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Tourists using overpass on the Las Vegas Strip, Las Vegas, Nevada: digital photograph

Date

2017-02-28

Description

Providing security and access to both automobile and pedestrian traffic is handled differently along Las Vegas Boulevard and has changed over the years on the Strip. First installed in the 1990s, the pedestrian overpass has become commonplace along the Las Vegas Strip. Here, a tourist rides an escalator near Caesar's Palace hotel and casino as cars await the light at Flamingo Road.

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Aerial views of Las Vegas Strip: video

Date

1989

Description

Aerial views of the Las Vegas Strip that starts in color and then shifts to black and white; includes views of MGM Grand, Vegas World, Sahara, Wet 'n Wild, Riveria, Circus Circus; switches back to color and the remainder is 360 views of the MGM Grand tower, marquee with Jubilee! sign, and neon signs during day and slowly fading into night shots. Original media 1 Inch SMPTE Type B, color, aspect ratio 4 x 3, frame size 720 x 486. From The Production Company Audiovisual Collection (MS-00930) -- Digitized audiovisual material file.

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Las Vegas High School Reunion Biography Collection

Identifier

MS-01021

Abstract

The Las Vegas High School Reunion Biography Collection (1983) consists of class rosters, biographies of graduates, and photocopies of original programs from the four graduating classes of 1933 to 1936. The information specific to each year is compiled into its own handmade scrapbook. The materials were created for the 50th reunion of the class of 1933, and the event also included the classes of 1934, 1935, and 1936.

Archival Collection

Photograph of Eglington or Las Vegas Ranch, Las Vegas, circa early 1900s

Date

1905 to 1939

Description

Black and white image of a well at a ranch (it may be Eglington Ranch or Las Vegas Ranch). Transcribed text from back of photograph: "I don't suppose that you ever saw this or a picture of it."

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Pedestrian traffic on Las Vegas Boulevard, Las Vegas, Nevada: digital photograph

Date

2017-04-12

Description

Tourists walk in the area near the Mirage Hotel and Casino as others cross Las Vegas Boulevard above traffic. Pedestrian overpasses have become a popular way of keeping tourists safe and traffic flowing on the Strip, but their expense and footprint make them difficult for all locations. Moving pedestrians along the Strip safely has become a major effort over the years.

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Pedestrian traffic on Las Vegas Boulevard, Las Vegas, Nevada: digital photograph

Date

2017-04-12

Description

Tourists walk in the area near the Mirage Hotel and Casino as others cross Las Vegas Boulevard above traffic. Pedestrian overpasses have become a popular way of keeping tourists safe and traffic flowing on the Strip, but their expense and footprint make them difficult for all locations. Moving pedestrians along the Strip safely has become a major effort over the years.

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Photograph of students at Las Vegas School, Las Vegas (Nev.), 1916

Date

1916

Archival Collection

Description

A picture of students posing outside of the Las Vegas School. Identified from left to right: 1. Iona Jurden 2. Ruth Boyd 3. Tusy Boyd of Highbie 4. Bess Dupuis 5. June Huff 6. Nona Harkins (Mrs.) 7. Lola Ball 8. Miss Britt 9. Ruth Norris 10. Glen Trout 11. Edward Hartsman 12. Prof. B. Street 13. Ray Cragin 14. Cecil Rowe 15. Herbert Burnside 16. Joe Jackson 17. Hon. R.R. Robertson, Jr. 18. Clarence Vandeventer 19. Sarah Peters 20. Verna Pollock 21. Verda Potter 22. Mildred Hinge 23. Zona Pollock 24. Ella Coughlin 25. Gladys Cyphus 26. Doris Cyphus 27. Fay Cyphus 28. Pauline Stephens 29. Eanis Liday 30. Rob Griffith 31. Hazel Potter 32. Alice Fell 33. Grace West (E.N.S.) 34. Helen Boyd 35. Barbara Bell 36. Daisy French 37. Alice Montgomery 38. Allison Moffet 39. Ida Brashaw 40. Miss Johnson 41. Miss Jackson 42. Irma Funk 43. Iona Summerville 44. Frank Coughlin 45. Thomas J. Loane, Jr. 46. Harold Clark 47. Gerald Nelson 48. Vernon Nutthall 49. Otto Westlake 50. Prof. J.F. Mojes 51. Beulah Booth 52. Margaret Wilson Site Name: Las Vegas High School (Las Vegas, Nev.)

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Las Vegas, Nevada - water facilities

Date

1951 to 1955

Archival Collection

Description

Series 2. Las Vegas Land and Water Company -- General Manager, Manager of Properties, and Manager of Industrial Development in Los Angeles, California -- Industrial Development Subject Files

Mixed Content

Las Vegas Valley, Henderson, Nevada

Date

2017-02-28

Description

The Las Vegas Valley as seen from the River Mountain bike path near the Old Vegas neighborhood of Henderson.

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Photograph of Las Vegas High School Rhythmettes performing, Las Vegas, circa late 1940s

Date

1945 to 1949

Description

The Las Vegas High School Rhythmettes performing during a football half-time show at Las Vegas High School in Las Vegas, Nevada.

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