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Decorations at the Las Vegas Community Healing Garden, looking east-northeast in Las Vegas, Nevada: digital photograph

Date

2019-03-04

Description

Following the October 1, 2017 killing of 58 people at the Route 91 Harvest Music Festival on the Las Vegas Strip, the Las Vegas community responded in a variety of ways. Envisioned by activists and built by volunteers, the City of Las Vegas established the Las Vegas Community Healing Garden at 1015 S. Casino Center Boulevard to honor the victims and give family members and the community a place to gather to remember.

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Photograph of Las Vegas Ranch, Las Vegas, circa 1900-1910

Date

1900 to 1907
1008
1909 to 1910

Archival Collection

Description

An unidentified man with horses on the Las Vegas Ranch in Las Vegas, Nevada. Site Name: Las Vegas Ranch (Las Vegas, Nev.)

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Photograph of the Las Vegas Ranch, Las Vegas, circa early 1900s

Date

1900 to 1950

Archival Collection

Description

The Las Vegas Ranch house and south wall of the Las Vegas Fort. Site Name: Las Vegas Ranch (Las Vegas, Nev.)

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Credit Professionals of Las Vegas Records

Identifier

MS-00569

Abstract

The Credit Professionals of Las Vegas Records (1941-1999) include information about the organization and its two predecessors, the Credit Women's Club of Las Vegas, Nevada and the Credit Women's Breakfast Club of Las Vegas, Nevada. The collection includes scrapbooks, procedure manuals from the local and international division of the organization, awards received by the local division, and regional and local newsletters.

Archival Collection

Vegas PBS Interviews for the African Americans in Las Vegas: a Collaborative Oral History Project

Identifier

OH-03598

Abstract

Oral history interviews with Ruby Amie Pilot, Eva G. Simmons, Melvin Sanders, Jarmilla McMillan-Arnold, Hannah Brown, Sonny Thomas, and Claytee White conducted by Vegas PBS on April 01, 2013, April 02, 2013, April 12, 2013, and November 19, 2013 for the African Americans in Las Vegas: a Collaborative Oral History Project. In these interviews, the participants discuss their early lives and moving to Las Vegas, Nevada. Pilot talks about segregation on the Las Vegas Strip, integration, and the importance of church activities in the African American community. Simmons describes her career as a teacher, the schools on the Westside, and businesses on Jackson Street. Thomas describes the funeral industry and his role as a funeral director. McMillan-Arnold talks about segregated Las Vegas, African American entertainers, and the issue of homelessness on the Westside. Brown remembers growing up on the Westside, segregated schools, and her role as President of the National Coalition of 100 Black Women – Las Vegas chapter. Lastly, Sanders discusses his childhood in Las Vegas, being the son of a preacher, and the redevelopment of the Westside.

Archival Collection

Photograph of the Las Vegas Press Club Installation at the Sands Hotel in Las Vegas, circa April 1969

Date

1969-04

Description

Kevin Thomas (Los Angeles Times), Philip Scheuer (Los Angeles Times), Mr. and Mrs. Max [Halkoff?] (D.I. Publicity), Mr. and Mrs. Perry Phillips (Oakland Tribune), CRX guests-Miller (the man and woman across the table were also with them), Frank Raffetto (Dallas Morning News), and Mr. and Mrs. Eddie Louie (Los Angeles Herald Examiner) at the Las Vegas Press Club event at the Sands Hotel in Las Vegas, Nevada.

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The Wheel Las Vegas Rotary Club newsletter, June 5, 1975

Date

1975-06-05

Archival Collection

Description

Newsletter issued by the Las Vegas Rotary Club

Text

Photograph of the Las Vegas Club, Las Vegas, circa 1930s.

Date

1930 to 1939

Description

Front view of the Las Vegas Club with the neon sign.

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Photograph of Las Vegas High School, Las Vegas, 1939

Date

1939

Archival Collection

Description

Black and white image of Las Vegas High School.

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Photograph of the Las Vegas Ranch, Las Vegas, circa 1905

Date

1904 to 1906

Description

A black and white image of the Las Vegas Ranch. The white sign mounted on the top of the small wooden building reads: "Las Vegas Ranch; Stores, Hotel, & Post Office."

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