to Las Vegas. He came to town for the ceremony of driving to the silver spike for the railroad branch from Las Vegas to Boulder City, September 17, 1930. Governor Balzar declared to carry spectators and notables to Braken, juction 7 miles south of Las Vegas on the SLC-LA line. "
58 x 46 cm., on sheet 77 x 84 cm., folded in envelope 30 x 24 cm. Relief shown by contours and spot heights. "Base by U.S. Geological Survey, 1960." "Geology mapped in 1962-64." "Contour interval 20 feet." Includes 2 col. cross sections, quadrangle location map, and text. "Prepared in cooperation with the U. S. Atomic Commission." Original publisher: Interior, Geological Survey, Series: Geologic quadrangle map GQ, Scale: 1:24 000.
58 x 47 cm., on sheet 81 x 81 cm., folded in envelope 30 x 24 cm. Relief shown by contours and spot heights. "Geology mapped in 1962. Contours on pre-Cenozoic rocks by D. L. Healey and C. H. Miller, 1958-63." Includes text, col. cross section and quadrangle location map. "Prepared in cooperation with the U.S. Atomic Energy Commission." Original publisher: Interior, Geological Survey, Series: Geologic quadrangle map GQ, Scale: 1:24 000.
Interior view of the gift shop area of the Stardust Hotel, with people standing at or around the counter. The gift shop appears to be near slot machines, as a slot machine handle is seen out of focus on the left side of the picture. A mailbox for guests to send correspondence is to the right of the counter, reading "Letters, Mail." The color photograph was taken before the casino was renovated in the mid 1970s. Site Name: Stardust Resort and Casino Street Address: 3000 South Las Vegas Boulevard
Genre/Form: Thematic maps. Scale 1:62,500 (W 115°15´--W 114°45´/N 36°15´--N 36°00´). 1 map : col. ; 45 x 72 cm. Series: Water-supply paper (Washington, D.C.) ; 1780. Relief shown by contours. Originally published as plate 9 of Available water supply of the Las Vegas ground-water basin, Nevada, by Glenn T. Malmberg, published by the Geological Survey in 1965 as its Water-supply paper 1780. Includes township and range lines. Interior, Geological Survey
Genre/Form: Thematic maps. Scale 1:62,500 (W 115°15´--W 114°45´/N 36°15´--N 36°00´). 1 map : col. ; 44 x 72 cm. Series: Water-supply paper (Washington, D.C.) ; 1780. Relief shown by contours. Originally published as plate 10 of Available water supply of the Las Vegas ground-water basin, Nevada, by Glenn T. Malmberg, published by the Geological Survey in 1965 as its Water-supply paper 1780. Includes township and range lines. Interior, Geological Survey
Genre/Form: Thematic maps. Scale 1:62,500 (W 115°15´--W 114°45´/N 36°15´--N 36°00´). 1 map : col. ; 45 x 72 cm. Series: Water-supply paper (Washington, D.C.) ; 1780. Relief shown by contours. Originally published as plate 11 of Available water supply of the Las Vegas ground-water basin, Nevada, by Glenn T. Malmberg, published by the Geological Survey in 1965 as its Water-supply paper 1780. Includes township and range lines. Interior, Geological Survey
Black and white image of several prominent figures, in front of a crowd outdoors. From left to right: Governor Balzar of Nevada; Carl Gray, President of Union Pacific Railroad Company; Ray Lyman Wilbur, Secretary of the Interior; Governor of Colorado (possibly Edwin C. Johnson). Gray is handing Lyman the first spike to be driven for the spur line to Boulder Dam. Note: Boulder Dam was officially renamed Hoover Dam in 1947.