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Rainbow over Las Vegas Strip, Las Vegas, Nevada: digital photograph

Date

2016-12-16

Description

An early morning rainbow appears above the Las Vegas Strip.

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Rainbow over Las Vegas Strip, Las Vegas, Nevada: digital photograph

Date

2016-12-16

Description

An early morning rainbow appears above the Las Vegas Strip.

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Rainbow over Las Vegas Strip, Las Vegas, Nevada: digital photograph

Date

2016-12-16

Description

An early morning rainbow appears above the Las Vegas Strip.

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Weather over the Las Vegas Strip, Las Vegas, Nevada: digital photograph

Date

2016-12-16

Description

An early morning rainbow appears above the Las Vegas Strip.

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Photograph of the students and faculty at Las Vegas School, Las Vegas (Nev.), 1917

Date

1917

Description

Students and teachers at Las Vegas school. People identified in the photo include: Bay Syphus, Barbara Bell, Frank Caughlin, Tommy Loan, Han Clark, Mr. Mays (teacher), Mr. Street (teacher), Ray Cragin, Butch Nelson, Otto "Kelly" Westlake, Bob Robbins, Zona Pollock, Iona Jurben, Ruth Boyd, Bessie DuPew, Lola Ball, Glenn Trout, Miss Winters (teacher).

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Las Vegas, Nevada - shop facilities

Date

1935 to 1936

Archival Collection

Description

Series 2. Las Vegas Land and Water Company -- Walter Bracken and the Las Vegas, Nevada Office -- Water Company

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Photograph of Las Vegas School students, Las Vegas, Nevada, 1910

Date

1910

Archival Collection

Description

A class portrait at the Las Vegas School in Las Vegas, Nevada. The teacher is Mrs. Boohauer. Harold Stocker is the 3rd from the left in the back row. The last girl on the right is Quay Hughes Powers.

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Las Vegas, Nevada - retirement of Lots 3 and 4

Date

1934

Archival Collection

Description

Series 2. Las Vegas Land and Water Company -- Walter Bracken and the Las Vegas, Nevada Office -- Water Company

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Photographs of Las Vegas Club signs, Las Vegas (Nev.), June 24, 2016

Date

2016-06-24 to 2017-09-02

Description

The permanently closed Las Vegas Club Casino sits at 18 Fremont Street at the Fremont Street Experience. Information about the sign is available in the Southern Nevada Neon Survery Data Sheet.
Site name: Las Vegas Club (Las Vegas, Nev.)
Site address: 18 Fremont St
Sign owner: Las Vegas Club
Sign details: The Las Vegas Club originally opened on the opposite side of Fremont than it is today in the 1930's. It held one of the first few Neon signs on Fremont which was installed around ca.1930. In 1949 the Las Vegas Club reopened in its new location on Main and Fremont Street, and once held a large Baseball Hall of Fame. It has closed down in 2015 and demolition of the building began in 2017.
Sign condition: 4- Signage was working well and still had bright paint before the building had undergone demolition
Sign form: Pylon and architectural
Sign-specific description: They convey sports themes throughout their signs. There was a bronze-type sculptural baseball player. Large Neon and incandescent sign that wrapped around the whole building. Though above each entrance there is a plain graphic lettering with neon surrounding the letters.
Sign - type of display: Neon and Incandescent
Sign - media: Steel and bronze-type material (baseball player)
Sign - non-neon treatments: Sculptural element and incandescent
Sign animation: Flasher for incandescent
Sign environment: This location is on the north corner of Main and Fremont St. It is just north of the Golden Gate and across the street from the Plaza. It also had the Golden Goose, Glitter Gulch and Mermaids to the East of it.
Sign manufacturer: YESCO
Sign designer: Brian "Buzz" Lemming
Sign - date of installation: Circa 1960's
Sign - thematic influences: They convey sports/baseball themes within their signage which showcases the theme of their Baseball Hall of Fame.
Survey - research locations: Neon Museum Tour Hand book, Vintage Vegas http://vintagelasvegas.com/search/Las+Vegas+Club Images, Charles Barnard The Magic Sign.
Survey - research notes: The original Las Vegas Club in the 1930's had the tallest tallest sign in downtown Las Vegas until it was superseded by the Lucky Casino sign about a decade later.
Surveyor: Wyatt Currie-Diamond
Survey - date completed: 2017-09-02
Sign keywords: Architectural; Steel; Sculptural; Incandescent; Flashing; Neon; Bullnose

Mixed Content

Photograph of the Las Vegas Grammar School class, Las Vegas (Nev.), 1931

Date

1931

Description

The Las Vegas Grammar School class posed together for a photograph in front of the school. Site Name: Las Vegas Grammar School (Las Vegas, Nev.)

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