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Paris Las Vegas and CVS Pharmacy on the Strip, Las Vegas, Nevada: digital photograph

Date

2017-02-28

Description

Mega resorts like Paris Las Vegas often compete for customer attention with a variety of businesses. In this case a CVS Pharmacy and drug store shares a sidewalk.

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Hazy Las Vegas skyline view, North Las Vegas, Nevada: digital photograph

Date

2016-10-18

Description

A view of the Las Vegas skyline on a hazy day as seen from an area near the eastern end of East Charleston Road near the Orchard Detention Basin.

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Film negative of a sign at Las Vegas Club, Las Vegas, circa 1950s-1960s

Date

1950 to 1969

Archival Collection

Description

An image of a sign advertising free souvenir postcards at Las Vegas Club.

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Tourists using overpass on the Las Vegas Strip, Las Vegas, Nevada: digital photograph

Date

2017-02-28

Description

Providing security and access to both automobile and pedestrian traffic is handled differently along Las Vegas Boulevard and has changed over the years on the Strip. First installed in the 1990s, the pedestrian overpass has become commonplace along the Las Vegas Strip. Here, a tourist rides an escalator near Caesar's Palace hotel and casino as cars await the light at Flamingo Road.

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Pedestrian traffic on Las Vegas Boulevard, Las Vegas, Nevada: digital photograph

Date

2017-04-12

Description

Tourists walk in the area near the Mirage Hotel and Casino as others cross Las Vegas Boulevard above traffic. Pedestrian overpasses have become a popular way of keeping tourists safe and traffic flowing on the Strip, but their expense and footprint make them difficult for all locations. Moving pedestrians along the Strip safely has become a major effort over the years.

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Pedestrian traffic on Las Vegas Boulevard, Las Vegas, Nevada: digital photograph

Date

2017-04-12

Description

Tourists walk in the area near the Mirage Hotel and Casino as others cross Las Vegas Boulevard above traffic. Pedestrian overpasses have become a popular way of keeping tourists safe and traffic flowing on the Strip, but their expense and footprint make them difficult for all locations. Moving pedestrians along the Strip safely has become a major effort over the years.

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Las Vegas High School Class of 1929 Collection

Identifier

MS-00632

Abstract

The Las Vegas High School Class of 1929 Collection (1921-1979) contains materials relating to the Las Vegas High School graduating class of 1929. Materials include a scrapbook with photographs, pamphlets, fliers, and newspaper clippings from the thirtieth, fortieth, forty-fifth, and fiftieth reunions, as well as poster boards and oversized photographs from the 1920s.

Archival Collection

Photograph of Eglington or Las Vegas Ranch, Las Vegas, circa early 1900s

Date

1905 to 1939

Description

Black and white image of a well at a ranch (it may be Eglington Ranch or Las Vegas Ranch). Transcribed text from back of photograph: "I don't suppose that you ever saw this or a picture of it."

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Downtown Las Vegas Design Drawings

Identifier

MS-00911

Abstract

The Downtown Las Vegas Design Drawings (approximately 2011-2014) is comprised of seven design drawings created for select businesses located in downtown Las Vegas, Nevada. The drawings are colored on tissue and were created by BUNNYFiSH studio, an architectural firm located in downtown Las Vegas, Nevada. The collection includes three drawings for a porte-cochère at the D Las Vegas hotel; drawings for the exteriors of the Hydrant Club, Inspire, and HOP Downtown; and an interior drawing for Scullery.

Archival Collection

The Wheel Las Vegas Rotary Club newsletter, date unknown, image 005

Date

1967 to 1972

Archival Collection

Description

Newsletter issued by the Las Vegas Rotary Club

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