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Las Vegas Gay Pride Festival in Las Vegas, Nevada: photographic prints, image 019

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Stamp on verso: "Donna Michelle Porter Photography Las Vegas NV (702) 222-8306."

Las Vegas Gay Pride Festival in Las Vegas, Nevada: photographic prints, image 021

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Stamp on verso: "Donna Michelle Porter Photography Las Vegas NV (702) 222-8306."

Las Vegas Gay Pride Festival in Las Vegas, Nevada: photographic prints, image 008

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Stamped on verso: "Donna Michelle Porter Photography Las Vegas NV (702) 222-8306."

Las Vegas Gay Pride Festival in Las Vegas, Nevada: photographic prints, image 009

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Stamped on verso: "Donna Michelle Porter Photography Las Vegas NV (702) 222-8306."

Maps of flood-prone areas in Las Vegas, Nevada, 1973

Date

1973

Description

'Prepared by the U.S. Department of the Interior, Geological Survey, in cooperation with the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Federal Insurance Administration. 1973.' Sheet 1: Las Vegas NE, Nev.; Sheet 2: Las Vegas SE, Nev.; Sheet 3:Las Vegas SW, Nev.; Sheet 4: Las Vegas NW, Nev. Published by Geological Survey (U.S.). Scale 1:24,000. [1 in. to approx. 2,000 ft.]. Relief shown by contours. Flood information overprinted on U.S. Geological Survey 7.5 minute topographic quadrangles: [sheet 1] Las Vegas NE quadrangle, [sheet 2] Las Vegas SE quadrangle, [sheet 3] Las Vegas SW quadrangle, [sheet 4] Las Vegas NW quadrangle, 1967. Shows areas subject to flooding by a flood that has 1 in 100 chance on the average of occurring in any one year. "Flood boundaries were estimated from: regional stage-frequency relations." Includes notes.

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Petition by citizens of Las Vegas to Board of City Commissioners (Las Vegas) requesting adequate water supply, filed July 7, 1927

Date

1927-07-07

Description

Petition signed by citizens and taxpayers of the city of Las Vegas requesting the Board of City Commissioners of Las Vegas to take action to secure an adequate water supply for the residents of the Original Townsite of Las Vegas. Document lists 29 signatures and is stamped with a filing date of July 7, 1927.

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University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV) 9th commencement program

Date

1972-05-13

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

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Letter from J. G. Allard (Las Vegas) to Al Folger (Las Vegas), August 2, 1949

Date

1949-08-02

Archival Collection

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Request for the water company's plan to prevent water shortages in the future. Letter states that if the supplied plan is insufficient, the commission will schedule a public meeting.

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Las Vegas Strip looking north from a pedestrian overpass, Las Vegas, Nevada: digital photograph

Date

2017-06-03

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Las Vegas Boulevard as seen from a pedestrian overpass connecting The Cosmopolitan and Planet Hollywood hotel and casinos.

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Rocks with victims' names on them sit below the Welcome to Las Vegas sign as part of the 1 October memorial, looking north-west in Las Vegas, Nevada: digital photograph

Date

2017-10-18

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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. This series of photographs document the impromptu memorial created at the Welcome to Las Vegas sign.

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