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A sidewalk leads to the North Las Vegas City Hall, looking north in North Las Vegas, Nevada: digital photograph

Date

2019-02-06

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 Las Vegas Boulevard and Lake Mead Boulevard.

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Map of Las Vegas Valley, Clark County, Nevada, October 1, 1940

Date

1940-10-01

Description

'Compiled by C.D. Baker, Civil Engineer, State Water Right Surveyor, Mineral Surveyor, Gen. Land Office, Las Vegas, Clark County, Nevada. Oct. 1, 1940.' Yellow lines show boundary of the proposed water district; green lines show boundary of the city of Las Vegas; red line shows the Union Pacific Railroad route.

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Photograph of Fremont Street, Las Vegas, 1928

Date

1928

Description

Fremont Street , 1928 (Las Vegas Garage owned by Down)

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Proposal for 1987 and beyond: a future look to Downtown Las Vegas, February 1, 1987

Date

1987

Description

Overview of a master development plan for the City of Las Vegas from 1987.

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Las Vegas Real Estate and Property Deeds, including the Las Vegas Improvement Company, and Las Vegas Trading Company, 1905-1911

Level of Description

File

Archival Collection

Charles P. and Delphine Squires Papers
To request this item in person:
Collection Number: MS-00009
Collection Name: Charles P. and Delphine Squires Papers
Box/Folder: Box 01

Archival Component

Newspaper clipping, Campaign started to complete signatures for Water District, Las Vegas Review-Journal, May 19, 1948

Date

1948-05-19

Archival Collection

Description

Story about a campaign to collect enough signatures to call an election for a vote on the creation of a water district for the Las Vegas valley.

Text

University of Nevada, Las Vegas University Libraries Records

Identifier

UA-00051

Abstract

The University of Nevada, Las Vegas University Libraries Records include reports, subject files, administrative files, communication, and planning records from the James R. Dickinson Library and Lied Library from 1959 to 2025.

Archival Collection

UNLV Libraries Collection on the Las Vegas Paiute Tribe

Identifier

MS-00961

Abstract

The UNLV Libraries Collection on the Las Vegas Paiute Tribe (approximately 1974-1990) contain oral history transcripts of Paiute community members from approximately 1974 to 1977 and reproductions of Bureau of Indian Affairs correspondence, legal documents, annual reports, and census information regarding the area formerly known as the Las Vegas Indian Colony located in Las Vegas, Nevada. The documents contain information about the original transfer of property ownership from Helen J. Stewart to the United States, who acted on behalf of the Paiute people in 1911, the establishment of the original site location, and annual reports which include a narrative about the community, census information, and health reports of the population living in the area. The collection contains no original documents.

Archival Collection

Photograph of the North Las Vegas Chamber of Commerce's float entry in a parade, North Las Vegas, Nevada, May 6, 1968

Date

1968-05-06

Description

Chamber of Commerce float entry in the North Las Vergas Parade, North Las Vegas, Nevada, May 6, 1968. A Chevron gas station and a Sizzler restaurant are visible in the background.

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Cityscape of 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)

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