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The "Vegas Strong" heart sculpture at the Las Vegas Community Healing Garden, looking south in Las Vegas, Nevada: digital photograph

Date

2019-04-07

Description

Following the October 1, 2017 killing of 58 people at the Route 91 Harvest Music Festival on the Las Vegas Strip, the Las Vegas community responded in a variety of ways. Envisioned by activists and built by volunteers, the City of Las Vegas established the Las Vegas Community Healing Garden at 1015 S. Casino Center Boulevard to honor the victims and give family members and the community a place to gather to remember.

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"Las Vegas: the American Way to Play" promotional video for Las Vegas

Date

1988

Description

Voiceover explains the varied and many amenities of visiting Las Vegas; including the new McCarran International Airport, clips of entertainment and nightlife, gambling, dining options, outdoor activities, local shopping malls (Meadows, Boulevard, Fashion Show); Wet 'n Wild water park; sports including boxing, golf, tennis, Thomas & Mack event opportunities, Laughlin, Nev.; the Las Vegas Convention Center and Cashman field center; discusses the monorail system under construction, and how Las Vegas is the premier convention and resort town. Original media U-matic S, color, aspect ratio 4 x 3, frame size 720 x 486. From the Production Company Audiovisual Collection (MS-00930) -- Digitized audiovisual material file.

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Las Vegas Gay Pride Festival in Las Vegas, Nevada: photographic prints

Date

1994-06-05

Description

From the Las Vegas Bugle Photograph Collection on Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender History (PH-00336). Las Vegas Gay Pride Festival - June 5, 1994.

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Squatters -Las Vegas Land and Water Company Property, Las Vegas

Date

1929 to 1941

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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Las Vegas Gay Pride Festival in Las Vegas, Nevada: photographic prints

Date

1994-06-05

Description

From the Las Vegas Bugle Photograph Collection on Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender History (PH-00336). Las vegas Gay Pride Festival - June 5, 1994. Images including Kenny Kerr, Las Vegas Mayor Jan Jones, Ann Occhi. Some ID's on back of photos;

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Las Vegas Rotary Club Historical Data

Date

1949 to 1950

Archival Collection

Description

Historical data for the Las Vegas Rotary Club. Chartered March 15, 1923. Signed by Leonard Fayle, President (1949-1950) and Allye Lawson, Secretary. On the back of the page are handwritten notes about the members.

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Photograph of Las Vegas Station, Las Vegas, 1920s

Date

1920 to 1929

Description

Black and white photograph of early view of the Las Vegas Station.

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35 Years of Rotary in Las Vegas, 1923-1958

Date

1958

Archival Collection

Description

A history of the Las Vegas Rotary Club. 1923-1958

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Photograph of Las Vegas Chamber of Commerce billboard, Las Vegas, 1950s-1960s

Date

1950 to 1969

Description

Two unidentified men posing beside a Las Vegas Chamber of Commerce billboard on Highway 91, now the Las Vegas Strip, in Las Vegas, Nevada. The billboard reads: "It takes 2 - your chamber of commerce, and you, to produce prosperity and progress."

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Photograph of Las Vegas Review-Journal, Las Vegas, Nevada, 1955

Date

1955

Description

Golden Anniversary layout of Las Vegas Review-Journal, 1955. Florence Lee Jones on the left and "Chick" Perkins on the right.

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