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Billboards near Las Vegas Strip, Las Vegas, Nevada: digital photograph

Date

2017-05-31

Description

Billboards advertise Downtown businesses near the north end of the Las Vegas Strip.

Image

"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

Film transparency of Las Vegas Fort, Las Vegas, Nevada, 1930

Date

1930

Description

Las Vegas Fort being renovated into a concrete testing laboratory for the Bureau of Reclamation, 1930.

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Aria Las Vegas tower, Las Vegas, Nevada: digital photograph

Date

2017-05-08

Description

The Aria tower as seen from the 32nd floor of the Monte Carlo hotel and casino. Design for Aria and the CityCenter project was a departure from contemporary casino resort property design popularized in Las Vegas.

Image

The Wheel of Rotary Las Vegas Rotary Club newsletter, December 16, 1954

Date

1954-12-16

Archival Collection

Description

Official publication of Las Vegas, Nevada Rotary Club

Text

Las Vegas schoolhouse, Las Vegas, Nevada: photographic print

Date

1905-09

Description

From the Elizabeth Harrington Photograph Collection (PH-00291). Teachers and stduents posed in front of school. Inscription with image reads: "First Las Vegas School, southwest corner Second (Casino Center Blvd.) and Lewis Streets. Sept. 1905."

Image

Photograph of Las Vegas High School Rhythmettes, Las Vegas, circa 1953

Date

1952 to 1954

Description

A group photo of the Las Vegas High School Rhythmettes, a precision dance and drill team, inside of the Las Vegas High School gym in Las Vegas, Nevada.

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The Wheel of Rotary Las Vegas Rotary Club newsletter, October 20, 1949

Date

1949-10-20

Archival Collection

Description

Newsletter issued by the Las Vegas Rotary Club

Text

Film transparency of the Las Vegas Fort ruins, Las Vegas, 1930

Date

1930

Description

Las Vegas Fort in ruins prior to renovation into a concrete testing laboratory for the Bureau of Reclamation, 1930.

Image

Photograph of Las Vegas Pharmacy, Las Vegas, circa early 1900s

Date

1906 to 1939

Description

Exterior view, "First Ferron Enterprise- Las Vegas Pharmacy." Shirley Swanson, 2-20-80

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