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The Wheel Las Vegas Rotary Club newsletter, November 14, 1974
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Las Vegas schoolhouse, Las Vegas, Nevada: photographic print
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The Wheel Las Vegas Rotary Club newsletter, June 19, 1975
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"Las Vegas: Snapshots of History" Photograph Collection
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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
Photograph of the installation of a neon sign for El Rancho Vegas (Las Vegas), 1941
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Archival Collection
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View of workers assembling a neon sign for the El Rancho Vegas on the east side of Las Vegas Boulevard across from the complex.
Site Name: El Rancho Vegas
Address: 2500 Las Vegas Boulevard South
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Photograph of Las Vegas High School Rhythmettes, Las Vegas, circa 1953
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Photograph of the cocktail lounge at the El Rancho Vegas (Las Vegas), circa 1953
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Site Name: El Rancho Vegas
Address: 2500 Las Vegas Boulevard South
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Film transparency of the Las Vegas Fort ruins, Las Vegas, 1930
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Photograph of Las Vegas Pharmacy, Las Vegas, circa early 1900s
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Hand painted stones at the Las Vegas Community Healing Garden, looking north-northeast in Las Vegas, Nevada: digital photograph
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Archival Collection
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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. Envisioned by activists and built by volunteers, the City of Las Vegas established the Las Vegas Community Healing Garden at 1015 S. Casino Center Boulevard to honor the victims and give family members and the community a place to gather to remember.
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