Stupak’s Big Shot tower (view from Marine Services, Inc.)
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Stupak’s Big Shot tower (view from Marine Services, Inc.)
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[Photographer's caption:] Stupak’s Big Shot tower; view from Marine Services, Inc.; Bob Bradley, owner. 1704 Western, Las Vegas, NV 89102.
[Publication caption:] The Stratosphere Tower, view from the lot of Marine Services, Inc. Las Vegas lies in the Mojave Desert and averages only four inches of rainfall per year. Its groundwater is nearly exhausted, but Las Vegas annually receives 300,000 acre-feet of Colorado River water. (Goin, Peter. “Discordant Infrastructure.” In The Grit Beneath the Glitter: Tales from the Real Las Vegas. Hal Rothman and Mike Davis, eds. Berkeley: University of California Press, 2002. Page 63.)
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The Discordant Infrastructure digital collection consists of photographs used in Peter Goin's chapter, "Discordant Infrastructure," in Hal Rothman and Mike Davis's book The Grit Beneath the Glitter: Tales from the Real Las Vegas (2002). These materials are from Series 2, Subseries 1, Sub-subseries 4 of the Peter Goin Papers (2015-33).
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UNRS-P2015-14-00929
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Photographer's ID: CJ84
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Photographer (pht): Goin, Peter, 1951-
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1 (4 x 5) color negative
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Peter Goin Papers (2015-33)
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Special Collections and University Archives Department
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This item is protected by U.S. copyright and/or related rights. It is being made available by the University of Nevada, Reno and its copyright holder for non-commercial use, including sharing and adapting the work. No permission is required for non-commercial use so long as attribution is provided. Commercial use requires permission from the copyright holder (Peter Goin, pgoin@unr.edu). (CC BY-NC 4.0 International)
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