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Architectural drawings of residential home in Las Vegas, Nevada, exterior elevations, May 23, 1958

Date

1958-05-23

Description

Two different sets of drawings of front, rear, left and right exterior elevations and roof plans for a ranch-style residential home in the Las Verdes Heights development in Las Vegas, Nevada. Drawing sets labeled Plan 5-A and Plan 5-B. "Drawn by J.C.M. Checked by E.C.B." "Sheet no. 6 of 25."
Site Name: Las Verdes Heights

Architecture Period: Mid-Century Modernist

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Photograph of the Las Vegas Press Club Installation at the Sands Hotel in Las Vegas, circa April 1969

Date

1969-04

Description

An unidentified group of individuals from the Las Vegas Press Club having dinner at an event at the Sands Hotel in Las Vegas, Nevada.

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Film transparency of the Las Vegas Grammar School and Las Vegas High School, Las Vegas, Nevada, 1931

Date

1931

Description

Center: the Las Vegas Grammar School, built in 1911, and demolished between 1964-1965; Right: the Las Vegas High School, built in 1917, was burned May 11, 1934. The photo was taken in 1931.

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Photograph of the deconstruction of the Las Vegas Hotel, Las Vegas (Nev.), 1905

Date

1905

Description

Workers dismantling the Las Vegas hotel in 1905. Hotel was located within Clark's Las Vegas townsite on Stewart and Main streets. It housed people for the townsite auction held on May 15-16, 1905.

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Map of the city of Las Vegas, North Las Vegas, "the Strip," 1960

Date

1960

Description

1960 edition. 41 x 43 cm. Copyright held by Robert E. Barringer. Title in upper-right corner of map: Las Vegas area map. Irregularly-shaped map. Includes index, notes, list of Las Vegas schools and inset maps of East Las Vegas (Whitney) and Wherry housing area on Nellis Air Force Base. Original publisher: Redwood Publishing Co..

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The Las Vegas Community Healing Garden, looking north in Las Vegas, Nevada: digital photograph

Date

2019-04-07

Description

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 Las Vegas High School Rhythmettes, Las Vegas, 1959

Date

1959

Description

The Las Vegas High School Rhythmettes wave good-bye prior to their departure on a tour to Idaho during the summer of 1959. In the foreground and shaking hands are Mayor Oran Gragson (center foreground, left) and Evelyn Stuckey (center foreground, right), director of the group. They are all standing in front of the Las Vegas Convention Center in Las Vegas, Nevada.

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Postcard of Las Vegas Evening Review Journal newsboys, Las Vegas, 1930

Date

1930

Description

A group view of the Las Vegas Evening Review Journal newsboys in Las Vegas, Nevada.

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Aerial photograph of the Las Vegas Hilton (Las Vegas), circa 1978

Date

1978 to 1979

Description

Las Vegas Hilton after the expansion of the north tower. Stamped on original: "Las Vegas News Bureau. Las Vegas - Nevada Convention Center, 31238 Don English. Jerry Abbott. Joe Buck. Milt Palmer. Wolf Wergin. Gary Angell. Tony King. Jim Borrup. Lee McDonald. Herb Herpolsheimer." Note: The International Hotel was sold in 1970 and renamed the Las Vegas Hilton in 1971.
Site Name: International Hotel
Address: 3000 Paradise Road

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Traffic on Las Vegas Boulevard flows by the 1 October memorial located at the Welcome to Las Vegas sign, looking north-northeast in Las Vegas, Nevada: digital photograph

Date

2017-10-06

Description

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. This series of photographs document the impromptu memorial created at the Welcome to Las Vegas sign.

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