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Las Vegas News Bureau Photograph Collection

Identifier

PH-00049

Abstract

The Las Vegas News Bureau Photograph Collection consists of black-and-white and color photographic prints, negatives, and slides depicting Las Vegas, Nevada from approximately 1940 to 1989. The images primarily depict hotels on the Strip in Las Vegas, Nevada, including Caesars Palace Las Vegas Hotel and Casino, the Flamingo Hotel & Casino, and the Desert Inn Hotel and Casino. Also included are images of the convention center in Las Vegas and Cashman Field, as well images of entertainers performing on the Las Vegas Strip. The collection consists entirely of photographic reproductions.

Archival Collection

Film transparency of the Las Vegas Fort ruins, Las Vegas, 1930

Date

1930

Description

Las Vegas Fort in ruins prior to renovation into a concrete testing laboratory for the Bureau of Reclamation, 1930.

Image

Photograph of Las Vegas Pharmacy, Las Vegas, circa early 1900s

Date

1906 to 1939

Description

Exterior view, "First Ferron Enterprise- Las Vegas Pharmacy." Shirley Swanson, 2-20-80

Image

Billboards near Las Vegas Strip, Las Vegas, Nevada: digital photograph

Date

2017-05-31

Description

Billboards advertise Downtown businesses near the north end of the Las Vegas Strip.

Image

Billboards near Las Vegas Strip, Las Vegas, Nevada: digital photograph

Date

2017-05-31

Description

Billboards advertise Downtown businesses near the north end of the Las Vegas Strip.

Image

Photograph of filming of "Meet Me in Las Vegas," Sands Hotel, Las Vegas, Nevada, circa 1955-1956

Date

1955 to 1956

Description

Filming of the motion picture "Meet Me in Las Vegas" by the Sands Hotel swimming pool. Handwritten on back of photograph: "Pasternak, Lee Standfield." Joe Pasternak was the film's producer.

Image

Letter from Joseph Irving (Las Vegas) to A. M. Folger (Las Vegas), February 27, 1948

Date

1948-02-27

Archival Collection

Description

Estimate for the drilling of a well on the Las Vegas Ranch.

Text

Photograph of Las Vegas Post Office, Las Vegas, circa mid 1900s

Date

1930 to 1969

Description

An exterior view of a Las Vegas Post Office located on Convention Center Drive in Las Vegas, Nevada.

Image

Rox Vegas Rock Club destroyed by fire near Las Vegas Stadium site pre-construction, Las Vegas, Nevada: digital photograph

Date

2017-05-10

Description

A fire destroyed the Rox Vegas Rock Club located near the designated site of the proposed Las Vegas Stadium. Planned as the future home of the Las Vegas Raiders, the site features close proximity to the Las Vegas Strip.

Image

Rox Vegas Rock Club destroyed by fire near Las Vegas Stadium site pre-construction, Las Vegas, Nevada: digital photograph

Date

2017-05-10

Description

A fire destroyed the Rox Vegas Rock Club located near the designated site of the proposed Las Vegas Stadium. Planned as the future home of the Las Vegas Raiders, the site features close proximity to the Las Vegas Strip.

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