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Photograph of Virginia Page, Miss Las Vegas, Sands Hotel, June 2, 1957

Date

1957-06-02

Archival Collection

Description

Nineteen year old Virginia Page from Brighton, England, winner of Meet Me In Las Vegas contest. Page, as Miss Las Vegas, won a trip to Las Vegas for a week starting June 2, 1957. Ms. Page is pictured here at the Sands Casino, center, speaking to reporter Chuck Van Goerbun.

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Photographs of Official Tourist Bureau and Viva Vegas Gifts signs, Las Vegas (Nev.), 2002

Date

2002

Description

Daytime views of the Official Tourist Bureau and Viva Vegas Gifts signs on the Strip. Information about the sign is available in the Southern Nevada Neon Survey Data Sheet.
Site address: 3734 S Las Vegas Blvd
Sign details: The signage of the property is a wrapping fascia of horizontal message boards, which advertise for the businesses present. The building is a two story complex on the west-side of Las Vegas Blvd, facing east with a small parking lot along the front and on the south sides. The signage is present on the south and east walls. The signage acts as an artificial marker denoting the difference between the row of doors and wall size windows below, and the large panes of glass and tan stucco finish of the upper level.
Sign condition: Structure 4 Surface 3 Lighting 3
Sign form: Fascia
Sign-specific description: The advertisements are broken up into two distinct sections, but are treated aesthetically the same to retain the continuity of the property. The first is a red steel cabinet, which wraps the southeast corner. The faces of the east and south sides are bordered with aluminum, gold polished raceways, lined with incandescent bulbs. The backlit panels possess text which occupies the majority of the white surface. In red text, both of the sides read, "Official tourist bureau," above "Information-reservations." On the east side of the building above the cabinet, two tan horizontal steel boxes, support green channel letters that read in two lines, "Official," then "Tourist Bureau." Above the south face of the signage two separate sections of the green text read "Information" on the left side of the sign, and "Reservations" on the right hand side. They are treated the same as the previous text on the east face, with letters that possess green neon on the interior, and are in all caps. Further north, on the east face of the building, is another cabinet. This sign is only one side, occupying the flat plane of the remainder of the east face of the building. It too is a red steel cabinet with a back-lit face. On the left hand side of the face the two lined text reads "Viva Vegas," a top the word "Gifts." The second line of the text is flanked on either side by red graphic images of diamonds. The right hand portion of the sign reads prices for T-shirts and souvenirs, in black, blue and red text.
Sign - type of display: Neon; Incandescent
Sign - media: Steel; Plastic
Sign animation: Chasing
Notes: The incandescent bulbs which surround the cabinets chase each other.
Sign manufacturer: YESCO
Surveyor: Joshua Cannaday
Survey - date completed: 2002
Sign keywords: Chasing; Fascia; Neon; Incandescent; Steel; Plastic

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Dean Martin Drive near the Las Vegas Stadium site pre-construction, Las Vegas, Nevada: digital photograph

Date

2017-05-10

Description

Dean Martin drive curves near the Las Vegas Stadium project site roughly bordered by the thoroughfare and Russel Road, Polaris, and West Hacienda Avenues. Planned as the future home of the Las Vegas Raiders, the site features close proximity to the Las Vegas Strip.

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Dean Martin Drive near the Las Vegas Stadium site pre-construction, Las Vegas, Nevada: digital photograph

Date

2017-05-10

Description

Dean Martin drive curves near the Las Vegas Stadium project site roughly bordered by the thoroughfare and Russel Road, Polaris, and West Hacienda Avenues. Planned as the future home of the Las Vegas Raiders, the site features close proximity to the Las Vegas Strip.

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University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV) 27th commencement program

Date

1990-05-13

Description

Commencement program from University of Nevada, Las Vegas Commencement Programs and Graduation Lists (UA-00115).

Text

Letter from Bertha Witmer (Las Vegas) to Mayor J. L. Russell and the City Council (Las Vegas), July 24, 1939

Date

1939-07-24

Description

Letter from a citizen to the Las Vegas City Commission protesting Ordinance No. 247. Left to Right: Asst. Commissioner of Reclamation N. B. Bennett, Jr., Master of Ceremonies; U.S. Senator Alan Bible; Regional Director A.B. West of the Bureau of Reclamation's Region 3. Handwritten text, transcribed by cataloger. Also, J. L. Russell was Mayor of Las Vegas at that time.

Text

Photograph of Mayor Carolyn Goodman at Manpower Las Vegas' 50th anniversary celebration, Las Vegas, Nevada, April 09, 2015

Date

2015-04-09

Description

Las Vegas Mayor Carolyn Goodman talks during the Manpower Las Vegas 50th anniversary celebration at its downtown Las Vegas headquarters.

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University of Nevada, Las Vegas School of Social Work Records

Identifier

UA-00137

Abstract

The University of Nevada, Las Vegas School of Social Work Records (1991-1997) consist of materials created by the school in their effort to create a master's program. The collection contains the application for initial accreditation for a master's program, a candidacy update, self-studies for reaffirmation, and course syllabi for the School of Social Work.

Archival Collection

Postcard of trees at Mormon Fort, Las Vegas (Nev.), 1924

Date

1924 (year uncertain)

Description

Scene at Mormon Fort (Las Vegas Ranch) underneath the trees. Inscription with image reads: "A shady spot at Las Vegas, NV. (early 1900s) postcard. (1924?)"

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University of Nevada, Las Vegas Course Catalogs

Identifier

UA-00128

Abstract

The University of Nevada, Las Vegas Course Catalogs (1917-2016) contain undergraduate, graduate, and continuing education course catalogs for the University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV). The collection also contains a number of catalogs from the University of Nevada, Reno and summer courses for UNLV.

Archival Collection