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Photograph of the Grand Canyon, circa late 1930s
Date
1935 to 1939
Archival Collection
Description
The view of the Colorado River in its rocky home of Grand Canyon. Located in Arizona, the Grand Canyon was carved by erosion from the Colorado River, which resultantly left the canyon an estimated 277 miles long, a mile deep, and up to 18 miles wide. Today, about two billion years of geological history has been exposed at the canyon.
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CityCenter, Veer Towers, The Cosmopolitan and The Rio All-Suites, Las Vegas, Nevada: digital photograph
Date
2017-05-08
Archival Collection
Description
CityCenter, Veer Towers, and The Cosmopolitan hotel and casino on the Las Vegas Strip as seen from the 32nd floor of the Monte Carlo hotel and casino. Casino design has undergone different patterns over the years as illustrated by The Rio All-Suites hotel and casino, seen in background left. CityCenter opened in 2009 while the Rio opened in 1990.
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Pedestrian overpass on the Las Vegas Strip, Las Vegas, Nevada: digital photograph
Date
2017-02-28
Archival Collection
Description
Providing security and access to both automobile and pedestrian traffic is handled differently along Las Vegas Boulevard and has changed over the years on the Strip. First installed in the 1990s, the pedestrian overpass has become commonplace and provides flow across the Strip without bringing automobile traffic to a standstill. This one connects Planet Hollywood and Cosmopolitan hotel and casinos.
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Pedestrian overpass on the Las Vegas Strip, Las Vegas, Nevada: digital photograph
Date
2017-02-28
Archival Collection
Description
Providing security and access to both automobile and pedestrian traffic is handled differently along Las Vegas Boulevard and has changed over the years on the Strip. First installed in the 1990s, the pedestrian overpass has become commonplace and provides flow across the Strip without bringing automobile traffic to a standstill. This one connects Planet Hollywood and Cosmopolitan hotel and casinos.
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Pedestrian overpass on the Las Vegas Strip, Las Vegas, Nevada: digital photograph
Date
2017-02-28
Archival Collection
Description
Providing security and access to both automobile and pedestrian traffic is handled differently along Las Vegas Boulevard and has changed over the years on the Strip. First installed in the 1990s, the pedestrian overpass has become commonplace and provides flow across the Strip without bringing automobile traffic to a standstill. This one connects Planet Hollywood and Cosmopolitan hotel and casinos.
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Pedestrian overpass on the Las Vegas Strip, Las Vegas, Nevada: digital photograph
Date
2017-02-28
Archival Collection
Description
Providing security and access to both automobile and pedestrian traffic is handled differently along Las Vegas Boulevard and has changed over the years on the Strip. First installed in the 1990s, the pedestrian overpass has become commonplace and provides flow across the Strip without bringing automobile traffic to a standstill. This one connects Planet Hollywood and Cosmopolitan hotel and casinos.
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Pedestrian overpass on the Las Vegas Strip, Las Vegas, Nevada: digital photograph
Date
2017-02-28
Archival Collection
Description
Providing security and access to both automobile and pedestrian traffic is handled differently along Las Vegas Boulevard and has changed over the years on the Strip. First installed in the 1990s, the pedestrian overpass has become commonplace and provides flow across the Strip without bringing automobile traffic to a standstill. This one connects Planet Hollywood and Cosmopolitan hotel and casinos.
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Pedestrian overpass on the Las Vegas Strip, Las Vegas, Nevada: digital photograph
Date
2017-02-28
Archival Collection
Description
Providing security and access to both automobile and pedestrian traffic is handled differently along Las Vegas Boulevard and has changed over the years on the Strip. First installed in the 1990s, the pedestrian overpass has become commonplace and provides flow across the Strip without bringing automobile traffic to a standstill. This one connects Planet Hollywood and Cosmopolitan hotel and casinos.
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Pedestrian and automobile traffic on the Las Vegas Strip, Las Vegas, Nevada: digital photograph
Date
2017-02-28
Archival Collection
Description
Providing security and access to both automobile and pedestrian traffic is handled differently along Las Vegas Boulevard and has changed over the years on the Strip. Since large casino properties, like Planet Hollywood as seen here, have done away with traditional sidewalks in an effort to entice tourist into their casinos, certain public access areas have been created.
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Pedestrian traffic on Las Vegas Boulevard, Las Vegas, Nevada: digital photograph
Date
2017-04-12
Archival Collection
Description
Tourists cross Las Vegas Boulevard on the pedestrian overpass connecting the Treasure Island and the Venetian Hotel and Casinos. Overpasses like this have become a popular way of keeping tourists safe and traffic flowing on the Strip, but their expense and footprint make them difficult for all locations. Moving pedestrians along the Strip safely has become a major effort over the years.
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