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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.

Image

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.

Image

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.

Image

Postcard showing the El Rancho Vegas, Las Vegas, circa 1940s

Date

1941 to 1949

Archival Collection

Description

An exterior view of the El Rancho Vegas; the slogan "Drive your car, it's not far" is printed on the postcard.

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Las Vegas Spotlight on Las Vegas, 1966

Level of Description

File

Archival Collection

UNLV Libraries Collection of Regional History Files
To request this item in person:
Collection Number: MS-00547
Collection Name: UNLV Libraries Collection of Regional History Files
Box/Folder: Box 33

Archival Component

Photograph of Las Vegas High School Rhythmettes practicing routines, Las Vegas, March 12, 1964

Date

1964-03-12

Description

The Las Vegas High School Rhythmettes practicing for the 14th annual Rhythmette Revue. Here they are pictured on the grounds of the Las Vegas Convention Center in Las Vegas, Nevada.

Image

Hotel Las Vegas, Las Vegas, 1905

Level of Description

File

Archival Collection

Union Pacific Railroad Photographs
To request this item in person:
Collection Number: PH-00043
Collection Name: Union Pacific Railroad Photographs
Box/Folder: Folder 03

Archival Component

Letter from Leo A. McNamee (Las Vegas) to Walter R. Bracken (Las Vegas), August 23, 1939

Date

1939-08-23

Archival Collection

Description

Letter accompanying the agreements with the Las Vegas Land and Water Company and the drilling company.

Text

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).

Image

"Las Vegas: Snapshots of History" Photograph Collection

Identifier

PH-00425

Abstract

The "Las Vegas: Snapshots of History" Photograph Collection is comprised of photographic prints and slides as well as digital surrogates of photographic prints and ephemera representing architecture and events in Las Vegas, Nevada from approximately 1960 to 2017. Materials were donated by members of the Las Vegas community as part of a community scanning day sponsored by the National Endowment for the Humanities' Common Heritage grant. The majority of the collection documents landmarks in Las Vegas including the Stardust Resort and Casino, The Mint Las Vegas, Fremont Street, and the Desert Inn.

Archival Collection