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The "Vegas Strong" heart sculpture at the Las Vegas Community Healing Garden, looking south-southeast in Las Vegas, Nevada: digital photograph

Date

2019-04-07

Description

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. Envisioned by activists and built by volunteers, the City of Las Vegas established the Las Vegas Community Healing Garden at 1015 S. Casino Center Boulevard to honor the victims and give family members and the community a place to gather to remember.

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Las Vegas Monorail Records

Identifier

MS-00539

Abstract

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.

Archival Collection

Photograph of the Las Vegas Rotary Club, Las Vegas, 1940

Date

1940

Description

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.

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Photograph of El Rancho Vegas, Las Vegas (Nev.), 1950s

Date

1950 to 1959

Description

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.)

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Aerial photograph of McWilliams' Original Las Vegas Townsite and Clark's Las Vegas Townsite, Las Vegas (Nev.), 1931

Date

1931

Description

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.

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Slide of the Las Vegas Club at night, Las Vegas, circa 1940s

Date

1940 to 1949

Archival Collection

Description

A color slide of the Las Vegas Club sign in Las Vegas, Nevada illuminated at night with views of the club.

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Photograph of Las Vegas Convention Center interior, Las Vegas, 1966

Date

1966

Description

An interior view of the Las Vegas Convention Center rotunda in Las Vegas, Nevada.

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Vegas Ink Tattoo parlor on the Las Vegas Strip, Las Vegas, Nevada: digital photograph

Date

2017-06-03

Description

Neon from the Vegas Ink Tattoo parlor is seen with the Las Vegas Strip at dusk.

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Photograph of Old Vegas, Las Vegas, 1980

Date

1980

Description

Mexican style trading post at Old Vegas on Boulder Highway.

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Neon signs of Vegas Vic and Vegas Vickie: postcard

Date

1980 (year approximate) to 2000 (year approximate)

Description

"Vegas Vic" and "Vegas Vickie", longtime neon landmarks of downtown Las Vegas.

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