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Sarah Vinci Photograph Collection (PH-00268)

Abstract

The Sarah Vinci Photograph Collection (approximately 1920-1991) consists of black-and-white photographic prints and negatives. The images depict Fremont Street in Las Vegas, Nevada, highlighting the changes over the years. Other images include the artesian well at the Cragin family home and Methodist churches in Las Vegas.

Finding Aid PDF

Date

1920 to 1991

Extent

0.05 Cubic Feet (1 flat file and 1 shared box of negatives)
0.10 Linear Feet

Related People/Corporations

Creator: Vinci, Sarah

Scope and Contents Note

The Sarah Vinci Photograph Collection (approximately 1920-1991) consists of black-and-white photographic prints and negatives. The images depict Fremont Street in Las Vegas, Nevada, highlighting the changes over the years. Other images include the Artesian well at the Cragin family home and Methodist Churches in Las Vegas.

Access Note

Collection is open for research.

Publication Rights

Materials in this collection may be protected by copyrights and other rights. See Reproductions and Use on the UNLV Special Collections and Archives website for more information about reproductions and permissions to publish.

Arrangement

Materials remain as they were received.

Biographical / Historical Note

Sarah Vinci was born just outside of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. She graduated from the University of Nevada, Las Vegas in 1991. Vinci is known for her photographic project, "Las Vegas 1905-1950: A Photographic Survey." Vinci lived in Long Beach, California as of 2005.

Source:

White, Ken. "Through the Years." Las Vegas Review-Journal (NV), January 1, 2005: 43J. NewsBank: Access World News – Historical and Current. https://infoweb.newsbank.com/apps/news/document-view?p=WORLDNEWS&docref=news/10B9D5D25E9865C0.

Preferred Citation

Sarah Vinci Photograph Collection, approximately 1920-1991. PH-00268. Special Collections and Archives, University Libraries, University of Nevada, Las Vegas. Las Vegas, Nevada.

Acquisition Note

Materials were received in 1992; accession number 1992-026.

Processing Note

In 2020, as part of an archival backlog elimination project, Ryan DiPaolo wrote the finding aid and entered the data into ArchievsSpace.

Resource Type

Collection

Collection Type

EAD ID

US::NVLN::PH00268

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