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Film transparency of the Las Vegas Day train ride, Las Vegas, circa 1980

Date

1980

Description

Elbert Edwards and his family at the Las Vegas Day train ride in Las Vegas, Nevada. The sign pictured here provides historical information for the city Calville, which is now covered by Lake Mead.

Image

Photograph of City of Las Vegas Rehabilitation Farm, Las Vegas (Nev.), 1950-1969

Date

1950 to 1969

Description

City of Las Vegas Rehabilitation Farm designed by Harry H. Whiteley and Associates, Architects, and Engineers. This photograph was taken sometime between 1950-1969. Site Name: City of Las Vegas, Nevada Rehabilitation Farm

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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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Photograph of students at Las Vegas School, Las Vegas (Nev.), 1916

Date

1916

Archival Collection

Description

A picture of students posing outside of the Las Vegas School. Identified from left to right: 1. Iona Jurden 2. Ruth Boyd 3. Tusy Boyd of Highbie 4. Bess Dupuis 5. June Huff 6. Nona Harkins (Mrs.) 7. Lola Ball 8. Miss Britt 9. Ruth Norris 10. Glen Trout 11. Edward Hartsman 12. Prof. B. Street 13. Ray Cragin 14. Cecil Rowe 15. Herbert Burnside 16. Joe Jackson 17. Hon. R.R. Robertson, Jr. 18. Clarence Vandeventer 19. Sarah Peters 20. Verna Pollock 21. Verda Potter 22. Mildred Hinge 23. Zona Pollock 24. Ella Coughlin 25. Gladys Cyphus 26. Doris Cyphus 27. Fay Cyphus 28. Pauline Stephens 29. Eanis Liday 30. Rob Griffith 31. Hazel Potter 32. Alice Fell 33. Grace West (E.N.S.) 34. Helen Boyd 35. Barbara Bell 36. Daisy French 37. Alice Montgomery 38. Allison Moffet 39. Ida Brashaw 40. Miss Johnson 41. Miss Jackson 42. Irma Funk 43. Iona Summerville 44. Frank Coughlin 45. Thomas J. Loane, Jr. 46. Harold Clark 47. Gerald Nelson 48. Vernon Nutthall 49. Otto Westlake 50. Prof. J.F. Mojes 51. Beulah Booth 52. Margaret Wilson Site Name: Las Vegas High School (Las Vegas, Nev.)

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Welcome to Las Vegas flag mounted pylon sign, Las Vegas, Nevada: photographic print

Date

Unknown year

Description

The sign reads "Welcome to Fabulous Las Vegas Nevada," image is taken during the day.

5200 Las Vegas Blvd S, Las Vegas, NV 89119


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Las Vegas PRIDE Parade Records

Identifier

MS-01072

Abstract

The Las Vegas PRIDE Parade Records (2016-2017) contain administrative files that document how the Southern Nevada Association of PRIDE, Inc. (SNAPI) organized the 2016 and 2017 PRIDE parades in Las Vegas, Nevada. Materials include correspondence with event organizers, parade participant information, and PRIDE event guides.

Archival Collection

Photograph of Vegas Elk's Helldorado Kangaroo Kourt, Las Vegas (Nev.), 1946

Date

1986-06-08

Description

A picture of people behind bars as if they were stuck in jail as part of the Vegas Elk's Helldorado Kangaroo Kourt. One man is standing outside of the cell and holding a key ring. The photograph was taken in 1946. Included with photo is a clipping from the Las Vegas Review Journal, June 8, 1986, titled, "Help Us Write History". From left to right the people are: Hugh Farr, unidentified, Billie Milton Grace, Duece Spriggins, and Karl Farr.

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University of Nevada, Las Vegas University Subject Files

Identifier

UA-00131

Abstract

The University of Nevada, Las Vegas University Subject Files (approximately 1960-2000) contain subject files on a wide variety of campus clubs, organizations, events, and programs. Subjects include water and the environment, disabilities, discrimination, student groups, faculty and staff resources, and more.

Archival Collection