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Krolak, Betty

In 1962, Elizabeth "Betty" Krolak moved from the Midwest to Las Vegas with her husband and six children. She attended a real estate class her husband had enrolled in but was unable to complete. Betty passed the test and became a licensed Nevada real estate broker in October, 1963. She initially went to work for Pyramid Realty, and in 1964, she opened her own office, Clark County Realty. She was appointed by Governor Michael O'Callahan to the State of Nevada's Real Estate Commission, making her the first woman to serve on the Commission.

Person

Reflections: The Las Vegas Asian American & Pacific Islander Web Archive

Identifier

MS-01112

Abstract

Reflections: The Las Vegas Asian American & Pacific Islander Web Archive is comprised of archived websites captured from 2022 to 2024 that are related to UNLV University Libraries community documentation project, "Reflections: The Las Vegas Asian American & Pacific Islander Oral History Project." Archived websites represent local Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) civic and service organizations and individuals that have been interviewed as part of the oral history project. The collection includes archived websites of organizations such as the Las Vegas Asian Chamber of Commerce, the Asian-American Advocacy Clinic, Asian Community Development Council, and Thai Culture Foundation. Archived websites of individuals represented in this collection includes entrepreneur, real estate investor, and motivational speaker Lisa Song Sutton and magician Juliana Chen.

Archival Collection

West Sahara Avenue looking east from South Hualapai Way, Las Vegas, Nevada: digital photograph

Date

2017-08-25

Description

Looking east down West Sahara Avenue from South Hualapai Way. This view illustrates the difference between the lushly landscaped meandering sidewalks and medians of Summerlin and the less controlled areas of West Sahara Avenue's development. Straight roadside sidewalks, no median landscaping and a bus lane that begins at South Hualapai Way signal a transition from the popular masterplanned community.

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West Sahara Avenue looking east from South Hualapai Way, Las Vegas, Nevada: digital photograph

Date

2017-08-25

Description

Looking east down West Sahara Avenue from South Hualapai Way. This view illustrates the difference between the lushly landscaped meandering sidewalks and medians of Summerlin and the less controlled areas of West Sahara Avenue's development. Straight roadside sidewalks, no median landscaping and a bus lane that begins at South Hualapai Way signal a transition from the popular masterplanned community.

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A large vacant lot sits on the northwest corner of Eastern Avenue and Fremont Street, looking southwest in Las Vegas, Nevada: digital photograph

Date

2019-02-26

Description

From the UNLV University Libraries Photographs of the Development of the Las Vegas Valley, Nevada (PH-00394). Part of the collection documents the entire 19 mile length of the north/south Eastern Avenue / Civic Center Drive alignment. This photograph was captured in the section of Eastern Avenue between Stewart Avenue and Charleston Boulevard.

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Telegram from J. Ross Clark to W. H. Comstock, January 23, 1905

Date

1905-01-23

Archival Collection

Description

Telegram requests rushing the surveying of the Las Vegas townsite.

Text

MacDonald Ranch Development Records

Identifier

MS-00892

Abstract

The MacDonald Ranch Development Records (1972-2010) contain correspondence, maps, land assessments and investigations, master plans, and architectural, civil engineering, and landscape drawings primarily detailing the community development process of MacDonald Ranch, a master-planned community in southwest Henderson, Nevada.

Archival Collection