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.
Anna Fayle, also known as Anna Louise Trapnell, stands with Leonard R. Fayle about 1931. Anna and Leonard married the next year. They are standing in front of J.L. Cobb's Packard automobile.
Hotel Nevada after the addition of a balcony. Transcribed from photo sleeve: "by Florence Lee Jones ... March, 1969. Early Las Vegas History. The Hotel Nevada, at the Southeast corner of Main and Fremont Streets, is the oldest continuous hotel business in Las Vegas, although it has been known as Sal Sagev (Las Vegas spelled backward) since 1928. The hostelry started as a tent in 1905, but the late John Miller soon erected a permanent building, shown above, which provided the most luxurious accommodations and the best food in Las Vegas for many years. In the 1930's the Sal Sagev Hotel had one of the three elevators in town. A private dining room was a popular place for private parties for the elite of the town. The hotel is now owned and operated by Miller's son, Abe Miller, and his daughter, Mrs. Sherman E. Nugent. The Golden Gate Club now occupies much of the first floor of the building. On the North side of the building is a sign "Bank of Southern Nevada", which was the second bank established in Las Vegas. (The other was the First State Bank.) Started by John F. Miller, Ed Von Tobel, Sr., Will Beckley, Attorney Frank Stevens, and Hal D. Buzick, the Bank of Southern Nevada was an important factor in Southern Nevada's economy. During the 1930's and the Depression, the federal government issued restrictive orders on bank operations. The reaction of the independent Las Vegans was 'No guy in Washington is going to tell us how to run our bank.' ... So they paid off all the depositors and closed the bank. The Rhoads & Rhoads General Machine Works (extreme right) was one of the first automobile agencies in town - the start of Community Chevrolet." Site Name: Hotel Nevada Address: 1 Fremont Street
The grand opening of Cashman's automobile business in Las Vegas, Nevada. Handwritten description written on back of image: "Grand opening. May 25, 1951. 41 years, 118 N. Main Street, Las Vegas, Nevada."
Tourist cross the Las Vegas Strip in front of the Monte Carlo hotel and casino. Pedestrian safety has been improved over the years, but remains an issue where elevated walkways have not been installed.
Blimp used to promote the motion picture "The Outlaw," produced by Howard Hughes' RKO Productions, January 1950. Advertising reads, "The Outlaw. Kept off the screen for 3 years, it's coming at last! Jane Russell."
A fleet of caravans at a Hoover Dam construction site. A label at the bottom of the photo "April, 23, 1932. A Masonic caravan of cars arrive at the dam site along the river two years after the start of construction."
Photographed as part of the UNLV Special Collections and Archives' Building Las Vegas collecting initiative started in 2016. This photo series documents ongoing construction work at the Allegiant Stadium.
A black and image image of four men, including a 75-year-old identified as Sam Jones, distributing water in an area known as Ragtown near the Hoover Dam construction site at Black Canyon, not far from Boulder City.