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Las Vegas, Nevada - City of Las Vegas, 1942

Level of Description

File

Archival Collection

Union Pacific Railroad Collection
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Collection Number: MS-00397
Collection Name: Union Pacific Railroad Collection
Box/Folder: Box 30

Archival Component

Photographs of Las Vegas Hostel sign, Las Vegas (Nev.), March 3, 2017

Date

2017-03-03
2017-09-09

Description

The Las Vegas Hostel sign sits at 1322 East Fremont Street in Downtown Las Vegas. Information about the sign is available in the Southern Nevada Neon Survey Sheet.
Site address: 1322 E Fremont St
Sign owner: Downtown Lodging LLC
Sign details: This building was originally constructed in 1973 for commercial living accommodations and motel purposes. Previous to the Las Vegas Hostel opening in late 2014/early 2015 it was USA hostel whom used the sign box that the Las Vegas Hostel currently uses today. They have 38 rooms of different variety and 158 beds as a cheaper option that the hotels. They also offer packages to do tours of surrounding places such and the Grand Canyon and the Hoover Dam. They also claim to be the only Hostel in Las Vegas with a pool.
Sign condition: 4.5- The sign box was recently repainted and the plastic portion of this sign is relatively new and both still are in good condition
Sign form: Pylon
Sign-specific description: This sign has a reddish/pink steel beam base. There are two sign boxes the top one is a rectangle shape and the bottom one is a oval-rectangular shape. Currently the top rectangle box does not have any signage in it but if it did it would be a plastic or steel sign that would be down lit by an LED spotlight. The bottom one has a plastic back lit sign with the hostel's logo. Their logo entails "Las Vegas Hostels" in modern bright colored block fonts. The "Las" letters are a bright orange, the "Vegas" letters are a magenta pink, and "Hostels" in a bright light blue.
Sign - type of display: Plastic Back lit sign
Sign - media: Steel and Plastic
Sign - non-neon treatments: LED and Plastic back lit signage
Sign environment: On the Intersection of East Fremont St and 14th street. A few blocks from the Fremont East District but is in a neighborhood with many different motels though many of them are currently closed
Sign - date of installation: The sign boxes have been up like this since at least 2007 but with different logos within the sign boxes
Sign - date of redesign/move: Late 2014/ early 2015 they repainted the beam and boxes of the sign and inserted the Las Vegas Hostel logo.
Sign - thematic influences: Since this sign was re-purposed and redesigned it shows how Vegas is constantly changing but can reuse old signs from previous properties.
Sign - artistic significance: The bright colors in the sign show that they are going for a modern vibe which works since they opened in the past few years and have events such as pool parties that appeal to the youth that comes through Vegas.
Survey - research locations: Las Vegas Hostel Website http://lasvegashostel.net/en_US/rooms/, Assessor's page, google maps satellite and roadside view
Surveyor: Emily Fellmer
Survey - date completed: 2017-09-09
Sign keywords: Plastic; Backlit; Steel; Pole sign

Mixed Content

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. Here tourist utilize a spacious sidewalk in front of the Paris Las Vegas hotel and casino as the Bellagio is seen in the background.

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Las Vegas Ranch, Las Vegas, Nevada, undated

Level of Description

File

Archival Collection

Ferron and Bracken Photograph Collection
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Collection Number: PH-00001
Collection Name: Ferron and Bracken Photograph Collection
Box/Folder: Oversized Box 10

Archival Component

Photograph of filming of "Viva Las Vegas," Sands Hotel, Las Vegas, Nevada, circa 1963-1964

Date

1963 to 1964

Description

A crowd watches nighttime filming of the motion picture "Viva Las Vegas" in a parking lot outside of the Sands Hotel.

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Photograph of the Las Vegas High School Spanish club, Las Vegas (Nev.), 1929

Date

1929

Description

The Spanish club at Las Vegas High School posed together for a group photograph. Accompanied by a hand written list of names of the participants of the club. Site Name: Las Vegas High School (Las Vegas, Nev.)

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The Wheel of Rotary Las Vegas Rotary Club newsletter, August 25, 1949

Date

1949-08-25

Archival Collection

Description

Newsletter issued by the Las Vegas Rotary Club

Text

Hazy Las Vegas skyline view, North Las Vegas, Nevada: digital photograph

Date

2016-10-18

Description

A view of the Las Vegas skyline on a hazy day as seen from the eastern end of East Charleston Road.

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A Canadian flag on a decoration with an American flag at the Las Vegas Community Healing Garden, looking north-northeast in Las Vegas, Nevada: digital photograph

Date

2019-03-04

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. Envisioned by activists and built by volunteers, the City of Las Vegas established the Las Vegas Community Healing Garden at 1015 S. Casino Center Boulevard to honor the victims and give family members and the community a place to gather to remember.

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Heart shaped tiles in front of the Remembrance Wall at the Las Vegas Community Healing Garden, looking east in Las Vegas, Nevada: digital photograph

Date

2019-04-07

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. Envisioned by activists and built by volunteers, the City of Las Vegas established the Las Vegas Community Healing Garden at 1015 S. Casino Center Boulevard to honor the victims and give family members and the community a place to gather to remember.

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