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Photograph of Vegas Heights Elementary School, Las Vegas, 1946

Date

1946

Description

School staff and children standing outside of the Vegas Heights Elementary School in Las Vegas, Nevada. The flag was donated to the school in the name of an unidentified WWII casualty. The man involved in the war casualty was the father of Billy, who is identified standing by the flag Pole.

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Aerial view overlooking Las Vegas Boulevard in Las Vegas, Nevada: photographic prints

Date

1960 (year approximate) to 1966 (year approximate)

Description

From the Las Vegas: Snapshots of History Photograph Collection (PH-00425). The Dunes Hotel, The Bonanza, Caesars Palace, Flamingo Las Vegas, Sage and Sand Motel, the Sands Hotel and Casino, and Frontier (from south to north).

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View of the Las Vegas strip in Las Vegas, Nevada: postcard

Date

1990

Description

From the UNLV Libraries Single Item Accession Photograph Collection (PH-00171). View of the Las Vegas Strip, including the Mirage Hotel. Text on postcard reads, "I went to the ABA in Las Vegas and didn't come home broke, thanks to CHILI COIN!"

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Letter from Walter R. Bracken (Las Vegas) to H. C. Mann (Las Vegas) regarding Las Vegas water supply, June 9, 1938

Date

1938-06-09

Archival Collection

Description

Las Vegas was just entering the hottest part of the year and well No. 1 had dropped off production considerably.

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Photograph of the Las Vegas Strip and Sands Hotel, Las Vegas, 1954

Date

1954

Archival Collection

Description

An image facing south on the Las Vegas Strip (Las Vegas Boulevard) and the Sands Hotel and Casino.

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Photograph of the new keno lounge at the Las Vegas Hilton (Las Vegas), circa 1975

Date

1973 to 1977

Description

New keno lounge in the expanded Las Vegas Hilton. Stamped on original: "Las Vegas News Bureau. Las Vegas - Nevada Convention Center, 31238 Don English. Jerry Abbott. Joe Buck. Milt Palmer. Wolf Wergin. Gary Angell. Tony King. Jim Borrup. Lee McDonald. Herb Herpolsheimer." The International Hotel was built in 1968 and became the Las Vegas Hilton in 1971.
Site Name: International Hotel
Address: 3000 Paradise Road

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Above the Las Vegas Strip, Las Vegas, Nevada: digital photograph

Date

2016-03-23

Description

South end of the Strip near Las Vegas Boulevard and Tropicana Avenue from the air.

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Above the Las Vegas Strip, Las Vegas, Nevada: digital photograph

Date

2016-03-23

Description

South end of the Strip near Las Vegas Boulevard and Tropicana Avenue from the air.

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Above the Las Vegas Strip, Las Vegas, Nevada: digital photograph

Date

2016-03-23

Description

South end of the Strip near Las Vegas Boulevard and Tropicana Avenue from the air.

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Las Vegas Boulevard at dusk, Las Vegas, Nevada: digital photograph

Date

2017-04-12

Description

A buss travels on a busy part of Las Vegas Boulevard near Spring Mountain Road.

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