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Casino Projects on the Las Vegas Strip from the Air, Las Vegas, Nevada: digital photograph

Date

2016-03-23

Description

Stalled resort construction and a future demolition project cluster along Las Vegas Boulevard generally between Desert Inn and Sahara. Construction on the Fountainbleau (tall blue building, upper right) ceased in 2009, while Boyd Gaming's Echelon Project stopped construction on former Stardust site back in 2008 (left). That project was revived as the Resorts World Las Vegas. The Las Vegas Visitors and Convention Authority has scheduled the demolition of the Riviera Hotel and Casino for in summer 2016 to make way for a convention center expansion (small white buildings below Fountainbleau).

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Photograph of Las Vegas Grammar School Band, Las Vegas (Nev.), 1917-1918

Date

1917 to 1918

Archival Collection

Description

Group photo of the Las Vegas Grammar School band. There are several young individuals holding various types of instruments, and one child is holding the USA flag. There are several names written on the photograph, "Bodell, Bodell, Kelday, Don, B. Jamie, Wallett, Ed Van Daphne, Willams, Kelly, Roy Norquad, D. Schlyer". This photograph was taken sometime between 1917-1918. Site Name: Las Vegas Grammar School (Las Vegas, Nev.)

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Photograph of the Las Vegas High School Rhythmettes at Helldorado, Las Vegas, 1963

Date

1963

Description

Description provided with image: "Star formation is one of the hundreds of dance routines and figures the Las Vegas Rhythmettes learn while training for their revue. Here they are shown dancing on Fremont Street during the Helldorado celebration. (1963)."

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"Las Vegas: Snapshots of History" Photograph Collection

Identifier

PH-00425

Abstract

The "Las Vegas: Snapshots of History" Photograph Collection is comprised of photographic prints and slides as well as digital surrogates of photographic prints and ephemera representing architecture and events in Las Vegas, Nevada from approximately 1960 to 2017. Materials were donated by members of the Las Vegas community as part of a community scanning day sponsored by the National Endowment for the Humanities' Common Heritage grant. The majority of the collection documents landmarks in Las Vegas including the Stardust Resort and Casino, The Mint Las Vegas, Fremont Street, and the Desert Inn.

Archival Collection

A man looks over items left at the 1 October memorial located at the Welcome to Las Vegas sign, looking north-northwest in Las Vegas, Nevada: digital photograph

Date

2017-10-18

Description

Following the October 1, 2017 killing of 58 people at the Route 91 Harvest Music Festival on the Las Vegas Strip, the Las Vegas community responded in a variety of ways. This series of photographs document the impromptu memorial created at the Welcome to Las Vegas sign.

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Messages, left as part of the 1 October memorial, cover a utility box near the Welcome to Las Vegas sign, looking east in Las Vegas, Nevada: digital photograph

Date

2017-10-18

Description

Following the October 1, 2017 killing of 58 people at the Route 91 Harvest Music Festival on the Las Vegas Strip, the Las Vegas community responded in a variety of ways. This series of photographs document the impromptu memorial created at the Welcome to Las Vegas sign.

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Messages, left as part of the 1 October memorial, cover a utility box near the Welcome to Las Vegas sign, looking east in Las Vegas, Nevada: digital photograph

Date

2017-10-18

Description

Following the October 1, 2017 killing of 58 people at the Route 91 Harvest Music Festival on the Las Vegas Strip, the Las Vegas community responded in a variety of ways. This series of photographs document the impromptu memorial created at the Welcome to Las Vegas sign.

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Messages, left as part of the 1 October memorial, cover a utility box near the Welcome to Las Vegas sign, looking southeast in Las Vegas, Nevada: digital photograph

Date

2017-10-18

Description

Following the October 1, 2017 killing of 58 people at the Route 91 Harvest Music Festival on the Las Vegas Strip, the Las Vegas community responded in a variety of ways. This series of photographs document the impromptu memorial created at the Welcome to Las Vegas sign.

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Messages, left as part of the 1 October memorial, cover a light fixture at the Welcome to Las Vegas sign, looking south-southwest in Las Vegas, Nevada: digital photograph

Date

2017-10-18

Description

Following the October 1, 2017 killing of 58 people at the Route 91 Harvest Music Festival on the Las Vegas Strip, the Las Vegas community responded in a variety of ways. This series of photographs document the impromptu memorial created at the Welcome to Las Vegas sign.

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A woman reaches out and touches a cross at the 1 October memorial located at the Welcome to Las Vegas sign, looking west-northwest in Las Vegas, Nevada: digital photograph

Date

2017-10-06

Description

Following the October 1, 2017 killing of 58 people at the Route 91 Harvest Music Festival on the Las Vegas Strip, the Las Vegas community responded in a variety of ways. This series of photographs document the impromptu memorial created at the Welcome to Las Vegas sign.

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