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Las Vegas News Bureau Photograph Collection
Identifier
PH-00049
Abstract
The Las Vegas News Bureau Photograph Collection consists of black-and-white and color photographic prints, negatives, and slides depicting Las Vegas, Nevada from approximately 1940 to 1989. The images primarily depict hotels on the Strip in Las Vegas, Nevada, including Caesars Palace Las Vegas Hotel and Casino, the Flamingo Hotel & Casino, and the Desert Inn Hotel and Casino. Also included are images of the convention center in Las Vegas and Cashman Field, as well images of entertainers performing on the Las Vegas Strip. The collection consists entirely of photographic reproductions.
Archival Collection
Photograph of Las Vegas Oil Co. employees, Las Vegas, 1930
Date
1930
Archival Collection
Description
Employees of the Las Vegas Oil Company posing for a picture in front of their oil rig.
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Photograph of Las Vegas residential area, Las Vegas, circa 1911.
Date
1911
Archival Collection
Description
View of residential areas in Las Vegas, Nevada with a water tank and houses visible.
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Photograph of Hotel Las Vegas, Las Vegas (Nev.), 1905-1920
Date
1905 to 1920
Archival Collection
Description
Tent hotel, Hotel Las Vegas, established by Charles "Pop" Squires in 1905.
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Photograph of Vegas Heights Elementary School, Las Vegas, circa 1940s
Date
1940 to 1949
Archival Collection
Description
A group of pre-school children dressed in costume for Halloween standing in front of one of two portable buildings added to the Vegas Heights Elementary School in Las Vegas, Nevada. The newly-added portable is the building to the left.
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