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Sheree Downs Las Vegas, Nevada Photographs

Identifier

PH-00403

Abstract

The Sheree Downs Las Vegas, Nevada Photographs are comprised of photographs Downs took between 1976 and 1995 during visits to Las Vegas, Nevada. The photographs document the evolution of hotel and casino architecture and signage on the Las Vegas Strip and in downtown Las Vegas. Also included are photographs of various tourist attractions in Las Vegas and souvenirs from casinos.

Archival Collection

Las Vegas Variety Club Records

Identifier

MS-00590

Abstract

The Las Vegas Variety Club Records (1950-1996) consist of newspaper clippings and photographs that focus on the services the group provided to special needs children. Also included are several scrapbooks documenting the organization’s major activities in the 1950s and 1960s.

Archival Collection

Storm clouds over Las Vegas Strip, Las Vegas, Nevada: digital photograph

Date

2016-12-16

Description

Storm clouds ominously darken the sky behind the Las Vegas Strip obscuring the Spring Mountain range to the west.

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Las Vegas skyline as sun sets, North Las Vegas, Nevada: digital photograph

Date

2016-10-18

Description

The Las Vegas skyline silhouetted as the sun sets behind the Spring Mountains as see from the base of Frenchman Mountain.

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Decorated rocks adorn a wall and are part of the 1 October memorial located at the Welcome to Las Vegas sign, looking southwest in Las Vegas, Nevada: digital photograph

Date

2017-10-18

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

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Decorated rocks adorn a wall and are part of the 1 October memorial located at the Welcome to Las Vegas sign, looking southwest in Las Vegas, Nevada: digital photograph

Date

2017-10-18

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

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A landscaping rock near the Welcome to Las Vegas sign is filled with notes as part of the 1 October memorial, looking southwest in Las Vegas, Nevada: digital photograph

Date

2017-10-18

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

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Pedestrian bridge on the Las Vegas Strip, Las Vegas, Nevada: digital photograph

Date

2017-04-25

Description

Pedestrians use the walkway between The Cosmopolitan and Planet Hollywood hotel and casinos. Raising pedestrian traffic above The Strip has made it easier for auto traffic on Las Vegas Boulevard. It has also created a space for street performers and homeless to congregate.

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Pedestrian bridge on the Las Vegas Strip, Las Vegas, Nevada: digital photograph

Date

2017-04-25

Description

Pedestrians use the walkway between The Cosmopolitan and Planet Hollywood hotel and casinos. Raising pedestrian traffic above The Strip has made it easier for auto traffic on Las Vegas Boulevard. It has also created a space for street performers and homeless to congregate.

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Pedestrian bridge on the Las Vegas Strip, Las Vegas, Nevada: digital photograph

Date

2017-04-25

Description

Pedestrians use the walkway between The Cosmopolitan and Planet Hollywood hotel and casinos. Raising pedestrian traffic above The Strip has made it easier for auto traffic on Las Vegas Boulevard. It has also created a space for street performers and homeless to congregate.

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