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Letter from Las Vegas Land and Water Co. General Manager to C. W. Shelley (Las Vegas), July 7, 1950

Date

1950-07-07

Archival Collection

Description

Las Vegas Land and Water Co. requesting an invoice from the city to pay the money they owed for having two uniformed officers enforcing water restrictions for the summer.

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Casino Projects on the Las Vegas Strip from the Air, Las Vegas, Nevada: digital photograph

Date

2016-03-23

Description

Stalled resort construction and a future demolition project cluster along Las Vegas Boulevard generally between Desert Inn and Sahara. Construction on the Fountainbleau (tall blue building, right) ceased in 2009, while Boyd Gaming's Echelon Project stopped construction on former Stardust site back in 2008. That project was revived as the Resorts World Las Vegas. The Las Vegas Visitors and Convention Authority has scheduled the demolition of the Riviera Hotel and Casino for in summer 2016 to make way for a convention center expansion.

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Interection of Las Vegas Strip at Flamingo Road at night, Las Vegas, Nevada: digital photograph

Date

2017-06-03

Description

Traffic lights blur in this long exposure photograph of the Las Vegas Boulevard and Flamingo Road intersection as see from Caesars Palace.

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Window washers on a Las Vegas Strip pedestrian walkway, Las Vegas, Nevada: digital photograph

Date

2016-11-08

Description

Window washers clean the glass on a pedestrian walkway between Planet Hollywood and the Cosmopolitan hotel and casinos above the Las Vegas Strip.

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The Boulder Dam Las Vegas Rotary Club newsletter, March 10, 1927

Date

1927-03-10

Archival Collection

Description

Weekly newsletter issued by the Las Vegas Rotary Club

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Postcard showing the Round-up Room at the El Rancho Vegas (Las Vegas), after 1941

Date

1941 to 1949

Description

Interior of the showroom at the El Rancho Vegas. Printed text on back of postcard: "Desert Souvenir Supply, Boulder City, Nevada."
Site Name: El Rancho Vegas
Address: 2500 Las Vegas Boulevard South

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Video, Las Vegas Senior Lifeline, Jewish Federation of Las Vegas and Channel 3, 2006

Date

2006-04-11

Archival Collection

Description

Studio-produced segment from Channel 3 (Las Vegas, Nev.) with Beth Fisher about the senior and retiree population in Las Vegas, and the Senior Lifeline program of the UJC-Jewish Federation. Senior Lifeline provides services such as meal delivery, home services, and installation of safety devices.

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Las Vegas Paiute Colony: correspondence between the Las Vegas Junior Chamber of Commerce, the Paiute Agency superintendent, and the Commissioner of Indian Affairs

Date

1937-06-02
1937-06-07

Description

Correspondence from Las Vegas Junior Chamber of Commerce President Frank McNamee Jr. to Commissioner of Indian Affairs John Collier documenting the conditions on the Las Vegas Paiute Colony. McNamee requests federal intervention. Correspondence from Superintendent E. A. Farrow to Commissioner Collier detailing Farrow's previous correspondence with the Las Vegas Junior Chamber of Commerce and his recommendations.

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Las Vegas Hilton Hotel Race and Sportsbook Records

Identifier

MS-00764

Archival Collection

Aerial photograph of part of the Las Vegas Valley, Las Vegas, Nevada, circa 1963

Date

1962 to 1964

Description

Aerial photograph of homes in North Las Vegas, Nevada near 25th Street (later Eastern Ave.) and Owens Ave.

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