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Photograph of the Aqueduct guest wing, Sands Hotel (Las Vegas), 1963
Date
Archival Collection
Description
View of the Aqueduct wing of the Sands Hotel in 1963. Transcribed from photo sleeve: "New three-story building called the Aqueduct, opened in 1963. This latest addition to the Sands Hotel housed 83 suites and rooms. (1963)." Stamped on original: "Las Vegas News Bureau. Las Vegas, Nevada, Convention Center. 10454. Don English, Jerry Abbott, Joe Buck, Milt Palmer, John Cook."
Site Name: Sands Hotel
Address: 3355 Las Vegas Boulevard South
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Letter to R. E. Wells, March 19, 1909
Date
Archival Collection
Description
Letter describing how the pipeline from the Springs should be replaced, and how something needed to be done about the low water pressure experienced by the town when filling trains.
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Meeting minutes for Consolidated Student Senate, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, January 3, 1984
Date
Archival Collection
Description
Text
Panoramic photograph of snow-covered Sunrise Mountain, Las Vegas Valley, circa 1930
Date
Archival Collection
Description
Looking east over the Las Valley towards Sunrise Mountain; the mountain and valley are covered with snow
Transcribed Notes: Transcribed from back of photo: "Sun. Jan 12th - Snow over Sunrise Mountain"
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Photograph of a car driving on a flooded dirt road, St. Thomas (Nevada), 1938
Date
Archival Collection
Description
A view of the old Chadburn Place in St. Thomas and a car on a road that is being covered by water from Lake Mead
Transcribed Notes: Transcribed from back of photo: "St. Thomas - The old Chadburn place - 1938"
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Photograph of the prayer dedication for the signing of the Hoover Dam bill, December 1928
Date
Archival Collection
Description
A large gathering of people near the dam site praying in thanks for the passage of the bill authorizing the construction of Hoover Dam
Transcribed Notes: Transcribed from back of photo: "Prayer of thanks for signing of Boulder Dam Bill"
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Photograph of Union Pacific Railroad crews removing tracks at the St. Thomas line, 1938
Date
Archival Collection
Description
Union Pacific Railroad crews taking up the St. Thomas line in advance of Lake Mead.
Transcribed Notes: Transcribed from photo sleeve: "Taking up track, advancing waters of Lake Mead in background"
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Photograph of Lake Mead and the Lost City restorations, Nevada, 1938
Date
Archival Collection
Description
View of the Lost City from the approaching waters of Lake Mead during the spring of 1938.
Transcribed Notes: Transcribed from photo sleeve: "Spring of 1938- Lake Mead approaches Lost City Restorations."
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