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Howard Cannon meets the press following an address to United States Air Force officers graduating from Air University's Command and Staff College Reserve Officer Orientation Course, Maxwell Air Force Base, Alabama: photographic print, 1961

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Howard Cannon Photograph Collection
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Collection Number: PH-00192
Collection Name: Howard Cannon Photograph Collection
Box/Folder: Folder 07

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Howard Cannon meets the press following an address to United States Air Force officers graduating from Air University's Command and Staff College Reserve Officer Orientation Course, Maxwell Air Force Base, Alabama: photographic print, 1961

Level of Description

Item

Archival Collection

Howard Cannon Photograph Collection
To request this item in person:
Collection Number: PH-00192
Collection Name: Howard Cannon Photograph Collection
Box/Folder: Folder 07

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Map of downtown Las Vegas, Nevada, circa 1952-1955

Date

1952 to 1955

Description

Title in upper left and right margins: Las Vegas, Nevada. Identifies business tenants in the downtown area and includes property valuations, measurements, addresses, etc. Cadastral map. Oriented with north to the lower right.Text, illustrations, aerial photos, and ancillary map of the Las Vegas Strip on verso. Cataloger has determined date of map to be between 1952 and 1955 because the Sahara and the Sands Casinos are shown on the verso of the map, and they both opened in 1952, but the Riviera and the Dunes opened in 1955, and they are not shown on the map. Also, the Hotel Last Frontier is shown on the verso of the map, and its name was changed to New Frontier in 1955. Note: Many of the property names and addresses are erroneous when compared to Las Vegas business directories from the same period.

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Map of Clark's Las Vegas Townsite, May 8, 1905

Date

1905-05-08

Description

'Book 1, Page 37.' 'Dated: May 8th, 1905.' Subtitle: 'Being a sub-division of parts of the W.1/2 and the W.1/2 of the N.E.1/4 of Section 34 and the S.1/2 of the S.W.1/4 of Section 27 T.20 S.R. 61 E, Mount Diablo Base and Meridian, Lincoln County, Nevada. A Plat map. Blueline print. Scale [ca. 1:2,400]. 1 in. to 200 feet.

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Map of the city of Las Vegas, North Las Vegas, the "Strip", 1957

Date

1957

Description

35 x 50 cm., folded to 22 x 10 cm. 1958 edition. Copyright held by Robert E. Barringer. Panel title: Welcome map, greater Las Vegas area and scenic routes to and from there. "The Raele McCoy Co." Map is irregularly shaped. Index on verso. Includes advertisements for Las Vegas businesses and notes. Birdseye-view map The Las Vegas area : wonderland of the West : on the Old Spanish Trail; advertisements and helpful information on Las Vegas on verso. "1958 edition." Original publisher: Redwood Publishing Co..

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Map of Clark's Las Vegas Townsite, Lincoln County, Nevada, May 10, 1905

Date

1905-05-10

Description

Scale: 1" = 100'. 1 map ; 28 x 22 cm. Verso of map is an announcement of the auction to be held May 15, 1905, for lots in the Las Vegas townsite. Pricing and lot information is included, as well as specials for railway tickets to Las Vegas from Los Angeles and Salt Like City. Las Vegas Land and Water Company

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Map of the city of Las Vegas, North Las Vegas, the "Strip", 1963

Date

1963

Description

39 x 36 cm., folded to 28 x 15 cm. Panel title: Welcome map, greater Las Vegas area and scenic routes to and from there. Copyright held by Robert E. Barringer. Includes advertisements for Las Vegas businesses, inset of map of Henderson, Nev., and index. Map of California from San Francisco to Los Angeles to Las Vegas by Beth Bergh, advertisements and index on verso Christmas ed. Greater Las Vegas, 1963-1964 ed. Original publisher: Redwood Publishing Co..

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Topographic map of Las Vegas Rancho, showing location of wells and water lines, Las Vegas, Nev., May 1, 1940

Date

1940-05-01

Description

'May 1, 1940.' 'F-225.' Relief shown by contours. Scale [ca. 1:7,200] 1 in.=600 feet. Blueprint.

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Map of Las Vegas hotels & motels, June 1990

Date

1990-06

Description

Color; 33 x 27 cm. on sheet 46 x 55 cm., folded to 23 x 10 cm. Panel title: Las Vegas area map. Shows locations of hotel and motels in the area of the Strip and Downtown. Also shows locations of country clubs. Includes a separate map of locations of hotels and motels in the surrounding area including North Las Vegas. Includes index. "LVM-75M-6/90."--Verso. Map of locations of golf courses on the verso along with information on points of interest, attractions, general information, tennis, bowling, recreational vehicle parks, and golf.

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