From the UNLV Libraries Single Item Accession Photograph Collection (PH-00171). View of the Las Vegas Strip, including the Mirage Hotel. Text on postcard reads, "I went to the ABA in Las Vegas and didn't come home broke, thanks to CHILI COIN!"
Gamblers at a craps table in the El Rancho Vegas. Stamp on back of photo: "Las Vegas News Bureau, Las Vegas-Nevada, Photographers Don English, Joe Buck, Jerry Abbott, 5108." Site Name: El Rancho Vegas Address: 2500 Las Vegas Boulevard South
From the Las Vegas: Snapshots of History Photograph Collection (PH-00425). The Dunes Hotel, The Bonanza, Caesars Palace, Flamingo Las Vegas, Sage and Sand Motel, the Sands Hotel and Casino, and Frontier (from south to north).
Las Vegas Trading Company was located on the east corner of Main and Lewis streets within Clark's Las Vegas Townsite. Site Name: Las Vegas Trading Company (Las Vegas, Nev.)
Oral history interviews with Ruby Amie Pilot, Eva G. Simmons, Melvin Sanders, Jarmilla McMillan-Arnold, Hannah Brown, Sonny Thomas, and Claytee White conducted by Vegas PBS on April 01, 2013, April 02, 2013, April 12, 2013, and November 19, 2013 for the African Americans in Las Vegas: a Collaborative Oral History Project. In these interviews, the participants discuss their early lives and moving to Las Vegas, Nevada. Pilot talks about segregation on the Las Vegas Strip, integration, and the importance of church activities in the African American community. Simmons describes her career as a teacher, the schools on the Westside, and businesses on Jackson Street. Thomas describes the funeral industry and his role as a funeral director. McMillan-Arnold talks about segregated Las Vegas, African American entertainers, and the issue of homelessness on the Westside. Brown remembers growing up on the Westside, segregated schools, and her role as President of the National Coalition of 100 Black Women – Las Vegas chapter. Lastly, Sanders discusses his childhood in Las Vegas, being the son of a preacher, and the redevelopment of the Westside.