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UNLV Libraries Collection of Kiwanis Club of Las Vegas Audiovisual Material

Identifier

MS-01042

Abstract

The UNLV Libraries Collection of Kiwanis Club of Las Vegas Audiovisual Material consists of three 16mm reels of moving images that depict Las Vegas, Nevada from approximately 1925 to 1927. The first reel depicts members of the Kiwanis Club of Las Vegas, which was formed in 1925. The remaining footage depicts views of the First Methodist Episcopal Church, Bank of Southern Nevada, First State Bank, the San Pedro, the Los Angeles, & Salt Lake Depot and Freight House, and various shops on Fremont Street including Oakes Studio, T. M. Carroll Real Estate, J. C. Penney, Las Vegas Garage, and the Las Vegas Age print shop. The footage also shows various local families and desert landscapes. This collection has been fully digitized.

Archival Collection

Vacant land on Torino Avenue near Eastern Avenue north of Pebble Road, looking southwest in Las Vegas, Nevada: digital photograph

Date

2019-03-26

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 Windmill Parkway and Pebble Road.

Image

Spanish language advertising lines a fence along Eastern Avenue, looking south-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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A vacant lot along Eastern Avenue near Rochelle Avenue looking south-southwest in Las Vegas, Nevada: digital photograph

Date

2019-03-11

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 Flamingo Road and Tropicana Avenue.

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Rodriguez, Kay Alice, 1936-2014

Kay Alice Rodriguez lived in Las Vegas, Nevada and owned a real estate business, Bark Kay Realty. She was born April 28, 1936 and moved to Las Vegas, Nevada in 1959 to get a divorce. After her divorce, she returned to South Dakota, but moved back to Las Vegas shortly after. She worked as a waitress at the Riviera and the Dunes. She later began working in real estate and raised her children. She passed away in Las Vegas, Nevada on January 20, 2014.

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