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Photograph of Las Vegas Grammar School and High School, Las Vegas, circa 1920s.
Date
1920 to 1929
Archival Collection
Description
Children playing outside of Las Vegas Grammar School and High School (middle two-story building)
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Postcard of Las Vegas High School, Las Vegas, circa early 1900s
Date
1910 to 1949
Archival Collection
Description
An artist's rendering of Las Vegas High School's exterior. Printed on the back of the postcard: "An accredited high school, recently completed at a cost of $250,000.00. This is part of a school system of excellent buildings that accommodate more than 1,200 pupils."
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Photograph of Houssels House passing the Las Vegas Hilton, Las Vegas (Nev.), 1983
Date
1983
Archival Collection
Description
Moving the Houssels House from its original location 1012 S. 6th, Las Vegas, to its new site on the UNLV campus, Brussells St. The house is seen here on the back of a truck, passing by the Las Vegas Hilton Hotel. Site Name: Houssels House
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Photograph of Old Las Vegas Mormon Fort, Las Vegas (Nev.), November 17, 1980
Date
1980-11-17
Archival Collection
Description
An exterior view of the Old Las Vegas Mormon Fort fenced off from public use. Site Name: Las Vegas Mormon Fort (Las Vegas, Nev.) Street Address: 500 East Washington Avenue
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Photograph of the Las Vegas High School library club, Las Vegas (Nev.), 1929
Date
1929
Archival Collection
Description
The Las Vegas High School library club of 1929. Pictured standing in bottom row are, left to right, Arlene Stewart, Laura McDonald, Joy Simon, Eva Adams, teacher. Middle row, left to right are Catherine Deverell, Mary Stockburger, Helen Garner, June Simon. Top row, left to right are Bessie Gregory, Dorothy Buzick, Doris Kramer, Frances Martin. Site Name: Las Vegas High School (Las Vegas, Nev.)
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North Las Vegas City Hall near the intersection of Las Vegas Boulevard and Civic Center Drive in North Las Vegas, Nevada: digital photograph
Date
2018-12-04
Archival Collection
Description
From the UNLV University Libraries Photographs of the Development of the Las Vegas Valley, Nevada (PH-00394). Part of the collection documents the entire 19 mile length of the north/south Eastern Avenue / Civic Center Drive alignment. This photograph was captured in the section of Civic Center Drive between Cheyenne Avenue and Las Vegas Boulevard.
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Slide of the porte cochere of the El Rancho Vegas, Las Vegas, circa early 1950s
Date
1950 to 1955
Archival Collection
Description
An image of automobiles under the porte cochere of the El Rancho Vegas. The neon "windmill" sign is visible on top of the building.
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Letter from W. H. Johnson (Las Vegas) to Howard W. Cannon (Las Vegas), May 4, 1951
Date
1951-05-04
Archival Collection
Description
Mr. Johnson informing the city attorney that the land causing the mosquito problem was the four acre Stewart burial plot, and referred him to the Stewart heirs.
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Casino Projects on the Las Vegas Strip from the Air, Las Vegas, Nevada: digital photograph
Date
2016-03-23
Archival Collection
Description
Stalled resort construction and a future demolition project cluster along Las Vegas Boulevard generally between Desert Inn and Sahara. Construction on the Fountainbleau (tall blue building) ceased in 2009, while Boyd Gaming's Echelon Project stopped construction on former Stardust site back in 2008. That project was revived as the Resorts World Las Vegas. The Las Vegas Visitors and Convention Authority has scheduled the demolition of the Riviera Hotel and Casino for in summer 2016 to make way for a convention center expansion.
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