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Photograph of Eva Adams, Las Vegas, 1977

Date

1977

Description

A portrait of Eva Adams as part of the Las Vegas Sun series on librarians. She was the director of the U.S. Mint under President Kennedy. Her first job was as a teacher at Las Vegas High School, 1930, where she was the librarian.

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Eagle Nightclub in Las Vegas, Nevada: photographic prints

Date

1995

Description

From the Las Vegas Bugle Photograph Collection on Lesbian, Gay, and Bisexual, and Transgender History (PH-00336). Eagle (nightclub) - 3430 E. Tropicana, LV. (1995). Includes Mark Baysa, John Smith (bartender). Images of customers.

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Photograph of Grace Hayes and Bess Rosenberg, Las Vegas (Nev.)

Description

From left to right: an unidentified woman, Grace Hayes, and Bess Rosenberg at a Christmas event in Las Vegas, Nevada.

Photograph of members of the Las Vegas, Nevada, Rotary Club, 1959

Date

1959

Archival Collection

Description

Members of the Las Vegas, Nevada, Rotary Club. Richard "Dick" Ronzone is seen second from the right.

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Slide of Caesars Palace, Las Vegas, 1986

Date

1986

Description

The night view of the colorful Caesars Palace in Las Vegas, Nevada. Located at 3570 Las Vegas Boulevard South, Caesars Palace is a luxury hotel and casino constructed by cabana motel owner Jay Sarno and was opened in 1966.

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Photograph of an Oldsmobile Limited, Las Vegas, 1910

Date

1910

Description

The side view of the 1910 Oldsmobile Limited for the automobile business in Las Vegas, Nevada.

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Las Vegas Wash Regional Trail at Cheyenne Peaking Basin in North Las Vegas, Nevada: digital photograph

Date

2018-11-27

Description

From the UNLV University Libraries Photographs of the Development of the Las Vegas Valley, Nevada (PH-00394). Part of the collection documents the entire 19 mile length of the north/south Eastern Avenue / Civic Center Drive alignment. This photograph was captured in the section of Civic Center Drive between Alexander Road and Cheyenne Avenue.

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Las Vegas, Nevada Women's Softball Collection

Identifier

MS-01120

Abstract

The Las Vegas, Nevada Women's Softball Collection (1951-1952) contains photographic prints and negatives depicting a southern Nevada women's softball team. The team was sponsored by Wilson's Texaco Station in Boulder City, Nevada, and the women played in regional games in both southern California and southern Nevada. Photographs in the collection show the team practicing at Peterson Field in Boulder City, and celebrating and spending time together at the Mt. Charleston Lodge. The collection also contains copies of personal accounts written by team member Orpha Alveta Bowman (McBride), who recalls the prejudice some of the lesbian members faced from local community members. The originals of these handwritten accounts are held in MS-01099.

Archival Collection

Sean Clark Collection of Las Vegas Entertainment Ephemera

Identifier

MS-01104

Abstract

The Sean Clark Collection of Las Vegas Entertainment Ephemera (approximately 1940-2004) contains a variety of material relating to different eras of Las Vegas, Nevada entertainment. Included in the collection are newspapers about the 2004 re-release of Howard Hughes' "Two Arabian Nights" film, and draft articles about 1960s entertainment leaders Jack Entratter and George Sidney. Also included in the collection are original photographs of Corinne Sidney with Jack Entratter and others in the 1960s, and Sidney's father's political advertisements that show her as a young girl. A newspaper clipping about Edthye and Lloyd Katz, a 1979 ShoWest award to the couple, and a Huntridge Theater poster document the couple's work in the entertainment industry in the 1960s and 1970s.

Archival Collection

LVLWC Las Vegas decision on water rate increase (2 of 2)

Date

1951

Archival Collection

Description

Series 2. Las Vegas Land and Water Company -- General Manager, Manager of Properties, and Manager of Industrial Development in Los Angeles, California -- Industrial Development Subject Files

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