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Photograph of Las Vegas Grammar School, Las Vegas (Nev.), late 1930s

Date

1936 to 1939

Description

Exterior view of the Las Vegas Grammar School, also known as the Historic Fifth Street School, which was built in 1936. Fifth Street was renamed Las Vegas Boulevard in 1959. There is a small sign on the lawn that reads, "Keep off the grass." Site Name: Las Vegas Grammar School (Las Vegas, Nev.) Street Address: 401 South Las Vegas Boulevard

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Las Vegas and Tonopah Railroad Blueprints

Identifier

MS-00921

Abstract

The Las Vegas and Tonopah Railroad Blueprints consists of twenty-four of the original thirty blueprints as part of the Interstate Commerce Commission (I.C.C.) Valuation Index Section I. They are labeled "Right-of-Way & Track Map, Las Vegas & Tonopah Railroad" and dated June 30, 1915. The blueprints contain four miles of railroad lines per sheet with a scale of 6 3/4 inches per mile. The collection also includes one sheet from the Bullfrog Goldfield Railroad company, which used the track, yard, and facilities of the Las Vegas and Tonopah and Railroad company between Beatty and Goldfield, Nevada.

Archival Collection

Photograph of Las Vegas High School cheerleaders, Las Vegas, 1954

Date

1954

Description

A group photo of cheerleaders for Las Vegas High School in Las Vegas, Nevada. The girls are identified as, from left to right: (front) Denece Jolley, Barbara Merrill, and Evelyn Hibbard; (back, leaping in air) Miriam O'Donnell and Gay Fisher (head cheerleader).

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Lightning over Las Vegas Valley, Las Vegas, Nevada: digital photograph

Date

2017-08-02

Description

Lightning flashes across the Las Vegas valley as seen from the Whitney Mesa in Henderson.

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Vacant Fountainbleau on the Las Vegas Strip, Las Vegas, Nevada: digital photograph

Date

2017-05-18

Description

The unfinished Fountainbleau project sits on the Las Vegas Strip, as seen from the Stratosphere Tower.

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North end of the Las Vegas Strip, Las Vegas, Nevada: digital photograph

Date

2017-05-18

Description

North-end of the Las Vegas Strip in afternoon light as seen from the Stratosphere Tower.

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Las Vegas Rotary Club 50th Anniversary Program, 1973

Date

1973

Archival Collection

Description

50 year anniversary program for the Las Vegas Rotary Club, from 1923-1973.

Text

The Wheel of Rotary Las Vegas Rotary Club newsletter, August 4, 1949

Date

1949-08-04

Archival Collection

Description

Newsletter issued by the Las Vegas Rotary Club

Text

University of Nevada, Las Vegas #VegasStrong Banner

Identifier

UA-00077

Abstract

The University of Nevada, Las Vegas #VegasStrong Banner (2017) is comprised of a vinyl banner depicting a silhouette of the Las Vegas, Nevada skyline. The banner includes signatures and messages written by UNLV students in memory of the 2017 mass shooting in Las Vegas at the Route 91 Harvest music festival.

Archival Collection

Las Vegas News Bureau Photograph Collection

Identifier

PH-00049

Abstract

The Las Vegas News Bureau Photograph Collection consists of black-and-white and color photographic prints, negatives, and slides depicting Las Vegas, Nevada from approximately 1940 to 1989. The images primarily depict hotels on the Strip in Las Vegas, Nevada, including Caesars Palace Las Vegas Hotel and Casino, the Flamingo Hotel & Casino, and the Desert Inn Hotel and Casino. Also included are images of the convention center in Las Vegas and Cashman Field, as well images of entertainers performing on the Las Vegas Strip. The collection consists entirely of photographic reproductions.

Archival Collection