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Las Vegas Ranch and Las Vegas Fort photographs, approximately 1890-1940

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Scope and Contents

The Las Vegas Ranch and Las Vegas Fort photographs depict the Las Vegas Ranch (also known as the Stewart Ranch) and the Las Vegas Fort (also known as the Old Mormon Fort) from approximately 1900 to 1940. The land around the Stewart Ranch and the Las Vegas Fort eventually became the town site for the city of Las Vegas, Nevada. The photographs include the fort, houses at the Stewart Ranch, the orchard, and Las Vegas Creek. The items described include photographic prints and negatives; items listed are photographic prints unless otherwise specified.

Archival Collection

Helen J. Stewart Photographs
To request this item in person:
Collection Number: PH-00104
Collection Name: Helen J. Stewart Photographs
Box/Folder: N/A

Archival Component

"Welcome to Fabulous Las Vegas" sign located in Las Vegas, Nevada: photographic print

Date

1969 to 1970

Description

From the UNLV Libraries Single Item Accession Photograph Collection (PH-00171). The sign is located on the Las Vegas "Strip".

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Las Vegas Courthouse, Las Vegas, Nevada: photographic print

Date

1900 (year approximate) to 1999 (year approximate)

Description

From the UNLV Libraries Single Item Accession Photograph Collection (PH-00171)

Image

Photograph of El Rancho Vegas hotel, Las Vegas (Nev.), circa 1960

Date

1959 to 1961

Description

Outside view of El Rancho Vegas hotel and casino. Site Name: El Rancho Hotel (Las Vegas, Nev.)

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Photograph of Manpower Las Vegas 50th anniversary event,Las Vegas, Nevada, April 09, 2015

Date

2015-04-09

Description

Freed's Bakery's Anthony Fusco, right, delivers a cake to the Manpower Las Vegas' 50th anniversary celebration at its downtown Las Vegas headquarters.

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Casino Projects on the Las Vegas Strip from the Air, Las Vegas, Nevada: digital photograph

Date

2016-03-23

Description

Stalled resort construction and a future demolition project cluster along Las Vegas Boulevard generally between Desert Inn and Sahara. Construction on the Fountainbleau (tall blue building, right) ceased in 2009, while Boyd Gaming's Echelon Project stopped construction on former Stardust site back in 2008. That project was revived as the Resorts World Las Vegas. The Las Vegas Visitors and Convention Authority has scheduled the demolition of the Riviera Hotel and Casino for in summer 2016 to make way for a convention center expansion.

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Video, Las Vegas Senior Lifeline, Jewish Federation of Las Vegas and Channel 3, 2006

Date

2006-04-11

Archival Collection

Description

Studio-produced segment from Channel 3 (Las Vegas, Nev.) with Beth Fisher about the senior and retiree population in Las Vegas, and the Senior Lifeline program of the UJC-Jewish Federation. Senior Lifeline provides services such as meal delivery, home services, and installation of safety devices.

Moving Image

Interection of Las Vegas Strip at Flamingo Road at night, Las Vegas, Nevada: digital photograph

Date

2017-06-03

Description

Traffic lights blur in this long exposure photograph of the Las Vegas Boulevard and Flamingo Road intersection as see from Caesars Palace.

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Window washers on a Las Vegas Strip pedestrian walkway, Las Vegas, Nevada: digital photograph

Date

2016-11-08

Description

Window washers clean the glass on a pedestrian walkway between Planet Hollywood and the Cosmopolitan hotel and casinos above the Las Vegas Strip.

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Photograph of Mayor James Seastrand, Las Vegas, 1982

Date

1982

Description

A portrait of Las Vegas Mayor James Seastrand in North Las Vegas, Nevada.

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