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Street map of Las Vegas, North Las Vegas and vicinity, circa 1979

Date

1979

Description

Color; 88 x 73 cm., folded to 24 x 10 cm. "C6-87." Panel title: Las Vegas. Also shows Nellis Air Force Base. Indexes on verso. "Cartographic Department copyright 1979 by California State Automobile Association." Original publisher: California State Automobile Association. Cartographic Department. Scale: One kilometer = 5/8 mile

Image

Photograph of Las Vegas Ranch, Las Vegas, circa 1930s

Date

1930 to 1939

Description

Black and white image of a man with a pipe and umbrella walking down a road at the "Old Las Vegas Ranch." This picture was identified by Shirley Ferron Swanson on October 25, 1983. Site Name: Las Vegas Ranch (Las Vegas, Nev.)

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Map showing contemplated improvements to develop the Las Vegas Ranch at Las Vegas, Nevada

Date

1926-03-09

Description

Shows springs, Clark's Las Vegas Townsite, Buck's Addition, cemetery, and State Experimental Farm. Shows township and range lines. From the Union Pacific Collection. Written on the map: "Union Pacific System, Los Angeles & Salt Lake Railroad Co., Map showing contemplated improvements to develop the Las Vegas Ranch at Las Vegas, Nev. Scale 1" - 800" Dwg. No. 31171. Office of Asst. Chief Engr., L.A.&S.L.R.R. Los Angeles, Calif., March 9, 1926. Approved: "

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Las Vegas Review-Journal Photograph Collection

Identifier

PH-00050

Abstract

The Las Vegas Review-Journal Photograph Collection depicts several events in Las Vegas, Nevada from 1935 to 1983 that were documented by Nevada’s largest newspaper, the Las Vegas Review-Journal. The photographs depict the fire at the Las Vegas School in 1935, the fire at the MGM Grand Hotel and Casino in 1980, an exhibition at the Lost City Museum in 1973, a memorial event honoring the first permanent school in Las Vegas in 1980, and an exhibition at the Nevada State Museum and Historical Society in 1983. The collection also contains photographs of some denizens of Las Vegas, including people at the Hughes Bar in Las Vegas, the last Union Pacific passenger train in Las Vegas, and schoolchildren at the Las Vegas School.

Archival Collection