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Aerial photograph of Virginia City, Nevada, 1870-1875

Date

1870 to 1875

Description

A aerial view of Virginia City before the fire of 1875.

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Film negative of Mayor Oran K. Gragson seated at his desk in City Hall, Las Vegas, Nevada, December 21, 1967

Date

1967-12-21

Archival Collection

Description

Portrait of Las Vegas Mayor Oran K. Gragson seated at his desk in City Hall. A certificate From Delta dated June 25, 1961 and a group photograph of five men hang on the wall behind him. Oran Kenneth Gragson (February 14, 1911 – October 7, 2002) was an American businessman and politician. He was the longest-serving mayor of Las Vegas, Nevada, from 1959 to 1975. Gragson, a member of the Republican Party, was a small business owner who was elected Mayor on a reform platform against police corruption and for equal opportunity for people of all socio-economic and racial categories. Gragson died in a Las Vegas hospice on October 7, 2002, at the age of 91. The Oran K. Gragson Elementary School located at 555 N. Honolulu Street, Las Vegas, NV 89110 was named in his honor.

Image

Film negative of Mayor Oran K. Gragson seated at his desk in City Hall, Las Vegas, Nevada, December 21, 1967

Date

1967-12-21

Archival Collection

Description

Las Vegas Mayor Oran K. Gragson seated at his desk in City Hall. The man standing next to him is unidentified. A certificate From Delta dated June 25, 1961 hangs on the wall behind him. Oran Kenneth Gragson (February 14, 1911 – October 7, 2002) was an American businessman and politician. He was the longest-serving mayor of Las Vegas, Nevada, from 1959 to 1975. Gragson, a member of the Republican Party, was a small business owner who was elected Mayor on a reform platform against police corruption and for equal opportunity for people of all socio-economic and racial categories. Gragson died in a Las Vegas hospice on October 7, 2002, at the age of 91. The Oran K. Gragson Elementary School located at 555 N. Honolulu Street, Las Vegas, NV 89110 was named in his honor.

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An exterior view of the North Las Vegas City Hall framed by the roofline of a medical office building on North McDaniel Street in North Las Vegas, Nevada: digital photograph

Date

2019-02-06

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 Civic Center Drive between Las Vegas Boulevard and Lake Mead Boulevard.

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A Look at the City of Las Vegas: City Government, 1972

Level of Description

File

Archival Collection

Gilbert Buck Papers
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Collection Number: MS-00281
Collection Name: Gilbert Buck Papers
Box/Folder: Box 06

Archival Component

Photograph of residential homes in Boulder City, Nevada, circa 1932 - late 1930s

Date

1932 to 1939

Archival Collection

Description

View of residential homes, one under construction, in Boulder City. City Hall, originally Boulder City Elementary School located at 401 California Avenue, can be seen on the far right.

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Film transparency showing an aerial view of Boulder City, Nevada, circa 1930s-1940s

Date

1930 to 1949

Archival Collection

Description

An aerial view of Boulder City, Nevada.

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Slide of the Penguin Restaurant, Carson City, Nevada, 1986

Date

1986

Description

A color image of the front exterior and neon sign for the blue and white Penguin Restaurant, located in Carson City, Nevada.

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City of Las Vegas 5th Annual Town Hall Meeting by Briare, Bill (Mayor), 1982 April 12

Level of Description

File

Archival Collection

Clark County Planning Commission Research Library Collection
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Collection Number: MS-01027
Collection Name: Clark County Planning Commission Research Library Collection
Box/Folder: Box 88

Archival Component

City of Boulder City clocktower and landscape plan, 1996

Level of Description

File

Archival Collection

UNLV University Libraries Collection of Architecture Drawings
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Collection Number: MS-00923
Collection Name: UNLV University Libraries Collection of Architecture Drawings
Box/Folder: Roll 093

Archival Component