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Underground House of Las Vegas Collection

Identifier

MS-00594

Abstract

The Underground House of Las Vegas Collection (1964-2004) consists of newspaper clippings, magazine articles, books, photographic prints, and digital images detailing the construction and history of Girard "Jerry" B. Henderson’s "Underground House," a Las Vegas underground dwelling completed in 1978.

Archival Collection

Photograph of the UNLV campus, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, Las Vegas, October 4, 1991

Date

1991-10-04

Description

Views of the UNLV campus from the roof of the Rod Lee Bigelow Health Sciences (BHS) building during construction at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV).

Image

Photograph of the campus view, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, Las Vegas, October 4, 1991

Date

1991-10-04

Description

View of the UNLV campus from the roof of the Rod Lee Bigelow Health Sciences (BHS) building during construction at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV).

Image

Photograph of Mayor James Seastrand, Las Vegas, 1982

Date

1982

Description

A portrait of Las Vegas Mayor James Seastrand in North Las Vegas, Nevada.

Image

Pedestrian and automobile traffic on the Las Vegas Strip, Las Vegas, Nevada: digital photograph

Date

2017-02-28

Description

Providing security and access to both automobile and pedestrian traffic is handled differently along Las Vegas Boulevard and has changed over the years on the Strip. Since large casino properties, like Planet Hollywood as seen here, have done away with traditional sidewalks in an effort to entice tourist into their casinos, certain public access areas have been created.

Image

Looking south-southwest, the upper Las Vegas Wash connects with the Las Vegas Wash at I-15 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.

Image

Photograph of Las Vegas Review-Journal Page, Las Vegas (Nev.), January 23, 1941

Date

1941-01-23

Description

Las Vegas Evening Review-Journal page: "Vegas Air School Assured" headline, January 23, 1941.

Image

Photograph of Cornerstone ceremony, Las Vegas, 1976

Date

1976

Description

The Cornerstone ceremony for Artemus Ham Concert Hall & Juanita Greer White Hall at the University of Las Vegas, Nevada.

Image

The Resorts World Las Vegas project, looking west-northwest in Las Vegas, Nevada: digital photograph

Date

2020-02-06

Description

Photographed as part of the UNLV Special Collections and Archives' Building Las Vegas collecting initiative started in 2016. This photo series documents ongoing construction work at the Resorts World Las Vegas site.

Image

Cranes at the Resorts World Las Vegas project, looking west in Las Vegas, Nevada: digital photograph

Date

2020-02-06

Description

Photographed as part of the UNLV Special Collections and Archives' Building Las Vegas collecting initiative started in 2016. This photo series documents ongoing construction work at the Resorts World Las Vegas site.

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