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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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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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Aerial photograph of part of the Las Vegas Valley, Las Vegas, Nevada, circa 1963

Date

1962 to 1964

Description

Aerial photograph of homes in North Las Vegas, Nevada near 25th Street (later Eastern Ave.) and Owens Ave.

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Water supply - Las Vegas

Date

1906 to 1956

Archival Collection

Description

Series 5. Law Department -- Alphabetical Files

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Las Vegas, Nevada LGBTQ Collection

Identifier

MS-00251

Abstract

The Las Vegas, Nevada Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, Transgender, and Queer/Questioning (LGBTQ) Collection documents the social and political activities of Las Vegas, Nevada's LGBTQ community from 1955 to 2020. The collection includes hundreds of newspaper articles about LGBTQ issues, ranging from AIDS to Nevada legislation. The collection also documents the presence of the LGBTQ community in Las Vegas, including material from gay bars, nightclubs, social clubs, advocacy and political organizations, entertainers, and student groups. Previously known as the Las Vegas Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, and Transgender Collection.

Archival Collection

Photograph of Christmas tree at North Las Vegas Library, North Las Vegas, December 8, 1975

Date

1975-12-08

Description

Trimming the Christmas tree at North Las Vegas Library.

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Photograph of children at North Las Vegas Library, North, Las Vegas, June 21, 1976

Date

1976-06-21

Description

Children listening to a story at North Las Vegas Library.

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