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The UNLV History 117: Nevada History Photograph Collection contains photographic prints, negatives, and slides of Las Vegas and Boulder City, Nevada between approximately 1900 and 1959. These images were collected by students for University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV) professor Ralph Roske’s class, History 117: Nevada History. The images primarily depict Las Vegas in the 1950s with people posing in front of and inside the El Rancho Vegas and the Last Frontier Village, including Eleanor Roosevelt, Joe E. Lewis, and Paul Newman. Earlier photographs from the 1920s include businesses, such as fireproofing stores, and significant individuals such as Ed W. Clark. Lastly, it contains two photographs of the Boulder City Airport.
Archival Collection
Materials contain photographs that depict ballets performed at the Nevada Dance Theatre in Las Vegas, Nevada from 1972 to 1997. Most of the ballets were directed, produced, or choreographed by Vassili Sulich and performed at the Judy Bayley Theatre on the campus of the University of Nevada, Las Vegas.
Archival Component