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Follow Me to Las Vegas Magazine

Date

1966-02

Description

Follow Me to Las Vegas, a magazine about art, entertainment, and popular culture in Las Vegas, Nevada. Entertainers and actors are featured in various articles and photographs. The magazine contains several print advertisements of local businesses and organizations.

Mixed Content

Follow Me to Las Vegas Magazine

Date

1966-12

Description

Follow Me to Las Vegas, a magazine about art, entertainment, and popular culture in Las Vegas, Nevada. Entertainers and actors are featured in various articles and photographs. The magazine contains several print advertisements of local businesses and organizations.

Mixed Content

Letter from Walter R. Bracken (Las Vegas) to William Wittwer Estate (Las Vegas), May 1, 1942

Date

1942-05-01

Archival Collection

Description

Bracken informs the Wittwer Estate that the spring near the Las Vegas Ranch is running again and needs to be covered and locked.

Text

Photograph of J. D. Kramer Baths and Las Vegas Hotel, Las Vegas, circa early 1900s

Date

1900 to 1929

Description

The J. D. Kramer Baths and Las Vegas Hotel on Fremont Street in Las Vegas, Nevada.

Image

Pedestrians at Las Vegas Boulevard at Bellagio Drive, Las Vegas, Nevada: digital photograph

Date

2017-06-03

Description

Tourists wait to cross Las Vegas Boulevard at Bellagio Drive. The intersection between the Bellagio and Paris Las Vegas and Planet Hollywood properties is one of the last remaining major street level walkways across the Las Vegas Strip. Most intersections feature pedestrian overpass structures to safely move tourists around the Strip.

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Photograph of filiming of "Meet Me in Las Vegas," Sands Hotel, Las Vegas, Nevada, circa 1955-1956

Date

1955 to 1956

Description

Filming of the motion picture "Meet Me in Las Vegas" at the Sands Hotel. Handwritten on back of photograph: "Tony Martin (L), Cyd Charisse." Martin and Charisse were married at the time and Martin had a cameo in the film.

Image

Photograph of Las Vegas Grammer School students, Las Vegas (Nev.), 1910-1912

Date

1910 to 1912

Archival Collection

Description

Students posed for a group photo outside the Las Vegas Grammer School. Site Name: Las Vegas Grammar School (Las Vegas, Nev.)

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Fountainbleau Las Vegas Sits Dormant, Las Vegas, Nevada: digital photograph

Date

2016-02-06

Description

The dormant Fontainebleau Las Vegas on the Strip as seen from the SLS Hotel and Casino valet. The Fontainebleau was announced as the Las Vegas version of a classic Miami Beach hotel. Construction started in 2007, and stopped in 2009. In November of that year, financier Carl Ichan purchased the unfinished Fontainebleau out of bankruptcy. The following year, he sold off the fittings and furnishings purchased for the hotel. In late 2015, the Fontainebleau was listed as being for sale.

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Las Vegas Stadium site pre-construction, Las Vegas, Nevada: digital photograph

Date

2017-05-10

Description

Drastic change is slated for the vacant land near the intersection of Polaris and West Hacienda Avenues. Planned as the future home of the Las Vegas Raiders, the site features close proximity to the Las Vegas Strip.

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Las Vegas Stadium site pre-construction, Las Vegas, Nevada: digital photograph

Date

2017-05-10

Description

Drastic change is slated for the vacant land near the intersection of West Hacienda and Aldebaran Avenues. Planned as the future home of the Las Vegas Raiders, the site features close proximity to the Las Vegas Strip.

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