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The Las Vegas Strip from above, Las Vegas, Nevada: digital photograph

Date

2017-05-18

Description

View of the Las Vegas Strip's epicenter as seen from a balcony at The Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas.

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The Las Vegas Strip from above, Las Vegas, Nevada: digital photograph

Date

2017-05-18

Description

View of the Las Vegas Strip in the daytime, as seen from a balcony at The Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas.

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Letter from Walter R. Bracken (Las Vegas) to H. C. Mann (Las Vegas) regarding Las Vegas water supply, June 9, 1938

Date

1938-06-09

Archival Collection

Description

Las Vegas was just entering the hottest part of the year and well No. 1 had dropped off production considerably.

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Aerial view overlooking Las Vegas Boulevard in Las Vegas, Nevada: photographic prints

Date

1960 (year approximate) to 1966 (year approximate)

Description

From the Las Vegas: Snapshots of History Photograph Collection (PH-00425). The Dunes Hotel, The Bonanza, Caesars Palace, Flamingo Las Vegas, Sage and Sand Motel, the Sands Hotel and Casino, and Frontier (from south to north).

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The Wheel Las Vegas Rotary Club newsletter, 1960s-1970s

Date

1967 to 1979

Archival Collection

Description

Newsletter issued by the Las Vegas Rotary Club

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The Wheel Las Vegas Rotary Club newsletter, 1960s-1970s

Date

1960 to 1979

Archival Collection

Description

Newsletter issued by the Las Vegas Rotary Club

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Photograph of Las Vegas High School, Las Vegas, 1930

Date

1930

Description

Las Vegas High School constructed in 1930. Physical object has an insert containing additional biographical information.

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Postcard of the El Rancho Vegas, Las Vegas, circa 1940s-1950s

Date

1941 to 1955

Archival Collection

Description

An image of the pool at the El Rancho Vegas with the description, "If you wish to keep cool, take a swim in the pool of Hotel El Rancho Vegas. Western America's Finest. Las Vegas, Nevada."

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Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority Records

Identifier

MS-00687

Abstract

The Las Vegas Convention and Visitor Authority Records (1973-2007) contain memorandums written by Rossi Rallenkotter, the Vice President of the Authority's marketing division to Las Vegas hotel sales and travel directors. The memorandums provide monthly visitor statistics. The collection also includes information on riverboat gambling legislation and the capacities of function/meeting rooms in various Las Vegas hotels. Also included are LVCVA marketing plans and bulletins.

Archival Collection

Photograph of the new keno lounge at the Las Vegas Hilton (Las Vegas), circa 1975

Date

1973 to 1977

Description

New keno lounge in the expanded Las Vegas Hilton. Stamped on original: "Las Vegas News Bureau. Las Vegas - Nevada Convention Center, 31238 Don English. Jerry Abbott. Joe Buck. Milt Palmer. Wolf Wergin. Gary Angell. Tony King. Jim Borrup. Lee McDonald. Herb Herpolsheimer." The International Hotel was built in 1968 and became the Las Vegas Hilton in 1971.
Site Name: International Hotel
Address: 3000 Paradise Road

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