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Postcard of hotels and casinos in Las Vegas, Nevada, 1960s
Date
1960 to 1969
Description
Oversized postcard showing the exteriors of three hotel-casinos in Las Vegas, Nevada: the Dunes, featuring its "genie" statue; the El Rancho, with its "windmill" sign; and the Sahara, with plaster camels and its marquee advertising entertainer Dan Dailey. Caption: "Shootin' the works on the Vegas Strip." Site Name: El Rancho Hotel (Las Vegas, Nev.); Sahara Hotel and Casino; Dunes Hotel and Casino (Las Vegas, Nev.)
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Film transparency of Ragtown, near Boulder City, Nevada, 1931
Date
1931
Description
Ragtown, on the shore of the Colorado River near Black Canyon (looking south), on the outskirts of Boulder City, Nevada, 1931.
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Slide of protesters kneeling in front of a van near the Nevada Test Site, 1984
Date
1984
Description
Color image of activists kneeling down in front of a van. They are part of the Lenten Desert Experience (also called the Nevada Desert Experience), a group protesting nuclear testing.
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Film transparency of the Golden Nugget, Las Vegas, Nevada, 1963
Date
1963
Description
Close-up view of the Golden Nugget, Las Vegas, Nevada, 1963. The marquee is advertising the Diplomats and the Roy Clark Show.
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Protesters seated in the desert at Nevada Test Site: photographic slide
Date
1987-04
Description
From the Sister Klaryta Antoszewska Photograph Collection (PH-00352). Demonstration at Nevada Test Site while a speaker is playing the guitar.
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Film transparency of Boulder City, Nevada, circa 1937-1940s
Date
1937 to 1949
Description
An image of Nevada Way, a street in Boulder City. Cars are parked outside of various stores lining the street, including a cafe, a Texaco gas station, and the Department of Water and Power Building (first red and white building from the left). Built in 1937, the Department of Water and Power building is located at 600 Nevada Way.
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Photograph of a Nevada spillway at Hoover Dam, circa late 1930s-1949
Date
1936 to 1949
Description
A view of a Nevada spillway.
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Film transparency of Boulder City, Nevada, circa 1937-1940s
Date
1937 to 1949
Description
An image of Nevada Way, a street in Boulder City. Cars are parked outside of various stores lining the street, including a cafe, gas station, and the Department of Water and Power building (far left). Built in 1937, the Department of Water and Power was located at 600 Nevada Way. Text from across the front of the building reads: "Municipal Power & Light."
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Slide of Carl's Cafe, Elko, Nevada, circa 1940s
Date
1940 to 1949
Description
An image of the exterior of Carl's Cafe in Elko. Automobiles are parked outside of the building.
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Slide of the Edgewater Hotel and Casino, Laughlin, Nevada, 1986
Date
1986
Description
A color image of the exterior of the Edgewater Hotel and Casino and its neon marquee. Site Name: Edgewater Hotel and Casino (Laughlin, Nev.)
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