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Businesses on Jackson Avenue in the Historic Westside neighborhood, Las Vegas, Nevada: digital photograph

Date

2016-10-26

Description

Advertising for Jesus' Adventure Zone adorns a wall along F Street near the intersection with Jackson Avenue in the West Las Vegas neighborhood. Revitalization efforts include restoring the Historic Westside School and lining D Street with trees in an effort to bring business and residents back to the neighborhood.

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Brochure from Berkley Square Historic District: 1st of Its Kind

Date

2013-02-09

Description

Community brochure produced by City of Las Vegas to commemorate the National Historic District designation.

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Photograph of UNLV Special Collections, July 29, 1987

Date

1987-07-29

Description

Description provided with image: "L-R Mary Lou Williams, sister of the late Nanelia Doughty; Norton Williams; Susan Jarvis, Special Collections Librarian. The occasion is donation of papers of the late Nan Doughty to UNLV Special Collections. July 29, 1987." Another description provided on an accompanying sheet of paper: "[July 29, 1987, L-R: Mary Lou Williams; Norton Williams; Susan Jarvis]. Currently being processed, the Nan Doughty Collection, donated by her sister, Mary Lou Williams, contains a century's worth of correspondence from the Bradford-Shockley family. The Bradords and Shockleys were intimately involved in mining and land development in Nevada, New Mexico, California, and Oregon, and had been New England shipbuilders in the early 19th century. May Bradford Shockley was the United States' first female surveyor: her letters detail life in Tonopah, Nevada in the early 1900s. her husband, mining engineer William Shockley, traveled the world, and his correspondence describes, among other places, life in and around Candelaria, Nevada in the 1880s. The collection also includes hundreds of early Nevada photographers, mining documents, and maps."

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Churches along Madison Avenue in the Historic Westside neighborhood, Las Vegas, Nevada: digital photograph

Date

2016-10-26

Description

The Just Faith Apostolic Ministries at 311 Madison Avenue in the West Las Vegas neighborhood. Revitalization efforts include restoring the Historic Westside School and lining D Street with trees in an effort to bring business and residents back to the neighborhood.

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Churches along Madison Avenue in the Historic Westside neighborhood, Las Vegas, Nevada: digital photograph

Date

2016-10-26

Description

The doors of the Greater Calvary Baptist Church at 317 Madison Avenue in the West Las Vegas neighborhood. Revitalization efforts include restoring the Historic Westside School and lining D Street with trees in an effort to bring business and residents back to the neighborhood.

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Victory Missionary Baptist Church in the Historic Westside neighborhood, Las Vegas, Nevada: digital photograph

Date

2016-10-26

Description

Victory Missionary Baptist Church on Monroe Avenue near E Street in the West Las Vegas neighborhood. Revitalization efforts include restoring the Historic Westside School and lining D Street with trees in an effort to bring business and residents back to the neighborhood.

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Victory Missionary Baptist Church in the Historic Westside neighborhood, Las Vegas, Nevada: digital photograph

Date

2016-10-26

Description

Victory Missionary Baptist Church on Monroe Avenue near E Street in the West Las Vegas neighborhood. Revitalization efforts include restoring the Historic Westside School and lining D Street with trees in an effort to bring business and residents back to the neighborhood.

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