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Pedestrian overpass on the Las Vegas Strip, Las Vegas, Nevada: digital photograph

Date

2017-02-28

Description

Providing security and access to both automobile and pedestrian traffic is handled differently along Las Vegas Boulevard and has changed over the years on the Strip. First installed in the 1990s, the pedestrian overpass has become commonplace and provides flow across the Strip without bringing automobile traffic to a standstill. This one connects Planet Hollywood and Cosmopolitan hotel and casinos.

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Fremont Street in Las Vegas, Nevada: photographic print

Date

1931

Description

From the UNLV Libraries Single Item Accession Photograph Collection (PH-00171)

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Photograph of Wahmonie, Nevada, circa 1928-1929

Date

1928 to 1929

Description

The view of Main Street in Wahmonie, Nevada. Handwritten on back of image: "Wahmonie; Fred Wilson."

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Boat being towed down Fremont Street in Las Vegas, Nevada: photographic print

Date

1930 (year approximate) to 1939 (year approximate)

Description

From the UNLV Libraries Single Item Accession Photograph Collection (PH-00171). Car towing boat down Fremont Street - in front of Oasis Caf and Frontier Club. Photo by Ullom.

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Pedestrian traffic on Las Vegas Boulevard, Las Vegas, Nevada: digital photograph

Date

2017-04-12

Description

Tourists walk in the area near the Mirage Hotel and Casino as others cross Las Vegas Boulevard above traffic. Pedestrian overpasses have become a popular way of keeping tourists safe and traffic flowing on the Strip, but their expense and footprint make them difficult for all locations. Moving pedestrians along the Strip safely has become a major effort over the years.

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Pedestrian traffic on Las Vegas Boulevard, Las Vegas, Nevada: digital photograph

Date

2017-04-12

Description

Tourists walk in the area near the Mirage Hotel and Casino as others cross Las Vegas Boulevard above traffic. Pedestrian overpasses have become a popular way of keeping tourists safe and traffic flowing on the Strip, but their expense and footprint make them difficult for all locations. Moving pedestrians along the Strip safely has become a major effort over the years.

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Vail Pittman, Nevada governor, image 034 of 046: photographic print

Date

1947 (year approximate)

Description

Vail Pittman in "Black Maria" truck (?) in Hawthorne, Nevada.

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Artistic rendition of Fremont Street in Las Vegas, Nevada: postcards

Date

1940 (year approximate) to 1990 (year approximate)

Description

From Harvey's Hotel and Casino Postcard Collection (PH-00367)

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Pedestrian and automobile traffic on the Las Vegas Strip, Las Vegas, Nevada: digital photograph

Date

2017-02-28

Description

Providing security and access to both automobile and pedestrian traffic is handled differently along Las Vegas Boulevard and has changed over the years on the Strip. Here tourist utilize a spacious sidewalk in front of the Paris Las Vegas hotel and casino as the Bellagio is seen in the background.

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Panoramic photograph of mining buildings in Gilbert, Nevada, circa 1910s-1920s

Date

1910 to 1929

Description

Panoramic view of wooden buildings and automobiles in the desert in Gilbert, Esmeralda County, Nevada, 25 miles west of Tonopah, near the Monte Cristo Range of mountains.

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