The Las Vegas Monorail Records (1971-1980) consist of articles, newspaper clippings, agency reports, and correspondence concerning the 1970s effort to construct a Las Vegas, Nevada mass-transit monorail system. Materials document the project conception, development, and ultimate failureroughout the 1970s.
A black and white image of Las Vegas Rotary Club members in front of a Union Pacific Stages bus in Las Vegas. This photo was taken from a time capsule in the cornerstone of the Union Pacific Railroad station located in Las Vegas. The time capsule was placed there in 1940 and was later retrieved when the building was demolished around 1970.
Front view of El Rancho with Virgil Murphy, Frank Watts, and another unidentified man in "Hotel El Rancho Vegas" cart. Site Name: El Rancho Hotel (Las Vegas, Nev.)
Aerial view looking southwest with the original Las Vegas town site, McWilliams' Townsite on the right and the next development in the valley, Clark's Las Vegas Townsite in the left center.