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Photograph showing an aerial view of Hoover Dam, the original road between Arizona and Nevada, and the Mike O'Callaghan-Pat Tillman Memorial Bridge under construction, Nevada-Arizona border, May 22, 2009

Date
2009-05-22
Archival Collection
Description
Photographer's notes: "Aerial view showing relationships among Hoover Dam, the original road between Arizona and Nevada, and the Hoover Dam Bypass under construction, May 22, 2009." Site Name: Mike O'Callaghan-Pat Tillman Memorial Bridge

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Photograph showing an aerial view of Hoover Dam, Lake Mead, the Colorado River, and the Mike O'Callaghan-Pat Tillman Memorial bridge under construction, Nevada-Arizona border, February 3, 2010

Date
2010-02-03
Archival Collection
Description
Photographer's notes: "Evening aerial view of the dam and bridge. Twelve tub (box) girders spanned the central pier caps of the bridge forming part of the substructure for the roadbed. Note: This photo was taken well after sunset and was only possible because of the state of digital technology in 2010." Site Name: Mike O'Callaghan-Pat Tillman Memorial Bridge

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Photograph showing an aerial view of Hoover Dam, Lake Mead, the Colorado River, and the Mike O'Callaghan-Pat Tillman Memorial bridge under construction, Nevada-Arizona border, February 3, 2010

Date
2010-02-03
Archival Collection
Description
Photographer's notes: "Evening aerial view of the dam and bridge. Twelve tub (box) girders spanned the central pier caps of the bridge forming part of the substructure for the roadbed. Note: This photo was taken well after sunset and was only possible because of the state of digital technology in 2010." Site Name: Mike O'Callaghan-Pat Tillman Memorial Bridge

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Bella Tyktin Stern Photographs

Identifier
PH-00224
Abstract

The Bella Tyktin Stern Photographs contain black-and-white photographs and negatives of Bella Tyktin Stern in locations around Las Vegas, Nevada from 1943 to 1960. The locations include Mt. Charleston Ski-Bar Ranch, the Last Frontier Hotel, Scotty's Castle in Death Valley, California, the Grand Canyon, Arizona, and Valley of Fire, Nevada.

Archival Collection

Photographs of Frontier Strike: Desert Solidarity, Solidarity March, Culinary Union, Las Vegas (Nev.), 1990 December 05 (folder 2 of 2)

Date
1990-12-05
Description

Several organizations unite in solidarity to support the Frontier Strike in December 1990. Supporters holding signs, banners, and flags march and pose outside the Frontier. There are also photos of police officers and firemen outside the hotel. Culinary Union secretary-treasurer Jim Arnold is in multiple photos, posing with groups and individuals, shown on stage at a rally, and at a Christmas party. Also included in this folder are: photos of Frontier owners Margaret and Tom Elardi, a portable bathroom decorated with signs and a large rodent, and a clip from an article stating, "DESERT SOLIDARITY, OUR LINE IN THE SAND." Banners and signs in the photos read: "Aloha from Hawaii, local 5 here, Hawaii's people support Frontier Strike," "Frontier Hotel, on strike, Culinary Workers Union, Bartenders Union, Teamsters Union, Operating Engineers Union, Carpenters Union," "AFL-CIO Desert Solidarity," "We're here! Steelworkers district 39 sub-district 2," "Frontier unfair to Teamsters Local Union 995."Arrangement note: Series I. Demonstrations, Subseries I.A. Frontier Strike Site name: Frontier Hotel and Casino

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a power box, rock wall, mailbox, and street sign along Cloudrock Court in the Ascaya development, Henderson, Nevada: digital photograph

Date
2017-11-25
Description
Cloudrock Court winds its way through the upper section of the Ascaya luxury home lot development. Infrastructure for Ascaya, carved into the McCullough Mountain range in Henderson, Nevada, was completed with materials mined from the site. The development has begun selling lots and buildings are being constructed in the lower sections, but in the upper sections, like along Cloudrock Court, the infrastructure including power boxes, street lights, signs and mailboxes have all been installed.

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People use the bridge over the Arizona spillway to get a look at overflow water, looking southwest at Hoover Dam, Arizona: photographic slide

Date
1983-08
Description
This series of photographs documents the historic water overflow at Hoover Dam as seen from the Arizona side of the dam. Taken in August of 1983, this overflow marked the first time the spillways were used during a flood. After initially being filled, the spillways were tested once in August of 1941.

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People line the observation platform along the Arizona spillway to watch overflow water, looking west at Hoover Dam, Arizona: photographic slide

Date
1983-08
Description
This series of photographs documents the historic water overflow at Hoover Dam as seen from the Arizona side of the dam. Taken in August of 1983, this overflow marked the first time the spillways were used during a flood. After initially being filled, the spillways were tested once in August of 1941.

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People line the observation platform along the Arizona spillway as seen with the intake towers in the background, looking west at Hoover Dam, Arizona: photographic slide

Date
1983-08
Description
This series of photographs documents the historic water overflow at Hoover Dam as seen from the Arizona side of the dam. Taken in August of 1983, this overflow marked the first time the spillways were used during a flood. After initially being filled, the spillways were tested once in August of 1941.

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