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Photograph of courtyard area and outdoor swimming pool at the Flamingo Hotel (Las Vegas), circa 1940s

Date

1940 to 1949

Description

Guests sit in the courtyard area around an outdoor pool at the Flamingo Hotel in the 1940s.
Site Name: Flamingo Hotel and Casino
Address: 3555 Las Vegas Boulevard South

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Harrah's wall mounted sign, Reno, Nevada

Date

2020

Description

View of the hotel tower sign for Harrah's during the day.

219 N Center St, Reno, NV 89501


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Nevada Test Site sign: photographic slide

Date

1982

Description

From the Sister Klaryta Antoszewska Photograph Collection (PH-00352). The sign says, "YOU ARE NOW ENTERING NEVADA TEST SITE NO TRESPASSING BY ORDER OF THE UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY". 

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B-roll of Stardust and Sliver Slipper signs: video

Date

1981-06-24

Description

B-roll of unidentified neon lights and signs, Stardust and Silver Slipper signs at night. Original media U-matic S, color, aspect ratio 4 x 3, frame size 720 x 486. From The Production Company Audiovisual Collection (MS-00930) -- Digitized audiovisual material file.

Moving Image

Protestors with signs and crosses: photographic print

Date

1980 (year approximate) to 2000 (year approximate)

Description

Protestors with signs and crosses along the road to the Nevada Test Site circa 1980-1999.

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Dennis McBride LGBTQ Poster and Sign Collection

Identifier

MS-00842

Abstract

The Dennis McBride LGBTQ Poster and Sign Collection (1977-2018) contains posters and signs created by the Las Vegas, Nevada Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, and Queer/Questioning (LGBTQ) community, collected by historian Dennis McBride. These handmade and commercially printed signs cover events of particular interest to the Las Vegas, Nevada LGBTQ community, including social events, entertainment venues, political rallies, and Gay Pride events.

Archival Collection

Peppermill wall mounted sign, Reno, Nevada

Date

2016 (year approximate) to 2020 (year approximate)

Description

View of a wall mounted sign for the Peppermill at night with lit neon.

2707 S Virginia St, Reno, NV 89502


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Black Hole window sign, Reno, Nevada

Date

2019 (year approximate) to 2020 (year approximate)

Description

The window sign for Black Hole Body Piercing with lit neon reading "Black Hole."

912 S Virginia St, Reno, NV 89502


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Centre Motel mounted sign, Elko, Nevada

Date

2016 (year approximate) to 2020 (year approximate)

Description

View of the mounted sign for the Centre Motel in Elko during the day and at night.

475 3rd St, Elko, NV 89801


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Photographs of NASCAR Cafe signs, Las Vegas (Nev.), 2002

Date

2002

Description

Views of the NASCAR Cafe signs at dusk on the Strip. Information about the sign is available in the Southern Nevada Neon Survey Data Sheet.
Site name: Sahara Hotel and Casino (Las Vegas, Nev.)
Site address: 2535 S Las Vegas Blvd
Sign details: Located in Sahara casino's Sahara Ave. side
Sign condition: Structure 5 Surface 5 Lighting 5
Sign form: Fascia
Sign - type of display: Neon; Incandescent; Backlit
Sign - media: Steel; Plastic
Sign - non-neon treatments: Graphics; Paint
Sign animation: Chasing, flashing, oscillating
Sign manufacturer: Mikhon Lighting and Sign
Sign - date of installation: 2000
Surveyor: Joshua Cannaday
Survey - date completed: 2002
Sign keywords: Chasing; Flashing; Oscillating; Fascia; Neon; Incandescent; Backlit; Steel; Plastic; Graphics; Paint

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