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Welcome to Las Vegas sign: postcard

Date

1959 (year approximate) to 2000 (year approximate)

Description

At left, the famous "Welcome to Fabulous Las Vegas" sign. Visible in the bottom right corner in the distance is the Klondike Casino.

Image

Neon sign, Nevada: photographic print

Date

1993

Description

Neon sign reading "neon" from the personal collection of Sheila Swan and Peter Laufer.

Sheila Swan and Peter Laufer

Image

Sign Off

Level of Description

File

Archival Collection

Guide to the Canadian Film Centre Worldwide Short Film Festival Submissions
To request this item in person:
Collection Number: MS-00615
Collection Name: Guide to the Canadian Film Centre Worldwide Short Film Festival Submissions
Box/Folder: Box 2006-018

Archival Component

First Sign

Level of Description

File

Archival Collection

Guide to the Canadian Film Centre Worldwide Short Film Festival Submissions
To request this item in person:
Collection Number: MS-00615
Collection Name: Guide to the Canadian Film Centre Worldwide Short Film Festival Submissions
Box/Folder: Box 2006-003

Archival Component

Sign of the Times

Level of Description

File

Archival Collection

Guide to the Canadian Film Centre Worldwide Short Film Festival Submissions
To request this item in person:
Collection Number: MS-00615
Collection Name: Guide to the Canadian Film Centre Worldwide Short Film Festival Submissions
Box/Folder: Box 2006-005

Archival Component

Pizzava window sign, Reno, Nevada

Date

2016 (year approximate) to 2020 (year approximate)

Description

View of the sign for Pizzava with lit neon.

1043 S Virginia St, Reno, NV 89502

Image

Tortoise sign in the desert: photographic slide

Date

1977 (year uncertain) to 1991 (year uncertain)

Description

From the Sister Klaryta Antoszewska Photograph Collection (PH-00352). Tortoise sign in the desert that reads: "DESERT TORTOISE HABITAT THREATENED SPECIES", "NO NUKING TORTOISES", "IT IS UNLAWFUL TO POSSESS, HARASS, TRANSPORT, INJURE, KILL, RECEIVE OR REMOVE A THREATENED OR ENDANGERED SPECIES. 16 USC Sec. 1538.". There is also a picture of a tortoise on the sign. 

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Protest sign in the desert: photographic print

Date

1980 (year approximate) to 2000 (year approximate)

Description

A protest at the Nevada Test Site circa 1980-1999. Protest sign reads, "Convert the test site."

Image

U-Haul sign, Sparks, Nevada

Date

2021

Description

A sign for U-Haul in the shape of a trailer during the day.

1790 Silverada Blvd, Reno, NV 89512

U-Haul

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Chapel of the Bells sign, Reno, Nevada

Date

2016 (year approximate) to 2018 (year approximate)

Description

Chapel of the Bells sign at night with lit neon. the building permanently closed in 2018.

700 W 4th St, Reno, NV 89503

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