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Requests from Residents and Business Owners to City Officials of Las Vegas, Nevada

Identifier

MS-00049

Abstract

The Requests from Residents and Business Owners to City Officials of Las Vegas, Nevada (1940) consist of formal petitions which were filed with the City of Las Vegas Clerk, and letters to the Mayor and City Commissioners dating from February 1, 1940 to December 4, 1940. The petitions, including one from the Westside Improvement Association, requested infrastructure improvements and zoning restrictions, while others criticized city government actions related to maintenance of public areas and inaction on previous petitions. Additional requests addressed commercial and residential zoning enforcement and clarification regarding new construction.

Archival Collection

Photograph of Howard Hughes next to an airplane and surrounded by crowds at Houston Airport, Texas, July, 30, 1938

Date

1938-07-30

Description

Howard Hughes (in hat) surrounded by crowd at Houston Airport, Houston, Texas.

Image

Postcard of Virginia City, Nevada, circa 1900s-1920s

Date

1900 to 1929

Description

A picture postcard of Virginia City, Nevada covered in snow. A message is written on the back stating that "there has been $700-000-000 gold and silver taken out of this camp."

Image

Senators Stephen Young and Howard Cannon inspect missiles and other aerospace weapons at the World Congress of Flight, Las Vegas, Nevada: photographic print

Date

1959-04-12 (approximate) to 1959-04-19 (approximate)

Description

From the Howard Cannon Photograph Collection (PH-00192)

Image

Senators Stephen Young and Howard Cannon inspect missiles and other aerospace weapons at the World Congress of Flight, Las Vegas, Nevada: photographic print

Date

1959-04-12 (approximate) to 1959-04-19 (approximate)

Description

From the Howard Cannon Photograph Collection (PH-00192)

Image

New Year's celebration 1885, menu, Revere House

Date

1905-02-27

Archival Collection

Description

Menu insert: Quotations; Poems Restaurant: Revere House Location: Springfield, Illinois, United States

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New Year's Day 1891, menu, Hotel Phelps

Date

1891-01-01

Archival Collection

Description

Note: Cover is embossed with illustration of an Elizabethan troubadour playing a stringed instrument, on a horse, beneath a balcony; additional embossed floral motif; menu edges are scalloped Restaurant: Hotel Phelps Location: Greenville, Michigan, United States

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New Year's 1905, dinner menu, Hotel Clegg

Date

1905-01-01

Archival Collection

Description

Note: Cover has illustration of maple leaves. Menu is bound with green cord. Two short poems are included Menu insert: Poems Restaurant: Hotel Clegg Location: Greensboro, North Carolina, United States

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New Year's Day 1889, menu, National Hotel

Date

1889-01-01

Archival Collection

Description

Note: Cover features illustration of a pixie (or elf with wings) carrying a steaming dish on a tray. Menu has scalloped edges Restaurant: National Hotel Location: Peoria, Illinois, United States

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Christmas and New Year menu, 1883-1884, The Ballingall

Date

1883 to 1884

Archival Collection

Description

Note: Light blue fringe along on border of menu Menu insert: Spirits lists; Wine lists; Quotations Restaurant: The Ballingall Location: Ottumwa, Iowa, United States

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