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Photograph of Railroad Pass, Nevada, circa 1932

Date

1932 (year approximate)

Description

View of the Las Vegas Valley from Railroad Pass.

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Tourists and cars 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. This busy stretch near Bally's hotel and casino is an example of how fencing and traditional sidewalks move tourists while keeping automobile traffic flowing.

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Tourists and cars 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. This busy stretch near Bally's hotel and casino is an example of how fencing and traditional sidewalks move tourists while keeping automobile traffic flowing.

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

Date

2017-04-12

Description

Tourists cross an entranceway to the Mirage Hotel and Casino. 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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Slide of Humboldt River, Nevada, circa 1960s

Date

1960 to 1969

Description

Farming equipment near the Humboldt River in Nevada.

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Last Frontier Village at Las Frontier Hotel in Las Vegas, Nevada: photographic print

Date

1950 (year approximate) to 1959 (year approximate)

Description

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

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Film transparency of Hoover Dam, Nevada, 1961

Date

1961

Description

Hoover Dam near Boulder City, Nevada, 1961.

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Lenten Desert Experience, Reporters in desert, Nevada Test Site, Nevada: photographic slide

Date

1982

Description

From the Sister Klaryta Antoszewska Photograph Collection (PH-00352).  

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Aerial photograph of Basic Magnesium Inc. plant site, Henderson, Nevada, and Pittman, Nevada, October 8, 1941

Date

1941-10-08

Description

Air view looking north showing the Basic Magnesium Inc. plant site temporary administration building, temporary water tanks and railroad siding.

Transcribed Notes: Transcribed from front of photo: "McNeil construction Co. Magnesium plant, Las Vegas, Nevada, 10-8-41"

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215 the Beltway, Henderson, Nevada: digital photograph

Date

2016-10-28

Description

Automobiles travel down 215 the Beltway as seen from the N. Stephanie Street overpass in Henderson. The Beltway was named in honor of longtime Southern Nevada politician Bruce Woodbury.

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