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Las Vegas Publications

Date

1950 to 1959

Description

Series I. General

Sands Hotel and Casino

Mixed Content

Slide of old Las Vegas Depot, Las Vegas, circa early 1900s

Date

1900 to 1930

Description

Description provided: "Old Las Vegas Depot."

Image

Photograph of the Las Vegas first ball park, Las Vegas, circa 1908

Date

1907 to 1909

Description

Spectators at the Las Vegas first ball park.

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Las Vegas and Tonopah Railroad Blueprints

Identifier

MS-00921

Abstract

The Las Vegas and Tonopah Railroad Blueprints consists of twenty-four of the original thirty blueprints as part of the Interstate Commerce Commission (I.C.C.) Valuation Index Section I. They are labeled "Right-of-Way & Track Map, Las Vegas & Tonopah Railroad" and dated June 30, 1915. The blueprints contain four miles of railroad lines per sheet with a scale of 6 3/4 inches per mile. The collection also includes one sheet from the Bullfrog Goldfield Railroad company, which used the track, yard, and facilities of the Las Vegas and Tonopah and Railroad company between Beatty and Goldfield, Nevada.

Archival Collection

Photograph of Las Vegas Creek in winter, Las Vegas Ranch, circa 1905

Date

1905 (year approximate)

Description

Ice in the Las Vegas Creek on the Las Vegas Ranch.

Transcribed Notes: Transcribed from front of photo: "Winter scene in front yard"

Image

Hand painted stones with victims' names and decorations at the Las Vegas Community Healing Garden, looking south-southeast 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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A hand painted stone featuring a crying angel at the Las Vegas Community Healing Garden, looking north-northwest 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.

Image

Photograph of Las Vegas High School Rhythmettes, Las Vegas, circa 1952

Date

1951 to 1953

Description

A group photo of the Las Vegas High School Rhythmettes, a precision dance and drill team, inside of the Las Vegas High School gym in Las Vegas, Nevada. Hand written on the back of the image are partially legible first names of some of the group members, but they are not identified as to who is who.

Image

Photograph and description of the Las Vegas Convention Center, Las Vegas 1959-1969

Date

1959 to 1969

Description

The bottom of this photograph provides a brief description of the Las Vegas Convention Center and a brief history of it as well. The top of the photograph is titled, "The World's Great New Convention Center." Site Name: Las Vegas Convention Center (Las Vegas, Nev.) Street Address: 3150 Paradise Road

Mixed Content

The Wheel of Rotary Las Vegas Rotary Club newsletter, September 22, 1949

Date

1949-09-22

Archival Collection

Description

Newsletter issued by the Las Vegas Rotary Club

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