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A woman pauses while looking at items left at the 1 October memorial located at the Welcome to Las Vegas sign, looking north-northwest in Las Vegas, Nevada: digital photograph

Date

2017-10-18

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. This series of photographs document the impromptu memorial created at the Welcome to Las Vegas sign.

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Various casinos and hotels along Las Vegas Strip in Las Vegas, Nevada: photographic slide

Date

1964 (year approximate) to 1990 (year approximate)

Description

From the Las Vegas: Snapshots of History Photograph Collection (PH-00425). Stardust Resort and Casino, Circus Circus Las Vegas, Sahara Hotel and Casino, Silverbird Casino and Riviera Casino (identified from left to right).

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Las Vegas Gourmet Tour: correspondence

Date

1965

Description

Series XVI. Conventions

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Las Vegas Land and Water Company - Report of R.G. Greene, Geologist, regarding water situation in Las Vegas Valley (2 of 2)

Date

1910 to 1949

Archival Collection

Description

Series 2. Las Vegas Land and Water Company -- Walter Bracken and the Las Vegas, Nevada Office -- Water Company

Mixed Content

Faces Nightclub in Las Vegas, Nevada: photographic prints

Date

1995

Description

From the Las Vegas Bugle Photograph Collection on Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender History (PH-00336). Faces (nightclub) - 701 E. Stewart Ave., Las Vegas. (1995) Four images;

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Slide of neon signs on Las Vegas Boulevard at night, Las Vegas, Nevada, circa 1980s

Date

1980 to 1989

Description

View of the Las Vegas Strip at night, featuring neon signs for the Frontier (showing Siegfried and Roy in "Beyond Belief"), the Riviera, Silver City, the El Rancho, the Stardust and the Sahara hotels. Site Name: Las Vegas Boulevard

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Photograph of Jake Friedman and Dan Dailey during the filming of "Meet Me in Las Vegas," Las Vegas, Nevada, circa 1955-1956

Date

1955 to 1956

Description

Jake Friedman, co-owner of the Sands Hotel (left), shakes hands with actor Dan Dailey during the filming of the motion picture "Meet Me In Las Vegas," which was filmed primarily at the Sands.

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Photograph of the Las Vegas Volunteer Fire Department, Las Vegas, early to mid 1900s

Date

1900 to 1950

Description

A group photo of the Las Vegas Volunteer Fire Department in Las Vegas, Nevada. Description provided with image: "Top row, l-r: Jimmy (Jimmie?) Downs, Ray Nealy, Roy Neagle (Nagley?), Shorty Debrink, Harry Jameson, Leon Rockwell, Harold Case, Earl Rockwell (self), Percy Shellenberger, Archie Mellot, Jimmy Adams, Henry Kampling, Gene Parks, Tom Lake, Bill Trelease, Horace Taylor."

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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. Although pedestrian overpasses provide a safe way to cross the Strip, the many entrances and exits from casinos have created the need for crosswalks that delay traffic along the tourist corridor. Here tourists and traffic use the same space between the entrances to the Linq project and the Caesars Palace property.

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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. Although pedestrian overpasses provide a safe way to cross the Strip, the many entrances and exits from casinos have created the need for crosswalks that delay traffic along the tourist corridor. Here tourists and traffic use the same space between the entrances to the Linq project and the Caesars Palace property.

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