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Gordon Bettles and two others inspecting the rye in preparation for cutting it on the T & T Ranch in the Amargosa Valley.

Transcribed Notes: Transcribed from photo sleeve: "Inscription on the back of the original photo, written by Billie Bettles in the 1980s reads: this [picture] was made the day they were cutting rye, 1949. House and outbuildings were constructed by Gordon Bettles on the T & T Ranchk, Amargosa Valley, NV, about 1949. The house pictured on the right was moved to this location from Death Valley Junction, California, by the Bettles. A field of rye is pictured in the foreground. The man on the right is Gordon Bettles and the 2 men on the left are unidentified, though the man on the far left may be M. P. 'Gless' Glessner."

Irrigating new alfalfa on the T & T Ranch in the Amargosa Valley.

Transcribed Notes: Transcribed from photo sleeve: "Irrigated land newly planted in alfalfa. T & T Ranch, Amargosa Valley, Nevada, Ca. 1954."

View of a water line and pump in the Amargosa Valley looking southwest toward the Funeral Mountains.

Transcribed Notes: Transcribed from photo sleeve: "Amargosa Valley looking southwest toward the Funeral Mountains, 1980, showing a 10" water line and pump to supply a circle sprinkler system. The pump is a 75 horsepower electric turbine pump that supplies two sprinkler systems with a total of 1,450 gallons per minute. At that capacity, the pump only draws water down 3 inches in the well."

Inverted black and white negative showing Howard Anderson standing in front of the Desert Inn, with a marquee announcing Annie the musical.
Site Name: Desert Inn
Address: 3045 Las Vegas Boulevard South

Hallway in the Showboat Hotel and Casino in Atlantic City showing some construction materials.
Site Name: Showboat Hotel and Casino (Atlantic City)
Address: 801 Boardwalk, Atlantic City, NJ

A black-and-white photograph of Harrah's Lake Tahoe in Stateline, Nevada.
Site Name: Harrah's Tahoe
Address: 15 Highway 50

An unidentified man holding blueprints stands on one of the Sands buildings under construction.
Site Name: Sands Hotel
Address: 3355 Las Vegas Boulevard South