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Photograph of Albert Revert and other men with an automobile at a camp, Gold Center, Nevada, 1905
Date
1905
Description
Men pose around an automobile in front of a row of tents at a camp in Gold Center, Nevada. The man standing in the car, wearing the suit, is Albert Revert.
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Photograph of people standing around an outdoor stove, Rhyolite (Nev.), 1910-1920
Date
1910 to 1920
Description
Men and boys stand around an outdoor stove in front of a tent and small cabin. The man in the white shirt is Domenic Pecetto.
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Inside the Book: Stardust "Basic Sports" feature: video, approximately 1990 to 1999
Level of Description
File
Scope and Contents
Aerial timelapse footage of a temporary tent being constructed in the Stardust parking lot. A crane lifts rooftop pieces in place while workers connect the tent structure from below. During the timelapse it rains, which obscures some of the video as drops apepar on the lens. The roof covering is added to the metal structure the following day. Smaller tents, off the side, are the last thing built. Original media VHS, color, aspect ratio 4 x 3, frame size 720 x 486.
Archival Collection
Stardust Resort and Casino Records
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Collection Number: MS-00515
Collection Name: Stardust Resort and Casino Records
Box/Folder: Digital File 00, Box 024
Collection Name: Stardust Resort and Casino Records
Box/Folder: Digital File 00, Box 024
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Circus Circus in Las Vegas, Nevada: postcard
Date
1940 (year approximate) to 1990 (year approximate)
Description
From Harvey's Hotel and Casino Postcard Collection (PH-00367) -- View of the fountains, carousel, tent and hotel tower at the Circus Circus Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada.
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Photograph of Mr. & Mrs. Chris Brown and Walter Bracken, Las Vegas, circa 1905
Date
1905
Description
Mr. & Mrs. Chris Brown and Walter Bracken posing in front of a small tent near the Las Vegas Hotel in Las Vegas, Nevada.
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Photograph of Sam Jones in Williamsville, Nevada, May 13, 1931
Date
1931-05-13
Description
A black and white image of 75-year-old Sam Jones by a tent in Williamsville (known to the residents as Ragtown), a makeshift community created near Black Canyon as construction began on the Hoover Dam.
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Photograph of dam workers and miners, Tonopah (Nev.), circa 1933
Date
1932 to 1934
Description
Conflicting descriptions of this image. One reads: "Men outside tents they lived in while waiting for jobs on the Dam." Another by W. A. Davis reads "Three miners out near Tonopah on road to Pioche... Man on the left named 'Jim'."
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Photograph of Mrs. Edith Powell, Boulder City, Nevada, March 13, 1931
Date
1931-03-13
Description
Mrs. Edith Powell, the first woman resident of Boulder City, in Boulder City, Nevada. Mrs. Edith Powell is wearing a white dress and holding a small dog while standing in front of her wrinkled tent house.
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