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University of Nevada, Las Vegas #VegasStrong Banner

Identifier

UA-00077

Abstract

The University of Nevada, Las Vegas #VegasStrong Banner (2017) is comprised of a vinyl banner depicting a silhouette of the Las Vegas, Nevada skyline. The banner includes signatures and messages written by UNLV students in memory of the 2017 mass shooting in Las Vegas at the Route 91 Harvest music festival.

Archival Collection

Photograph of Las Vegas High School cheerleaders, Las Vegas, 1954

Date

1954

Description

A group photo of cheerleaders for Las Vegas High School in Las Vegas, Nevada. The girls are identified as, from left to right: (front) Denece Jolley, Barbara Merrill, and Evelyn Hibbard; (back, leaping in air) Miriam O'Donnell and Gay Fisher (head cheerleader).

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Photograph of Las Vegas Grammar School, Las Vegas (Nev.), late 1930s

Date

1936 to 1939

Description

Exterior view of the Las Vegas Grammar School, also known as the Historic Fifth Street School, which was built in 1936. Fifth Street was renamed Las Vegas Boulevard in 1959. There is a small sign on the lawn that reads, "Keep off the grass." Site Name: Las Vegas Grammar School (Las Vegas, Nev.) Street Address: 401 South Las Vegas Boulevard

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Newspaper clipping, Las Vegas Valley water withdrawal keeps even, Las Vegas Review-Journal, July, 21 1948

Date

1948-07-21

Archival Collection

Description

Residents of the Las Vegas Valley were withdrawing water at the same rate as was being recharged.

Text

Las Vegas and Tonopah Railroad Blueprints

Identifier

MS-00921

Abstract

The Las Vegas and Tonopah Railroad Blueprints consists of twenty-four of the original thirty blueprints as part of the Interstate Commerce Commission (I.C.C.) Valuation Index Section I. They are labeled "Right-of-Way & Track Map, Las Vegas & Tonopah Railroad" and dated June 30, 1915. The blueprints contain four miles of railroad lines per sheet with a scale of 6 3/4 inches per mile. The collection also includes one sheet from the Bullfrog Goldfield Railroad company, which used the track, yard, and facilities of the Las Vegas and Tonopah and Railroad company between Beatty and Goldfield, Nevada.

Archival Collection

The Wheel Las Vegas Rotary Club newsletter, January 25, 1979

Date

1979-01-25

Archival Collection

Description

Newsletter issued by the Las Vegas Rotary Club

Text

The Wheel of Rotary Las Vegas Rotary Club newsletter, January 6, 1955

Date

1955-01-06

Archival Collection

Description

Official publication of Las Vegas, Nevada Rotary Club

Text

Las Vegas News Bureau Photograph Collection

Identifier

PH-00049

Abstract

The Las Vegas News Bureau Photograph Collection consists of black-and-white and color photographic prints, negatives, and slides depicting Las Vegas, Nevada from approximately 1940 to 1989. The images primarily depict hotels on the Strip in Las Vegas, Nevada, including Caesars Palace Las Vegas Hotel and Casino, the Flamingo Hotel & Casino, and the Desert Inn Hotel and Casino. Also included are images of the convention center in Las Vegas and Cashman Field, as well images of entertainers performing on the Las Vegas Strip. The collection consists entirely of photographic reproductions.

Archival Collection

Photograph of downtown Las Vegas, Las Vegas (Nev.), 1912

Date

1912

Description

Fremont Street near an intersection with First Street. A man on horseback and a wagon on dirt street. Buildings with signs advertise businesses including the Salt Lake City Brewing Company, the Ideal Lunch Counter, billiards, and department store.
Site Name: Fremont Street (Las Vegas, Nev.)

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Follow Me to Las Vegas Magazine

Date

1966-05

Description

Follow Me to Las Vegas, a magazine about art, entertainment, and popular culture in Las Vegas, Nevada. The magazine contains several print advertisements of local businesses and organizations.

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