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The Las Vegas Strip from above, Las Vegas, Nevada: digital photograph

Date

2017-05-18

Description

View of the east side of the Las Vegas Strip as seen from a balcony at The Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas.

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UNLV Women's Soccer team poses at the Welcome to Las Vegas sign August 8, 2014 in Las Vegas: digital photographs

Date

2014-08-08

Description

Photographs from the University of Nevada, Las Vegas Creative Services Records (2010s) (PH-00388-05). Client: Athletics, Sports Information

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The Mandalay Bay and Delano Hotel towers are seen behind the Vegas Strong billboards replacing the usual entertainment advertising along the Las Vegas Strip, looking north-northeast 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. These photographs document a series of billboards along Las Vegas Boulevard.

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Film transparency of El Rancho Vegas, Las Vegas, 1940s-1950s

Date

1940 to 1959

Archival Collection

Description

Exterior night view of El Rancho Vegas, Las Vegas, 1940s-1950s.

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Vegas PBS Interviews for the African Americans in Las Vegas: a Collaborative Oral History Project

Identifier

OH-03598

Abstract

Oral history interviews with Ruby Amie Pilot, Eva G. Simmons, Melvin Sanders, Jarmilla McMillan-Arnold, Hannah Brown, Sonny Thomas, and Claytee White conducted by Vegas PBS on April 01, 2013, April 02, 2013, April 12, 2013, and November 19, 2013 for the African Americans in Las Vegas: a Collaborative Oral History Project. In these interviews, the participants discuss their early lives and moving to Las Vegas, Nevada. Pilot talks about segregation on the Las Vegas Strip, integration, and the importance of church activities in the African American community. Simmons describes her career as a teacher, the schools on the Westside, and businesses on Jackson Street. Thomas describes the funeral industry and his role as a funeral director. McMillan-Arnold talks about segregated Las Vegas, African American entertainers, and the issue of homelessness on the Westside. Brown remembers growing up on the Westside, segregated schools, and her role as President of the National Coalition of 100 Black Women – Las Vegas chapter. Lastly, Sanders discusses his childhood in Las Vegas, being the son of a preacher, and the redevelopment of the Westside.

Archival Collection

Photograph of the interior of the Las Vegas Club, Las Vegas, circa 1930s

Date

1930 to 1939

Description

A partial interior view of the crowded Las Vegas Club in Las Vegas, Nevada.

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Follow Me to Las Vegas Magazine

Date

1965-09

Description

Follow Me to Las Vegas, a magazine about art, entertainment, and popular culture in Las Vegas, Nevada. Entertainers and actors are featured in various articles and photographs. The magazine contains several print advertisements of local businesses and organizations.

Mixed Content

Photographs of Herbert G. Klein at the Las Vegas Press Club Installation, Sands Hotel, Las Vegas, circa April 1969

Date

1969-04

Description

Herbert G. Klein, Director of Communications for the Executive Branch of the Federal Government at the Las Vegas Press Club Installation at the Sands Hotel. Klein is with unidentified individuals.

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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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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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