Abstract
Photographs of the Response to the COVID-19 Pandemic in Las Vegas, Nevada (2020) are comprised of digital images captured by Aaron Mayes, UNLV Special Collections and Archives Curator for Visual Materials, to document what quarantine measures and restrictions to tourism, business, and everyday life in the Las Vegas Valley looked like in the spring and summer of 2020 during the COVID-19 pandemic. Included are images of the Las Vegas Strip, Downtown Las Vegas, local businesses, parks and outdoor recreation spaces, celebrations and events, and Lied Library at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas.
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Photographs of the Response to the COVID-19 Pandemic in Las Vegas, Nevada (2020) are comprised of digital images captured by Aaron Mayes, UNLV Special Collections and Archives Curator for Visual Materials, to document what quarantine measures and restrictions to tourism, business, and everyday life in the Las Vegas Valley looked like in the spring and summer of 2020 during the COVID-19 pandemic. Included are images of the Las Vegas Strip, Downtown Las Vegas, local businesses, parks and outdoor recreation spaces, celebrations and events, and Lied Library at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas.
Access Note
Collection is open for research.
Publication Rights
This material is made available to facilitate private study, scholarship, or research. UNLV holds copyright for all material in this collection. Users are responsible for determining whether permissions are necessary from rights owners for any intended use and for obtaining all required permissions. Please contact UNLV Special Collections and Archives (special.collections@unlv.edu) for additional information
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Materials are arranged by topic.
Biographical / Historical Note
Aaron Mayes has been a photographer in Southern Nevada since the early 1990s starting at the
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Aaron Mayes (SCA Visual Materials Curator), personal communication, November 15, 2018.
Preferred Citation
Photographs of the Response to the COVID-19 Pandemic in Las Vegas, Nevada, 2020. PH-00428. Special Collections and Archives, University Libraries, University of Nevada, Las Vegas. Las Vegas, Nevada.
Acquisition Note
Materials were received in 2026 from Aaron Mayes; accession number 2026-006.
Processing Note
In 2026, Tammi Kim processed the digital files and created the item-level inventory using the provided descriptions created by Aaron Mayes.
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Acquired by Visual Materials Curator, Aaron Mayes, as part of UNLV Special Collections and Archives holdings on the history of Las Vegas. All materials that formed the original transfer has been retained.