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Postcard of the Las Vegas Depot, Las Vegas (Nev.), 1900-1925

Date

1900 to 1925

Description

Wilson Drug Company postcard.
Caption: The Depot, Last Vegas, Nevada; Las Vegas Railroad Depot; Union Pacific Railroad Depot, Las Vegas, Nevada
Site Name: Las Vegas Depot (Las Vegas, Nev.)

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A Vegas Strong sign sits near the Welcome to Las Vegas sign as part of the 1 October memorial, 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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Photograph of the Las Vegas Rotary Club, Las Vegas, circa mid 1900s

Date

1940 to 1969

Description

The view of Las Vegas Men's Groups the Rotary Club in Las Vegas, Nevada. Handwritten on the back of the image: "1-left- James Cashman, C.S. Wengert, Walter R. Bracken, W.E. Ferron, O.K. Adcock, S.J. Lawson."

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The Las Vegas Strip from above, Las Vegas, Nevada: digital photograph

Date

2017-05-18

Description

The intersection of the Las Vegas Strip and Harmon Avenue, as seen from a balcony at The Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas.

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The Las Vegas Strip from above, Las Vegas, Nevada: digital photograph

Date

2017-05-18

Description

View of the east side of the Las Vegas Strip as seen from a balcony at The Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas.

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UNLV Women's Soccer team poses at the Welcome to Las Vegas sign August 8, 2014 in Las Vegas: digital photographs

Date

2014-08-08

Description

Photographs from the University of Nevada, Las Vegas Creative Services Records (2010s) (PH-00388-05). Client: Athletics, Sports Information

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Photograph of the interior of the Las Vegas Club, Las Vegas, circa 1930s

Date

1930 to 1939

Description

A partial interior view of the crowded Las Vegas Club in Las Vegas, Nevada.

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Photographs of Las Vegas Club signs, Las Vegas (Nev.), June 24, 2016

Date

2016-06-24 to 2017-09-02

Description

The permanently closed Las Vegas Club Casino sits at 18 Fremont Street at the Fremont Street Experience. Information about the sign is available in the Southern Nevada Neon Survery Data Sheet.
Site name: Las Vegas Club (Las Vegas, Nev.)
Site address: 18 Fremont St
Sign owner: Las Vegas Club
Sign details: The Las Vegas Club originally opened on the opposite side of Fremont than it is today in the 1930's. It held one of the first few Neon signs on Fremont which was installed around ca.1930. In 1949 the Las Vegas Club reopened in its new location on Main and Fremont Street, and once held a large Baseball Hall of Fame. It has closed down in 2015 and demolition of the building began in 2017.
Sign condition: 4- Signage was working well and still had bright paint before the building had undergone demolition
Sign form: Pylon and architectural
Sign-specific description: They convey sports themes throughout their signs. There was a bronze-type sculptural baseball player. Large Neon and incandescent sign that wrapped around the whole building. Though above each entrance there is a plain graphic lettering with neon surrounding the letters.
Sign - type of display: Neon and Incandescent
Sign - media: Steel and bronze-type material (baseball player)
Sign - non-neon treatments: Sculptural element and incandescent
Sign animation: Flasher for incandescent
Sign environment: This location is on the north corner of Main and Fremont St. It is just north of the Golden Gate and across the street from the Plaza. It also had the Golden Goose, Glitter Gulch and Mermaids to the East of it.
Sign manufacturer: YESCO
Sign designer: Brian "Buzz" Lemming
Sign - date of installation: Circa 1960's
Sign - thematic influences: They convey sports/baseball themes within their signage which showcases the theme of their Baseball Hall of Fame.
Survey - research locations: Neon Museum Tour Hand book, Vintage Vegas http://vintagelasvegas.com/search/Las+Vegas+Club Images, Charles Barnard The Magic Sign.
Survey - research notes: The original Las Vegas Club in the 1930's had the tallest tallest sign in downtown Las Vegas until it was superseded by the Lucky Casino sign about a decade later.
Surveyor: Wyatt Currie-Diamond
Survey - date completed: 2017-09-02
Sign keywords: Architectural; Steel; Sculptural; Incandescent; Flashing; Neon; Bullnose

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Las Vegas Boulevard at dusk, Las Vegas, Nevada: digital photograph

Date

2017-04-12

Description

A buss travels on a busy part of Las Vegas Boulevard near Spring Mountain Road.

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Above the Las Vegas Strip, Las Vegas, Nevada: digital photograph

Date

2016-03-23

Description

South end of the Strip near Las Vegas Boulevard and Tropicana Avenue from the air.

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