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Fire Division of The Plant Protection Department, image 005: photographic print

Date

1942-12-03

Description

Visiting fire chiefs and equipment, Henderson, NV. (Plant Protection Dept., Fire Division) (4-22-42)

Image

Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority program calendar

Date

2003-12 to 2004-12

Description

From the Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Incorporated, Theta Theta Omega Chapter Records (MS-01014) -- Chapter records file.

Text

Report on Las Vegas water situation from F. H. Knickerbocker (Los Angeles) to W. M. Jeffers, April 4, 1936

Date

1936-04-04

Archival Collection

Description

Comparisons of water supply and use in Las Vegas with future projections. Document compares data on water consumption in 1931 and 1935. Link to Bracken's letter referred to in this document is in the references field.

Text

Ascaya development before homes, Henderson, Nevada: digital photograph

Date

2017-06-13

Description

Carved into the McCullough Mountain range in Henderson, Nevada, Ascaya is a custom luxury home development within the City of Henderson. The project's infrastructure was built completely with materials mined on site and all major improvements were installed prior to beginning sales.

Image

Detailed valuation of water facilities in Las Vegas under terms of Contract Audit No. 7322, March 30, 1929.

Date

1938-09-22

Archival Collection

Description

Detail of valuation of facilities at Las Vegas, Nevada in connection with charges for water furnished the Las Vegas Land and Water company.

Text

Anna and Jo Pitney Personal Papers

Identifier

MS-01117

Abstract

The Anna and Jo Pitney Personal Papers are comprised of materials documenting the lives of Anna J. Pitney and her wife, Jo Pitney, a long-time Las Vegas lesbian couple. They were together since 1955 and traveled together often. The collectionIt includes correspondence, news clippings, photographs and photograph albums, travel notes, and a memoir of their lives written by Jo.

Archival Collection

Baratz, Adele

Adele Baratz (née Salton) was born in New Jersey on August 11, 1926 and her family moved to Las Vegas, Nevada when she was two years old. Her father sold bootlegger supplies and later owned and operated Al’s Bar, a popular place to drink among Union Pacific Railroad workers. For two summers, Baratz worked as a messenger and in the rationing department of the Gunnery School at the Las Vegas Army Airfield.

Person