Abstract
The Neon in Nevada Photograph Collection contains black-and-white and color photographic slides of neon signs from cities and towns in Nevada dating from 1913 to 1989. The collection includes slides from Las Vegas, Reno, Boulder City, Laughlin, Henderson, Lovelock, Winnemucca, Elko, Wells, McGill, Ely, Eureka, Austin, Hawthorne, and Carson City. The collection also includes slides from the Young Electric Sign Company (YESCO) that depict the "sign graveyard" in Las Vegas, Nevada of broken and retired neon signs.
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Scope and Contents Note
The Neon in Nevada Photograph Collection contains black-and-white and color photographic slides of neon signs from cities and towns in Nevada dating from 1913 to 1989. The collection includes slides from Las Vegas, Reno, Boulder City, Laughlin, Henderson, Lovelock, Winnemucca, Elko, Wells, McGill, Ely, Eureka, Austin, Hawthorne, and Carson City. The collection also includes slides from the Young Electric Sign Company (YESCO) that depict the "sign graveyard" in Las Vegas, Nevada of broken and retired neon signs.
Access Note
Collection is open for research.
Arrangement
This collection is organized into fourteen series:
Series I. Las Vegas, Nevada, 1923-1989;
Series II. Young Electric Sign Company (YESCO) Sign Graveyard, 1986;
Series III. Boulder Highway, 1986;
Series IV. Boulder City, Nevada, 1986;
Series V. Laughlin, Nevada, 1986;
Series VI. Henderson, Nevada, 1986;
Series VII. Lovelock, Nevada, 1930-1986;
Series VIII. Winnemucca, Nevada, 1930-1986;
Series IX. Elko, Nevada, 1928-1986;
Series X. Wells and McGill, Nevada, 1940-1986;
Series XI. Ely, Nevada, 1920-1986;
Series XII. Eureka, Austin, and Hawthorne, Nevada, 1986;
Series XIII. Carson City, Nevada, 1980-1989;
Series XIV. Reno, Nevada, 1913-1989.
Preferred Citation
Neon in Nevada Photograph Collection, 1913-1989. PH-00225. Special Collections and Archives, University Libraries, University of Nevada, Las Vegas. Las Vegas, Nevada.
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Acquisition Note
Collection was donated to UNLV in an unknown year; accession number 1990-098.
Processing Note
Materials were processed by Special Collections staff. In 2015, as part of a legacy finding aid conversion project, Lindsay Oden wrote the collection description in compliance with current professional standards.