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UNLV's Team Las Vegas Solar Decathlon group preps DesertSol for transportation September 19-20, 2013 at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas: digital photographs

Date

2013-09-19

Description

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

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Street map of the city of Las Vegas, 1955

Date

1955

Description

20 x 35 cm., folded to 22 x 11 cm. Copyright held by Redwood Pub. Co. "Compliments of 'Buck' Evans 76 Union"--Panel. Index on verso. Includes table of mileages to Las Vegas from other cities in the Southwest. Original publisher: Redwood Publishing Co., Scale: .

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Photograph of Eglington or Las Vegas Ranch, Las Vegas, circa early 1900s

Date

1905 to 1939

Description

Black and white image of a well at a ranch (it may be Eglington Ranch or Las Vegas Ranch). Transcribed text from back of photograph: "I don't suppose that you ever saw this or a picture of it."

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David Fluke Papers on Las Vegas Entertainers

Identifier

MS-00304

Abstract

The David Fluke Papers on Las Vegas Entertainers consists of the notebooks of David Fluke, a Las Vegas, Nevada resident whose hobby was documenting entertainers and shows on the Las Vegas Strip from 1946 to 1981. His notebooks feature handwritten lists of entertainers' show dates and lounge acts, and include dates for the Las Vegas debuts of numerous performers. The collection also contains celebrity trivia and biographical sketches of various Las Vegas entertainers.

Archival Collection

Film transparency of Fremont Street and the Las Vegas Club, Las Vegas, circa late 1940s

Date

1945 to 1949

Archival Collection

Description

A nighttime view of Fremont Street in downtown Las Vegas with the Las Vegas Club in the foreground.

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A hand painted stone featuring a crying angel at the Las Vegas Community Healing Garden, looking north-northwest 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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Hand painted stones with victims' names and decorations at the Las Vegas Community Healing Garden, looking south-southeast 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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North Las Vegas Library District Records

Identifier

MS-00649

Abstract

The North Las Vegas Library District records (1959-2006) contain awards and commendations, events, scrapbooks, a diary and photographs relating to the building of the library, budgets, grants, and documents about the expansion project. Also included are four over-sized posters and three large floor plans, two for the garage and one library interior plan.

Archival Collection

Photograph of assembly of the neon sign in front of the Las Vegas Club (Las Vegas), 1948

Date

1948

Description

Workers assemble the vertical neon sign in front of the Las Vegas Club while people pass underneath.
Site Name: Las Vegas Club
Address: 18 East Fremont Street

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Photograph of metal framework for the neon sign for the Las Vegas Club (Las Vegas), 1948

Date

1948

Description

Framework for the Las Vegas Club Sign on Fremont Street. The back of the Pioneer Club sign is seen in the background.
Site Name: Las Vegas Club
Address: 18 East Fremont Street

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