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North Las Vegas City Hall is seen behind a residential neighborhood on Civic Center Drive in North Las Vegas, Nevada: digital photograph
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Archival Collection
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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 Cheyenne Avenue and Las Vegas Boulevard.
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Ken Uston/Atlantic City, undated
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Archival Collection
Collection Name: William R. Eadington Professional Papers
Box/Folder: Box 05, Box 08, Digital File 00
Archival Component
Howard Heckethorn oral history interview
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Oral history interview with Howard Heckethorn conducted by Richard Eitland on February 15, 1979 for the Ralph Roske Oral History Project on Early Las Vegas. Mr. Heckethorn describes going to school in the early days of Las Vegas, Nevada. He also talks about many notable teachers he had, as well as the development of the Las Vegas area. Heckethorn also discusses his arrival to Las Vegas, Nevada in 1930, and recalls the Old Mormon Fort, El Rancho, The Last Frontier, and the tourism that gambling brought to the city. Heckethorn discusses the 1960s, and the impact Howard Hughes had in the development of hotels and casinos.
Archival Collection
Hoover Dam and Boulder City: The Pioneer Experience Part 2 & 3 - Building Boulder City Nevada Humanities Committee and Boulder City Library, VHS tape, 1987 September
Level of Description
Archival Collection
Collection Name: Dennis McBride Personal Papers
Box/Folder: Box 43 (Restrictions apply), Digital File 00 (Restrictions apply)
Archival Component
Street map of the city of Las Vegas, 1955
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Photograph of a house, Carson City, Nevada, circa 1920s
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Archival Collection
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Photograph of a parade procession for Howard Hughes, New York, July 15, 1938
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Archival Collection
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