Aerial view of Northland Gardens apartments and surrounding neighborhoods, North Las Vegas, Nevada, looking southeast from around Geist Avenue. Sandy Lane runs from southwest to northeast through the center of the photograph. Clifford Street appears at the lower right. Caption on back of photograph: "Project: Land use, Sandy Lane, North Gardens in foreground, looking south; Americana on east side of Sandy"
Aerial view of North Las Vegas, Nevada, looking south from Las Vegas Boulevard North between North Pecos Road and Sandy Lane. Northland Gardens apartments are seen in the center of the photograph. Caption on back of photograph: "Project: Annex. area - land use. Location: Looking so. across, west on right L.V.B.N. toward Northland Gardens, Hol. Pk., Americana."
Aerial view of North Las Vegas, Nevada, looking southwest from Cheyenne Avenue near North Pecos Road. Caption on back of photograph: "Project: Land use. Location: Cheyenne Ave., Las Vegas Blvd. No., Pecos (No. & So.)." Hotels in Las Vegas skyline are seen in distance in upper right.
Aerial view of North Las Vegas, Nevada, with boundaries of "model neighborhood" marked in white. Handwritten on back of photograph: "Corner of Main St. and Las Vegas Blvd. North (No. 5th St.). Model neighborhood includes most of original NLV Williams additions." Label at lower right of photo:"Aerial view of Model Neighborhood with boundaries indicated."
A group of Clover Valley, Nevada schoolchildren and teachers. Front row: Ivan Empey, Clair Terry, Horald Woods, Fred Woods, Grant Woods, Marion Terry. Second row: Albert Woods, Erma Woods, Elsie Empey, Inez Empey. Third Row: Lamar Empey, Ada Woods, Ione Terry, Mary Jensen (teacher), Orilla Woods, Lyman Woods. Seated: Lyman Lafayette Woods ("Grandpa Woods"), who was the maternal grandfather of Elbert Edwards. Albert, Ada, Orilla, Erma,Lyman and Horald Woods and Elsie and Ivan Empey were cousins of Maribah Woods Edwards (mother of Elbert Edwards). Ione and Marion Terry were Elbert Edwards' cousins.
Portrait of Elbert Edwards' maternal aunts, Charlotte Malinda Woods Terry and Roxa Jane Woods Terry and maternal uncle, Joseph Lafeyette Woods. Handwritten by Elbert Edwards on back of photograph: "Mama gave this to me March 26, 1937. It is Aunt Wolinda [sic] Woods Terry, Aunt Roxa Woods Terry, Uncle Lafey [Lafeyette] Woods. My mother was Maribah Woods. Her other brothers were Carlos, Lyman, James, Lamond, Jasper, Albert and Lafayette."
L-R: Boulder City (Nevada) News writer and local historian Virginia "Teddy" Fenton, Maurine Wilson, Hal Erickson, Anna Dean Kepper, at the Mormon Fort site in Las Vegas, Nevada. Site Name: Las Vegas Mormon Fort (Las Vegas, Nev.)
L-R: Boulder City (Nevada) News writer and local historian Virginia "Teddy" Fenton with Maurine Wilson, UNLV Library Director Hal Erickson and curator and Las Vegas civic leader Anna Dean Kepper, at the Mormon Fort site in Las Vegas, Nevada. Site Name: Las Vegas Mormon Fort (Las Vegas, Nev.)
Nevada Governor Robert List (second from left) preparing for the inauguration of Clark County Community College President Judith Eaton (2nd from right) with two unidentified people.
Rose Garden Urban Renewal Project, North Las Vegas, Nevada. Top two photos (left and right) show examples of what the area looked like before urban renewal. The photos in the middle and at the bottom show the area after renewal. The project, at Main Street and Las Vegas Boulevard, replaced acres of what used to be the most run-down portion of the city. Redevelopment took place in the 1970s. The Casa Rosa project shown in the photos is the first phase of the redevelopment program and consists of 101 units developed in the area of Yale and Tonopah Streets.