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The Wheel of Rotary Las Vegas Rotary Club newsletter, December 23, 1954

Date

1954-12-23

Archival Collection

Description

Official publication of Las Vegas, Nevada Rotary Club

Text

Las Vegas Review-Journal Photograph Collection

Identifier

PH-00050

Abstract

The Las Vegas Review-Journal Photograph Collection depicts several events in Las Vegas, Nevada from 1935 to 1983 that were documented by Nevada’s largest newspaper, the Las Vegas Review-Journal. The photographs depict the fire at the Las Vegas School in 1935, the fire at the MGM Grand Hotel and Casino in 1980, an exhibition at the Lost City Museum in 1973, a memorial event honoring the first permanent school in Las Vegas in 1980, and an exhibition at the Nevada State Museum and Historical Society in 1983. The collection also contains photographs of some denizens of Las Vegas, including people at the Hughes Bar in Las Vegas, the last Union Pacific passenger train in Las Vegas, and schoolchildren at the Las Vegas School.

Archival Collection

Letter from Walter R. Bracken (Las Vegas) to Mr. Will Wittwer (Las Vegas Ranch), May 5, 1938

Date

1938-05-05

Archival Collection

Description

Responding to complaints that water from a spring located on the Las Vegas ranch property had been contaminated, directions were given to repair and protect the spring.

Text

Construction cranes at Circa Las Vegas tower, in Las Vegas, Nevada: digital photograph

Date

2020-02-11

Description

Photographed as part of the UNLV Special Collections and Archives' Building Las Vegas collecting initiative started in 2016. This photo is part of a series documenting ongoing construction work at Circa Las Vegas, the first new casino built on Fremont Street since the 1970s.

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Letter from Franz A. Maroshek (Las Vegas) to J. M. Murphy (Las Vegas), February 18, 1948

Date

1948-02-18

Archival Collection

Description

The County Health Department called on the City Manager to enforce Ordinance 76 to prevent the use of effluent to irrigate land that was used to raise dairy cattle on the Las Vegas Ranch.

Text

Hotels on the Las Vegas Strip, Las Vegas, Nevada for reference for "Vegas Vanitas" series, 1999

Level of Description

File

Archival Collection

Robert Beckmann Photographs
To request this item in person:
Collection Number: PH-00381
Collection Name: Robert Beckmann Photographs
Box/Folder: Box 09

Archival Component

Negative: Las Vegas Fort and Las Vegas Creek, Las Vegas, approximately 1900-1940

Level of Description

File

Archival Collection

Helen J. Stewart Photographs
To request this item in person:
Collection Number: PH-00104
Collection Name: Helen J. Stewart Photographs
Box/Folder: Folder 02

Archival Component

Pedestrians in front of Las Vegas High School, Las Vegas, Nevada: digital photograph

Date

2017-09-28

Description

Pedestrians cross Tree Line Drive at East Sahara Avenue in front of Las Vegas High School.

Image

Storm clouds over Las Vegas Strip, Las Vegas, Nevada: digital photograph

Date

2016-12-16

Description

Storm clouds hover ominously above the Las Vegas Strip obscuring the Spring Mountain range to the west.

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Storm clouds over Las Vegas Strip, Las Vegas, Nevada: digital photograph

Date

2016-12-16

Description

Storm clouds hover ominously above the Las Vegas Strip obscuring the Spring Mountain range to the west.

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