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Map of Las Vegas Valley area, 1969

Date

1969

Description

'Featuring Las Vegas ... North Las Vegas ... Paradise Valley.' '1969 edition - revised' -- top of map. Original publisher: Front-Boy Service Co. 1969 ed. Scale [ca. 1:79,200]. 'Copyright - Russell A. Meador, 1968.' Front panel title: 'Front Boy's official 1969 edition street map.' Indexes on map verso. 'Walt Choik, editor, Front Boy Maps' -- back panel.

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Satellite image map of the Las Vegas Valley, 1981

Date

1981

Description

'1981. Experimental edition 36114-A1-SI-250.' Scale 1:250,000 ; Transverse Mercator proj. (W 116°--W 114°/N 37°--N 36°). Series: Western United States 1:250,000. Western United States 1:250,000 ; NJ 11-12. Filing title: Las Vegas, Nev.; Ariz.; Calif. 'Imagery recorded with Multispectral Scanner (MSS) on NASA Landsat-3.' Includes image coverage diagram. Separate map on verso: Las Vegas / prepared by the U.S. Army Topographic Command ; revised by the U.S. Geological Survey 1969. Ed. 5. Washington, D.C. : Geological Survey, 1976, NJ 11-12 in the series Western United States 1:250,000. United States Geological Survey

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Sundown/sunset on the Las Vegas Strip made July 8, 2014 in Las Vegas: digital photographs

Date

2014-07-08

Description

Photographs from the University of Nevada, Las Vegas Creative Services Records (2010s) (PH-00388-05). Client: Boyd School of Law

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Las Vegas Valley map, Clark County, Nevada, June 1958

Date

1958

Description

'Compiled 1954. First revision - June 1958.' 'Area extends 9 miles north, 11 miles south, and 3 miles east, 3 miles west city limits of Las Vegas.' Original publisher: Campbell Realty. Scale [ca. 1:60,000. 1 in. to approx. 5,000 ft.]. Cadastral map. Hand-drawn red line around some sections on map.

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Photograph of a rodeo, Las Vegas, Nevada, July 4, 1910

Date

1910-07-04

Description

Description included with photograph: "Vegas 1910 RR Station July 4, Rodeo' [Big building is the Hotel Nevada, Fremont and Main Street]"

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Photograph of old timers, Las Vegas, July 4, 1943

Date

1943-07-04

Description

Description given with photograph: "Old timers. Las Vegas. Harry and Lollie Jameson, Gloria and Harry Jr., Alice Johnson (Ladd), Pauline and Betty Marie Tisdale (sic), Elma Leland (center). July 4, 1943."

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Map of downtown Las Vegas, Nevada, circa 1952-1955

Date

1952 to 1955

Description

Title in upper left and right margins: Las Vegas, Nevada. Identifies business tenants in the downtown area and includes property valuations, measurements, addresses, etc. Cadastral map. Oriented with north to the lower right.Text, illustrations, aerial photos, and ancillary map of the Las Vegas Strip on verso. Cataloger has determined date of map to be between 1952 and 1955 because the Sahara and the Sands Casinos are shown on the verso of the map, and they both opened in 1952, but the Riviera and the Dunes opened in 1955, and they are not shown on the map. Also, the Hotel Last Frontier is shown on the verso of the map, and its name was changed to New Frontier in 1955. Note: Many of the property names and addresses are erroneous when compared to Las Vegas business directories from the same period.

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Map of Clark's Las Vegas Townsite, May 8, 1905

Date

1905-05-08

Description

'Book 1, Page 37.' 'Dated: May 8th, 1905.' Subtitle: 'Being a sub-division of parts of the W.1/2 and the W.1/2 of the N.E.1/4 of Section 34 and the S.1/2 of the S.W.1/4 of Section 27 T.20 S.R. 61 E, Mount Diablo Base and Meridian, Lincoln County, Nevada. A Plat map. Blueline print. Scale [ca. 1:2,400]. 1 in. to 200 feet.

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The Wheel of Rotary Las Vegas Rotary Club newsletter, July 28, 1949

Date

1949-07-28

Archival Collection

Description

Newsletter issued by the Las Vegas Rotary Club

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Map of the city of Las Vegas, North Las Vegas, the "Strip", 1957

Date

1957

Description

35 x 50 cm., folded to 22 x 10 cm. 1958 edition. Copyright held by Robert E. Barringer. Panel title: Welcome map, greater Las Vegas area and scenic routes to and from there. "The Raele McCoy Co." Map is irregularly shaped. Index on verso. Includes advertisements for Las Vegas businesses and notes. Birdseye-view map The Las Vegas area : wonderland of the West : on the Old Spanish Trail; advertisements and helpful information on Las Vegas on verso. "1958 edition." Original publisher: Redwood Publishing Co..

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