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Postcard showing the El Rancho Vegas, Las Vegas, circa 1940s
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Archival Collection
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Hand painted stones at the Las Vegas Community Healing Garden, looking northeast in Las Vegas, Nevada: digital photograph
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Archival Collection
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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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Photograph of El Rancho Vegas, Las Vegas, circa 1941-1960
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Archival Collection
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Film transparency of the El Rancho Vegas, Las Vegas, 1940s-1950s
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Archival Collection
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Follow Me to Las Vegas Magazine
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Follow Me to Las Vegas, a magazine about art, entertainment, and popular culture in Las Vegas, Nevada. Entertainers and actors are featured in various articles and photographs. The magazine contains several print advertisements of local businesses and organizations.
Mixed Content
Letter from Walter R. Bracken (Las Vegas) to Leo A. McNamee (Las Vegas), November 2, 1939
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Archival Collection
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Letter accompanying application for the Las Vegas Land and Water Co. to have permission to use the new well on the Las Vegas Ranch. The unsigned application is referenced below.
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The Wheel Las Vegas Rotary Club newsletter, June 10, 1982
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Archival Collection
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Film transparency of El Rancho Vegas, Las Vegas, 1940s-1950s
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Archival Collection
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Photograph of snow in the Las Vegas deserts, Las Vegas, circa 1930
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Archival Collection
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Junior League of Las Vegas Photograph Collection
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The Junior League of Las Vegas Photograph Collection contains photographic prints and negatives, as well as postcards of locations in and around Las Vegas, Nevada between approximately 1900 and 1980. Early photographs in the collection offer views of the Las Vegas townsite, buildings, railroads, the Las Vegas High School, Overland Hotel, Arizona Club, and residential areas. Other photographs during this time depict the Hoover Dam (Boulder Dam) construction and Death Valley, California. Later photographs show the University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV) campus, downtown Las Vegas, and the Las Vegas Strip.
Archival Collection