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Dave Pugsley oral history interview
Oral history interview with Dave Pugsley conducted by Stefani Evans and Claytee D. White on October 21, 2016 for the Building Las Vegas Oral History Project. In this interview, Pugsley discusses his early life in Salt Lake City, Utah and moving to Las Vegas, Nevada in 1963. He talks about his father’s employment with Young Electric Sign Company (YESCO) and the Nevada Test Site. Pugsley recalls his initial interest in architecture, drawing a construction document for the Home Builders Association while in high school, and attending the University of Utah for a degree in architecture. Pugsley then talks about building planning for schools in Clark County, the process of designing a school, and the challenges that arise. Lastly, Pugsley discusses building planning for Lied Library and the William S. Boyd School of Law at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV).
Archival Collection
A YESCO truck sits under the Fremont Street Experience canopy in front of the Circa Las Vegas construction site looking northwest in Las Vegas, Nevada: digital photograph
Photographed as part of the UNLV Special Collections and Archives' Building Las Vegas collecting initiative started in 2016. This photo is part of a series documenting ongoing construction work at Circa Las Vegas, the first new casino built on Fremont Street since the 1970s.
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Photograph of the front exterior of the Mint Hotel (Las Vegas), circa 1957
The Mint on Fremont Street before its expansion in 1958.
Site Name: Mint Las Vegas
Address: 128 East Fremont Street
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Young Electric Sign Company
Corporate Body
Reno Arch, Reno, Nevada: photographic print
View of the Reno Arch during the day.
345 N Virginia St, Reno, NV 89501
City of Reno
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A YESCO truck sits under the Fremont Street Experience canopy in front of the Circa Las Vegas construction site looking northwest in Las Vegas, Nevada: digital photograph, 2020 February 11
Collection Name: UNLV University Libraries Photographs of the Development of the Las Vegas Valley, Nevada
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Photograph of an artist's rendering of the Dunes Hotel sign (Las Vegas), circa 1955
Artist's concept of the Dunes Hotel sign. Stamped on original: "Frank and Virginia Ball Studio - 222 South 2nd Street - Las Vegas, Nevada."
Site Name: Dunes Hotel
Address: 3650 Las Vegas Boulevard South, Las Vegas, NV
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Photograph of an artist's rendering of the Debbie Reynolds Hollywood Hotel, Las Vegas, Nevada, circa 1992-1993
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Photograph of unfinished portions of Vegas Vic's body sign (Salt Lake City), 1951
Two men look at the unfinished body of Vegas Vic (for the Pioneer Club in Las Vegas) leaning against the outside of the YESCO shop in Salt Lake City.
Site Name: Young Electric Sign Company
Address: 1148 South 300 West
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Newspaper clippings and publications, 1930-1992
The YESCO newspaper clippings and publications series (1930-1992) consist of various newspaper articles and publications about YESCO or of professional interest to YESCO. Many newspaper clippings relate to YESCO’s neon sign work in Las Vegas, Nevada. Publications include issues from the 1930s of the
Collection Name: Young Electric Sign Company (YESCO) Corporate Records
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