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Photograph of Las Vegas High School, Las Vegas, Nevada, 1907-1930

Date

1907 to 1930

Archival Collection

Description

A picture of Las Vegas High School burning. Site Name: Las Vegas High School (Las Vegas, Nev.)

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Photograph of bridge over Vegas Creek, Las Vegas, circa 1900

Date

1900 (year approximate)

Description

Photograph of bridge over Las Vegas Creek south of the Old Mormon Fort.

Transcribed Notes: Printed on front: Vegas Creek and the old Bridge, Las Vegas Nevada, Oasis Confectionery Photo; Handwritten inscription on back: s. of Old Ranch - cross to school - 2nd & Lewis

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Photograph of an orchard on the Las Vegas Ranch, Las Vegas (Nev.), 1900-1925

Date

1900 to 1925

Description

Site Name: Las Vegas Ranch (Las Vegas, Nev.)

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Brochure, Pioneer Trail of West Las Vegas community

Date

2006

Description

Brochure highlights and maps historic points of interest in West Las Vegas.

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Film transparency of El Rancho Vegas, Las Vegas, 1940s-1950s

Date

1940 to 1959

Archival Collection

Description

An exterior night view of the front and side of El Rancho Vegas.

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Film transparency of the El Rancho Vegas, Las Vegas, circa 1940s

Date

1940 to 1949

Archival Collection

Description

A black and white image of the front exterior of the El Rancho Vegas.

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Photographs of Hollywood Park, Las Vegas, circa 1960s

Date

1960 to 1969

Description

The Hollywood Park building, part of the Sands Hotel complex in Las Vegas, Nevada.

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Las Vegas schoolhouse, Las Vegas, Nevada: photographic print

Date

1905

Description

From the Elizabeth Harrington Photograph Collection (PH-00291). Inscription with image reads: "First Las Vegas School, southwest corner of Second and Lewis Streets. 1905."

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Junior League of Las Vegas Photograph Collection

Identifier

PH-00097

Abstract

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

Photograph of Vegas Heights Elementary School, Las Vegas, 1946

Date

1946

Description

A flag raising ceremony at the Vegas Heights Elementary School in Las Vegas, Nevada. From left to right, people are identified as follows: Dolly Ruth Wheeler's son (with bugle); Billy (holding flag; the flag was donated in honor of his father, a WWII casualty); Dale, the soloist; Mrs. Wilson, Brownie Scout leader and Vice President of the P. T. A.; Mrs. Sellers, President of Vegas Heights P. T. A.; Miss Jane; Adams Ledbetter, Primary Supervisor; Miss Maude Frazier, Superintendent; Billy's widowed mother (dressed in all black); Edna Lundgren, 2nd & 3rd grade teacher; Roma Knight, Principal; and Brownie scouts.

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