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Slide of the Guild Theatre advertising "Spartacus," Las Vegas (Nev.), 1960
Date
1960
Description
A side view of the exterior of the Guild Theatre advertising Stanley Kubrick's "Spartacus" starring Kirk Douglas, Chas Laughton, Laurence Olivier, Peter Ustinov, Jean Simmons, and Tony Curtis. Site Name: Guild Theatre (Las Vegas, Nev.)
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Slide of the Guild Theatre advertising "Spartacus," Las Vegas (Nev.), 1960
Date
1960
Description
A side view of the exterior of the Guild Theatre advertising Stanley Kubrick's "Spartacus" starring Kirk Douglas, Chas Laughton, Laurence Olivier, Peter Ustinov, Jean Simmons, and Tony Curtis. Site Name: Guild Theatre (Las Vegas, Nev.)
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Photograph of Union Pacific railroad depot decorated for the Fourth of July, Las Vegas (Nev.), 1920s
Date
1920 to 1929
Description
The Union Pacific Railroad depot decorated for the Fourth of July. A label at the bottom of the photo: "An early Fourth of July celebration saw the UP depot, the city's most prominate [prominent] structure, decorated with red, white, and blue bunting."
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Photograph of a Masonic caravan arriving at the dam site along the Colorado River, April 23, 1932
Date
1932-04-23
Description
A fleet of caravans at a Hoover Dam construction site. A label at the bottom of the photo "April, 23, 1932. A Masonic caravan of cars arrive at the dam site along the river two years after the start of construction."
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Photograph of the 5th Street Grammar School, Las Vegas (Nev.), late 1930s
Date
1936 to 1939
Description
The exterior of the new Las Vegas Grammar School with two automobiles parked in front. Site Name: Las Vegas Grammar School (Las Vegas, Nev.) Street Address: 401 South Las Vegas Boulevard
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Photograph of work camps, Boulder City (Nev), circa 1933
Date
1932 to 1934
Description
Tent camps for people waiting for work at the Dam, located just before Railroad Pass. Note on back ""Ross kept a sidewinder in a box on rt. side of water ladys tent (tent in backghround at right). Ross' camp (left, background). He was bitten by the rattlesnake. Location where elderly lady sold water at the top of the Pass. $0.05 glass and $0.25 to fill a radiator. Guss Nugeat's mine out of picture to the left. Only about 5 cars a day came by in 1930."" - W.A. Davis
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Photograph of Jack Wagner Motor Co, Las Vegas (Nev.), January 20, 1949
Date
1949-01-20
Description
Jack Wagner Motor Co. new and used car lot located at 7th and Fremont next door to the Fremont Drug Co. The ground is covered in snow and ice at the car lot. Inscribed on front of image "Jan. 1949; Jan 20, 1949". Street Address: Fremont Street and South 7th Street
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Photograph of a banner across Fremont Street, Las Vegas, June 23, 1919
Date
1919-06-23
Description
Welcome to Las Vegas: The Gateway to Boulder Dam banner across Fremont Street, June 23, 1919. The welcome was for Dr. Ray Lyman Wilbur, Secretary of the Interior who had come to Las Vegas to determine whether the community would be the center of Dam Construction or whether another town would be built at the Dam site. Physical object has an insert containing additional biographical information.
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Photograph of the Hoover Dam construction site, April 23, 1932
Date
1932-04-23
Description
On April 23, 1932, the Hoover Dam construction site was the scene for an unprecedented "hot sands" initiation ceremony by the Al Malaikah Temple of the Shrine of Los Angeles. Physical object has an insert containing additional biographical information.
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Photograph of the Ed Von Tobel Lumber Company, February 14, 1949
Date
1949-02-14
Description
This photo of the Ed Von Tobel Lumber Company at 217 So. 1st Street was taken Feb. 14, 1949. In the center background is shown the St. Joan of Arc Catholic Church with its bell tower. Physical object has an insert containing additional biographical information.
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