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Hand painted stones at the Las Vegas Community Healing Garden, looking east-southeast in Las Vegas, Nevada: digital photograph

Date

2019-03-04

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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North Las Vegas Library Photograph Collection on North Las Vegas, Nevada

Identifier

PH-00277

Abstract

The North Las Vegas Library Photograph Collection on North Las Vegas, Nevada (approximately 1905-1989) depicts life in Southern Nevada. The collection consists of over one thousand images dated from 1905 to 1989. The images consist of activities at Nellis Air Force Base, Southern Nevada politicians, celebrities, schools, churches, and city development.

Archival Collection

Las Vegas City Commission Records

Identifier

MS-00237

Abstract

The Las Vegas City Commission Records (1911-1960) is comprised of bound and unbound materials from the original Las Vegas City Commission. Twelve of the bound volumes are minutes that served as the official record of the proceedings of all Las Vegas City Commission meetings from 1911-1960. There are also three volumes of City of Las Vegas ordinances dating from 1911 to 1958, one volume of legal documents from 1944-1945 and two large volumes containing an alphabetical subject index to the topics covered in the minutes. Unbound materials cover the period 1921 to 1946 and include minutes, resolutions, ordinances, correspondence, financial records, proclamations and other documents related to city business. They provide a valuable historical record of a wide variety of business and community activities in Las Vegas in the first fifty years of its incorporation.

Archival Collection

Aria Las Vegas tower, Las Vegas, Nevada: digital photograph

Date

2017-05-08

Description

The Aria tower as seen from the 32nd floor of the Monte Carlo hotel and casino. Design for Aria and the CityCenter project was a departure from contemporary casino resort property design popularized in Las Vegas.

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Film transparency of Las Vegas Fort, Las Vegas, Nevada, 1930

Date

1930

Description

Las Vegas Fort being renovated into a concrete testing laboratory for the Bureau of Reclamation, 1930.

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Photograph of the installation of a neon sign for El Rancho Vegas (Las Vegas), 1941

Date

1941

Description

View of workers assembling a neon sign for the El Rancho Vegas on the east side of Las Vegas Boulevard across from the complex.
Site Name: El Rancho Vegas
Address: 2500 Las Vegas Boulevard South

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Photograph of Las Vegas High School Rhythmettes, Las Vegas, circa 1953

Date

1952 to 1954

Description

A group photo of the Las Vegas High School Rhythmettes, a precision dance and drill team, inside of the Las Vegas High School gym in Las Vegas, Nevada.

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The Wheel of Rotary Las Vegas Rotary Club newsletter, August 5, 1954

Date

1954-08-05

Archival Collection

Description

Official publication of Las Vegas, Nevada Rotary Club

Text

Photograph of the cocktail lounge at the El Rancho Vegas (Las Vegas), circa 1953

Date

1951 to 1955

Description

Site Name: El Rancho Vegas
Address: 2500 Las Vegas Boulevard South

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Las Vegas schoolhouse, Las Vegas, Nevada: photographic print

Date

1905-09

Description

From the Elizabeth Harrington Photograph Collection (PH-00291). Teachers and stduents posed in front of school. Inscription with image reads: "First Las Vegas School, southwest corner Second (Casino Center Blvd.) and Lewis Streets. Sept. 1905."

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