Interviews about the UNLV Downtown Center at located at the former 5th Street School, also known as the Las Vegas Grammar School. B-roll of 5th Street School building exterior, an instructor teaching a class, and City of Las Vegas Office of Business Development. Aerial footage from the Foley Federal building of the 5th Street School building, downtown Las Vegas, and a view looking south toward the Stratosphere and the Las Vegas strip. Original media BetacamSP, color, aspect ratio 4 x 3, frame size 720 x 486.
Archival Collection
UNLV TV Audiovisual Collection
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Collection Number: UA-00098 Collection Name: UNLV TV Audiovisual Collection Box/Folder: Digital File 00, Box 03
The Peg and George E. Crockett Family Photographs (approximately 1940-2008) are comprised of aerial photographs of Alamo Airport (later McCarran International Airport) and the surrounding Las Vegas Valley in the 1940s and 1950s. Photographs of the interior, exterior, and airfield at Alamo Airport document the early stages of what is now one of the busiest international airports in the United States. The collection also contains audiovisual material, which depict events including the Miss Rodeo America pageant and the Sahara Cup boat races on Lake Mead, and locations including Fremont Street in downtown Las Vegas, Nevada and Hoover Dam. A significant portion of the collection consists of photographs of the Crockett family at various events, on family vacations, and their home in Las Vegas, Nevada.
The Southwestern United States photographs depict people and locations in the Southwestern United States from approximately 1900 to 1974. The photographs depict locations in Utah, Arizona, California, and New Mexico. Some of the locations include Death Valley, California; Zion National Park, Utah; and the Grand Canyon, Arizona. The photographs also depict mines and miners, railroads, desert landscapes, and aerial views. The items described include black-and-white photographic prints, postcards, negatives, and slides; items listed are photographic prints unless otherwise specified.
Archival Collection
Fred and Maurine Wilson Photograph Collection
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Collection Number: PH-00014 Collection Name: Fred and Maurine Wilson Photograph Collection Box/Folder: N/A