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

Date

2016-10-26

Description

A former gas station on the corner of E Street and Jackson Avenue is now home to the Ladies of the Cross 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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D Street and Jackson Avenue in the Historic Westside neighborhood, Las Vegas, Nevada: digital photograph

Date

2016-10-26

Description

The corner of Jackson Avenue and D 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. D Street is also named in honor of entertainer Dorothy Dandridge.

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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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Photograph of Helen Mortenson and others at a University Library Society reception, Las Vegas, Nevada,1991-1992

Date

1991 to 1992

Description

University Library Society president Helen Mortenson (at right) and others at a University Library Society reception, Las Vegas, Nevada.

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Charles J. Hirsch: American Society for Quality Control (ASQC) conference materials, Phoenix, Arizona, Introduction to Experimental Designs folder

Date

1959

Archival Collection

Description

Folder from the Charles J. Hirsch Papers -- American Society for Quality Control (ASQC) conference materials file.

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Photograph of Ladies Society of Brotherhood of Firemen and Locomotive Engineers, Las Vegas, 1934

Date

1934

Archival Collection

Description

The Ladies Society of Brotherhood of Firemen and Locomotive Engineers at the first Helldorado in Las Vegas, Nevada. From left to right, the women pictured are identified as: 1) Hazel Gibbons; 2) Lela Healy (Deamer); 3) Elizabeth Bailey (Lee); 4) Louella McEvoy; 5) Francis Ullom; 6) Rose Ullom; 7) Dorothy Porter; 8) Florence Gallagher (Simms); 9) Mrs. Walter Homan; 10) Frances Ruth Craner; 11) Maranda Craner; 12) Leona May; 13) Josephine Johnson; 14) Evelyn Rhoads (Wilson); 15) Gertrude Rhoads; and 16) Ethel Smith.

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Photograph of University Library Society Board, University of Las Vegas, Nevada, 1993-1994

Date

1993 to 1994

Description

University of Nevada, Las Vegas Library Society Board, University of Nevada, Las Vegas. Front row, L-R: Helen Mortenson, Nevada Assembly member Renee Diamond, UNLV English professor Patricia Geuder. Second row, L-R: unidentified woman, UNLV Libraries employee Marta Sorkin, Blanche Zucker (in yellow dress). Third row, L-R: Shirley Hurt, UNLV librarian Mary Harrison, Susan Jarvis (director of the UNLV Gaming Resource Center), Dr. Robert "Bob" Boord (UNLV College of Education), UNLV librarian Jim McPhee. They are in the Administration conference room of the James Dickinson Library, University of Nevada, Las Vegas.

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Sailboat on Lake Mead as seen from the Historic Railroad Trail, Lake Mead, Nevada: digital photograph

Date

2017-03-26

Description

A sailboat navigates around a land mass barely breaching the waterline as seen from the Historic Railroad Trail in the Lake Mead National Recreation Area. With historic low water levels, boaters face new obstacles with each elevation change.

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