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The "Vegas Strong" heart sculpture along the walkway at the Las Vegas Community Healing Garden, looking south-southeast in Las Vegas, Nevada: digital photograph

Date

2019-03-04

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. 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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Fountainbleau Las Vegas at Sunrise, Las Vegas, Nevada: digital photograph

Date

2016-02-06

Description

The dormant Fontainebleau Las Vegas as seen from the Fremont Street Experience parking garage in Las Vegas. The Fontainebleau was announced as the Las Vegas version of a classic Miami Beach hotel. Construction started in 2007, and stopped in 2009. In November of that year, financier Carl Ichan purchased the unfinished Fontainebleau out of bankruptcy. The following year, he sold off the fittings and furnishings purchased for the hotel. In late 2015, the Fontainebleau was listed as being for sale.

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Fountainbleau Las Vegas at Sunrise, Las Vegas, Nevada: digital photograph

Date

2016-02-06

Description

The dormant Fontainebleau Las Vegas as seen from the Fremont Street Experience parking garage in Las Vegas. The Fontainebleau was announced as the Las Vegas version of a classic Miami Beach hotel. Construction started in 2007, and stopped in 2009. In November of that year, financier Carl Ichan purchased the unfinished Fontainebleau out of bankruptcy. The following year, he sold off the fittings and furnishings purchased for the hotel. In late 2015, the Fontainebleau was listed as being for sale.

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Fountainbleau Las Vegas at Sunrise, Las Vegas, Nevada: digital photograph

Date

2016-02-06

Description

The dormant Fontainebleau Las Vegas as seen from the Fremont Street Experience parking garage in Las Vegas. The Fontainebleau was announced as the Las Vegas version of a classic Miami Beach hotel. Construction started in 2007, and stopped in 2009. In November of that year, financier Carl Ichan purchased the unfinished Fontainebleau out of bankruptcy. The following year, he sold off the fittings and furnishings purchased for the hotel. In late 2015, the Fontainebleau was listed as being for sale.

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Hand painted stones at the Las Vegas Community Healing Garden, looking northeast in Las Vegas, Nevada: digital photograph

Date

2019-03-04

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. 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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Joe Sanchez: "The Western Shoshone: Following Earth Mother's Instructions," Article submitted by Virginia Sanchez representing Citizen Alert and a a Western Shoshone at public meeting, 1990 December

Level of Description

File

Archival Collection

Environmental Radiation Protection Standards for Yucca Mountain, Nevada
To request this item in person:
Collection Number: MS-00603
Collection Name: Environmental Radiation Protection Standards for Yucca Mountain, Nevada
Box/Folder: Box 47

Archival Component

Letter from Robert E. Jones (Las Vegas) to Las Vegas Land and Water Company (Las Vegas), January 18, 1949

Date

1949-01-18

Archival Collection

Description

Las Vegas Valley Water District lawyers broaching the subject of purchasing the Las Vegas Land and Water Company

Text

Interior view of anode assembly building, showing graphite anode bars being assembled into units following pickling in phosphoric acid: photographic print, 1942 July 08

Level of Description

Item

Archival Collection

Basic Magnesium, Inc. (BMI) Records and Photographs
To request this item in person:
Collection Number: MS-00126
Collection Name: Basic Magnesium, Inc. (BMI) Records and Photographs
Box/Folder: Box 05

Archival Component

Photograph of Las Vegas Convention Center, Las Vegas, 1966

Date

1966

Description

An exterior view of the Las Vegas Convention Center in Las Vegas, Nevada.

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Fire fighters with the following printed description; government fire fighting equipment, Boulder City, and the driver of the truck is Robert Hewes in charge of fire detail, 1931 December 28

Level of Description

File

Archival Collection

Bureau of Reclamation Photographs of the Hoover Dam and Boulder City, Nevada
To request this item in person:
Collection Number: PH-00071
Collection Name: Bureau of Reclamation Photographs of the Hoover Dam and Boulder City, Nevada
Box/Folder: Folder 06 (Restrictions apply)

Archival Component