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Pedestrian traffic on Las Vegas Boulevard, Las Vegas, Nevada: digital photograph

Date

2017-04-12

Description

Tourists walk in the area near the Mirage Hotel and Casino as others cross Las Vegas Boulevard above traffic. Pedestrian overpasses have become a popular way of keeping tourists safe and traffic flowing on the Strip, but their expense and footprint make them difficult for all locations. Moving pedestrians along the Strip safely has become a major effort over the years.

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Photograph of Dorothy Dorothy and Matt Kusic in Johnnie (Nev.), 1950s

Date

1950 to 1959

Description

Dorothy Dorothy and her friend Matt Kusic at his house in Johnnie. His home was located just above the Dorothy Pahrump Ranch. ""D.D. and Matt Kusick by one of the old ruins at Congress Mine nearby Johnnie. Matt begged for the hospital at Tonopah to let him come home and die (year: 195-) of cancer." [Identified by Dorothy Dorothy 11-1-84]

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Photograph of a birthday party, Las Vegas, circa 1965

Date

1963 to 1967

Description

This photo was taken on the occasion of a birthday party given for Mr. and Mrs. Ed Von Tobel. Standing left to right (are) Mrs. Ed Von Tobel, Ed Von Tobel, Sr., A.D. Hinrichsen, who worked for the Von Tobels for 44 years, and Ed Von Tobel, Jr. Ed Von Tobel, Sr. lived to be 94 and Mrs. Von Tobel lived to be 88.

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Gordon Bettles wearing his Masons fez: photographic print

Date

1950 to 1959

Description

From the Nye County, Nevada Photograph Collection (PH-00221) -- Series III. Beatty, Nevada -- Subseries III.A. Brockman Family. In the early 1950s, Gordon Bettles and his wife, Billie, moved into the abandoned T&T Ranch in the Amargosa Farm Area, Nye County, Nev. Bettles was the first occupant of the Farm Area since the closure of the T&T Railroad years before.

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Monte Rore after a snowstorm: photographic print

Date

1948 to 1949

Description

From the Nye County, Nevada Photograph Collection (PH-00221) -- Series VII. Other areas in Nye County -- Subseries VII.C. Fallini Family (Twin Springs, Nevada). Rore is an employee of the Bureau of Land Management at Battle Mountain. The Fallinis lost over 600 heads of cattle that year. Rore is operating a radio set up in Helen Fallini’s living room.

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Ed Reed's home at Cedar at the end of Cedar Pipeline. Nevada: photographic print

Date

1920 to 1923

Description

Ed Reed’s home at Cedar at the end of Cedar Pipeline, Nye County, Nevada, early 1920s. The year this picture was taken, Ed Reed tried to grow some corn, as seen in the foreground. From the Nye County, Nevada Photograph Collection (PH-00221) -- Series VII. Other areas in Nye County -- Subseries VII.H. Reed Family (Kawich Mountains, Nevada)

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Mabel Hoggard: teaching materials

Date

1923 to 1977

Archival Collection

Description

Folder of materials from the Mabel Hoggard Papers (MS-00565) -- Educational work and legacy file. This folder includes teaching contracts, a Clark County School District Las Vegas Area map, teacher-student guidelines, newsletters, a conference booklet, a speech transcript, and other documents related to Mabel Hoggard's teaching career.

Mixed Content

Fiore wine list, menu

Date

1999

Description

From the UNLV University Libraries Menu Collection -- Las Vegas, Nevada restaurants -- Hotel and casino restaurants -- Rio Hotel and Casino file.

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Ron Lurie campaign materials and resume, item 09

Description

Large pamphlet "A Great Front Man" against Ron Lurie for election