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Map showing general geology and areas of artesian flow of the Las Vegas, Pahrump, and Indian Spring Valleys, Clark and Nye Counties, Nevada, 1946

Date

1947

Description

'United States Department of Interior, Geological Survey, Water Resources Bulletin No. 6.' 'State Engineer of Nevada.' Relief shown by contours. Includes township and range lines. Scale [ca. 1:126,720. 1 in.=approx. 2 miles]. Series: Water resources bulletin (Carson City, Nev.)no. 6. Originally published as plate 1 in Ground water in Las Vegas, Pahrump, and Indian Spring Valleys, Nevada : a summary / G. B. Maxey and T. W. Robinson, prepared in cooperation with the United States Department of the Interior, Geological Survey, and published as no. 6 of the Water resources bulletin.

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Las Vegas Story

Date

1966-02-11

Description

Las Vegas Story, a magazine about art, entertainment, and popular culture in Las Vegas, Nevada. Entertainers are featured in various articles and photographs. The magazine contains several print advertisements of local businesses and organizations. 

Mixed Content

Las Vegas Story

Date

1966-02-25

Description

Las Vegas Story, a magazine about art, entertainment, and popular culture in Las Vegas, Nevada. Entertainers are featured in various articles and photographs. The magazine contains several print advertisements of local businesses and organizations. 

Mixed Content

Las Vegas Story

Date

1966-03-04

Description

Las Vegas Story, a magazine about art, entertainment, and popular culture in Las Vegas, Nevada. Entertainers are featured in various articles and photographs. The magazine contains several print advertisements of local businesses and organizations. 

Mixed Content

Photograph of Hotel Las Vegas, Las Vegas, 1905

Date

1905

Description

A black and white image of Hotel Las Vegas in early Las Vegas. Text from bottom of image reads: "Hotel Las Vegas in 1905."

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Las Vegas skyscrapers and Vegas Vic: postcard

Date

1995 (year approximate) to 2000 (year approximate)

Description

Las Vegas postcard showing colorful hotels looking up. The caption reads: "Sleep is not an option"

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

Date

1969-04

Description

An unidentified group of individuals from the Las Vegas Press Club having dinner at an event at the Sands Hotel in Las Vegas, Nevada.

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UNLV Libraries Collection of Articles on Gaming and Las Vegas, Nevada Topics

Identifier

MS-00626

Abstract

The UNLV Libraries Collection of Articles on Gaming and Las Vegas, Nevada Topics consists of photocopied periodicals and book chapters on a wide variety of gaming and general Las Vegas, Nevada topics. The majority of the collection material focuses on problem gambling and were copied from psychology, psychiatry, and addiction journals originating in the United States and Europe. Original dates of publication range from approximately 1837 to 1999. Other topics include tourism, southern Nevada history, and Howard Hughes' influence in Las Vegas, Nevada.

Archival Collection

Las Vegas Sun Photographs

Identifier

PH-00051

Abstract

The Las Vegas Sun Photographs depict significant events in Las Vegas, Nevada from 1948 to 1989 that were covered by the newspaper. The photographs partially document the gubernatorial, senatorial, mid-term, and local elections in Nevada in 1982. The photographs also include protests by African Americans for better wages and renters for fair housing practices, McCarran Airport, protests against the Nevada Test Site, the Las Vegas Strip and downtown Las Vegas, hotels and casinos, political events, parades, dedications of buildings, and aerial photographs of the city. The photographs also depict politicians during campaign events and fundraisers, including President Ronald Reagan; U.S. Senators Howard Cannon, Pat McCarran, Chic Hecht, Paul Laxalt, and Harry Reid; Nevada governors Mike O'Callaghan and Robert List; and Lieutenant Governor Bob Cashell.

Archival Collection

Letter from Las Vegas Land and Water Company (Las Vegas) to Mr. Rex N. Moss (Las Vegas), October 23, 1952

Date

1952-10-23

Archival Collection

Description

Letter regarding the installation of new water lines for a new subdivision in Las Vegas.

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