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Las Vegas City Commission Records

Identifier

MS-00237

Abstract

The Las Vegas City Commission Records (1911-1960) is comprised of bound and unbound materials from the original Las Vegas City Commission. Twelve of the bound volumes are minutes that served as the official record of the proceedings of all Las Vegas City Commission meetings from 1911-1960. There are also three volumes of City of Las Vegas ordinances dating from 1911 to 1958, one volume of legal documents from 1944-1945 and two large volumes containing an alphabetical subject index to the topics covered in the minutes. Unbound materials cover the period 1921 to 1946 and include minutes, resolutions, ordinances, correspondence, financial records, proclamations and other documents related to city business. They provide a valuable historical record of a wide variety of business and community activities in Las Vegas in the first fifty years of its incorporation.

Archival Collection

Herbert F. York lecture recording, 2005 October 12

Level of Description

Item

Archival Collection

Nevada Test Site Oral History Project Records
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Collection Number: MS-00818
Collection Name: Nevada Test Site Oral History Project Records
Box/Folder: Digital File 01

Archival Component

Photograph of Maude Frazier Hall, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, circa 1980s

Date

1980 to 1989

Description

The exterior of the Maude Frazier Hall.

Image

T-Shirt Color: Navy Blue; Front: In Memory Of Our Fallen Brother PO Stephen Driscoll, City Of New York Police 17482, Police Officer Badge; Back: The Other Twin Towers Of New York, Fire Fighter And Police Officer Standing In Place Of Twin Towers, NYC Burning, approximately 2001-2012

Level of Description

File

Archival Collection

New York-New York Hotel and Casino 9-11 Heroes Tribute Collection
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Collection Number: MS-00459
Collection Name: New York-New York Hotel and Casino 9-11 Heroes Tribute Collection
Box/Folder: Box 331

Archival Component

Slide of the neon sign for the Crystal Palace Gambling Hall, Laughlin, Nevada, 1986

Date

1986

Description

A color image of the neon sign for the Crystal Palace Gambling Hall. Site Name: Crystal Palace Gambling Hall (Laughlin, Nev.)

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Photograph of Howard Hughes and crew at a parade, New York, July 15, 1938

Date

1938-07-15

Description

Description printed photograph's accompanying sheet of paper: "They also flew! New York City--- Heroes yesterday, spectators today. Standing obscurely on the sidelines while New York acclaimed Howard Hughes and his four companions with a typical ticker-tape parade up Broadway, were two men respective aeronautical feats also set the world agog. Second from left is Capt. J. Erroll Boyd, who flew from Toronto, Can, to London in 1930. On that flight he had as his companion and navigator Harry P. M. Connor, who served in the same capacity on the Hughes flight. Beside Boyd, (smoking cigarette) is Roger Q. Williams, who, in 1929, flew from Old Orchard Beach, ME, to Rome. Credit Line (ACME) 7/15/38 (FULL)"

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Biography of Maxine Brown written by Epic Records (New York), June 17-19, 1968

Date

1968-06-12

Description

A biography of musician Maxine Brown written by Epic Records in New York and given to the Sands Hotel in Las Vegas, Nevada for the Epic Records National Sales Convention. This two-page biography examines Brown's upbringing in her church choir in Kingstree, South Carolina to her hit singles and performances in notable clubs in New York City.

Mixed Content

An exterior view of the Silver Slipper Gambling Hall: photographic film

Date

1960 (year approximate) to 1986 (year approximate)

Description

An exterior view of the Silver Slipper Gambling Hall. A "Welcome Hunters" sign is visible above the main entrance. The Silver Slipper was a casino in Paradise, Nevada that operated from September 1950 to November 29, 1988. The building was designed by architect Martin Stern, Jr. Opened in 1950, the casino was built on the grounds of the Last Frontier Village[1] of the Hotel Last Frontier, and was originally named the Golden Slipper Saloon and Gambling Hall. The owner originally wanted to call it the Silver Slipper, but there already was an existing establishment with that name. The problem was solved when that small operation was purchased and closed, and the Golden Slipper became the Silver Slipper. The casino was known for its rotating slipper that sat atop the casino. In 2009, the Silver Slipper sign was restored and is now part of a display of vintage signs in the median along Las Vegas Boulevard North.

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