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Brochure, Pioneer Trail of West Las Vegas community

Date

2006

Description

Brochure highlights and maps historic points of interest in West Las Vegas.

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Photograph of an orchard on the Las Vegas Ranch, Las Vegas (Nev.), 1900-1925

Date

1900 to 1925

Description

Site Name: Las Vegas Ranch (Las Vegas, Nev.)

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The "Vegas Strong" heart sculpture and other decorations along the walkway at the Las Vegas Community Healing Garden, looking east in Las Vegas, Nevada: digital photograph

Date

2019-03-04

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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Junior League of Las Vegas Photograph Collection

Identifier

PH-00097

Abstract

The Junior League of Las Vegas Photograph Collection contains photographic prints and negatives, as well as postcards of locations in and around Las Vegas, Nevada between approximately 1900 and 1980. Early photographs in the collection offer views of the Las Vegas townsite, buildings, railroads, the Las Vegas High School, Overland Hotel, Arizona Club, and residential areas. Other photographs during this time depict the Hoover Dam (Boulder Dam) construction and Death Valley, California. Later photographs show the University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV) campus, downtown Las Vegas, and the Las Vegas Strip.

Archival Collection

Las Vegas schoolhouse, Las Vegas, Nevada: photographic print

Date

1905

Description

From the Elizabeth Harrington Photograph Collection (PH-00291). Inscription with image reads: "First Las Vegas School, southwest corner of Second and Lewis Streets. 1905."

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Photographs of Hollywood Park, Las Vegas, circa 1960s

Date

1960 to 1969

Description

The Hollywood Park building, part of the Sands Hotel complex in Las Vegas, Nevada.

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Comments on photograph of downtown Las Vegas, Las Vegas (Nev.), 1962

Date

1962-06-23

Description

Comments on the photograph of downtown Las Vegas written by Don Dobson.

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Photograph of filming of "Meet Me in Las Vegas," Sands Hotel, Las Vegas, Nevada, circa 1955-1956

Date

1955 to 1956

Description

Filming of the motion picture "Meet Me in Las Vegas" by the Sands Hotel swimming pool. Handwritten on back of photograph: "Pasternak, Lee Standfield." Joe Pasternak was the film's producer.

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Photograph of the dining room of the Las Vegas Ranch, Las Vegas (Nev.), 1907

Date

1907

Archival Collection

Description

Dining room of Las Vegas Ranch (Stewart Ranch).
Site Name: Las Vegas Ranch (Las Vegas, Nev.)

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Photograph of Las Vegas residential areas, Las Vegas, circa 1911.

Date

1911

Description

View of residential area in Las Vegas, Nevada with houses and trees.

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