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Las Vegas City Commission Records

Identifier

MS-00237

Abstract

The Las Vegas City Commission Records (1911-1960) is comprised of bound and unbound materials from the original Las Vegas City Commission. Twelve of the bound volumes are minutes that served as the official record of the proceedings of all Las Vegas City Commission meetings from 1911-1960. There are also three volumes of City of Las Vegas ordinances dating from 1911 to 1958, one volume of legal documents from 1944-1945 and two large volumes containing an alphabetical subject index to the topics covered in the minutes. Unbound materials cover the period 1921 to 1946 and include minutes, resolutions, ordinances, correspondence, financial records, proclamations and other documents related to city business. They provide a valuable historical record of a wide variety of business and community activities in Las Vegas in the first fifty years of its incorporation.

Archival Collection

Film transparency of Las Vegas Fort, Las Vegas, Nevada, 1930

Date

1930

Description

Las Vegas Fort being renovated into a concrete testing laboratory for the Bureau of Reclamation, 1930.

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Letter from Joseph Irving (Las Vegas) to A. M. Folger (Las Vegas), February 27, 1948

Date

1948-02-27

Archival Collection

Description

Estimate for the drilling of a well on the Las Vegas Ranch.

Text

Photograph of Las Vegas High School Rhythmettes, Las Vegas, circa 1954

Date

1953 to 1955

Description

The Las Vegas High School Rhythmettes, a precision dance and drill team, in Las Vegas, Nevada.

Image

University of Nevada, Las Vegas #VegasStrong Banner

Identifier

UA-00077

Abstract

The University of Nevada, Las Vegas #VegasStrong Banner (2017) is comprised of a vinyl banner depicting a silhouette of the Las Vegas, Nevada skyline. The banner includes signatures and messages written by UNLV students in memory of the 2017 mass shooting in Las Vegas at the Route 91 Harvest music festival.

Archival Collection

Photograph of Las Vegas High School Rhythmettes practicing routines, Las Vegas, March 12, 1964

Date

1964-03-12

Description

Three of the Las Vegas High School Rhythmettes practice on the Las Vegas Convention Center lawn in Las Vegas, Nevada. They are demonstrating their fencing skills.

Image

Follow Me to Las Vegas Magazine

Date

1967-08

Description

Follow Me to Las Vegas, a magazine about art, entertainment, and popular culture in Las Vegas, Nevada. The magazine contains several print advertisements of local businesses and organizations. 

Mixed Content

Follow Me to Las Vegas Magazine

Date

1968-02

Description

Follow Me to Las Vegas, a magazine about art, entertainment, and popular culture in Las Vegas, Nevada. The magazine contains several print advertisements of local businesses and organizations. 

Mixed Content

Las Vegas News Bureau Photograph Collection

Identifier

PH-00049

Abstract

The Las Vegas News Bureau Photograph Collection consists of black-and-white and color photographic prints, negatives, and slides depicting Las Vegas, Nevada from approximately 1940 to 1989. The images primarily depict hotels on the Strip in Las Vegas, Nevada, including Caesars Palace Las Vegas Hotel and Casino, the Flamingo Hotel & Casino, and the Desert Inn Hotel and Casino. Also included are images of the convention center in Las Vegas and Cashman Field, as well images of entertainers performing on the Las Vegas Strip. The collection consists entirely of photographic reproductions.

Archival Collection

The Wheel of Rotary Las Vegas Rotary Club newsletter, July 7, 1949

Date

1949-07-07

Archival Collection

Description

Newsletter issued by the Las Vegas Rotary Club

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