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Utility boxes at the Summerhill Pointe Apartments on West Sahara Avenue west of Fort Apache Road, looking west, Las Vegas, Nevada, 2017 October 10

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File

Archival Collection

UNLV University Libraries Photographs of the Development of the Las Vegas Valley, Nevada
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Collection Number: PH-00394
Collection Name: UNLV University Libraries Photographs of the Development of the Las Vegas Valley, Nevada
Box/Folder: N/A

Archival Component

Land Rover of Las Vegas and auto dealerships on West Sahara Avenue west of Decatur Boulevard, looking west, Las Vegas, Nevada, 2017 September 19

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Archival Collection

UNLV University Libraries Photographs of the Development of the Las Vegas Valley, Nevada
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Collection Number: PH-00394
Collection Name: UNLV University Libraries Photographs of the Development of the Las Vegas Valley, Nevada
Box/Folder: N/A

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Slide of the parking lot of the Little Church of the West, Las Vegas, circa 1940s

Date

1940 to 1949

Archival Collection

Description

A color slide of the wedding chapel, the Little Church of the West, and the parking lot filled with cars.

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New cars at auto dealership on West Sahara Avenue east of Buffalo Drive, looking west, Las Vegas, Nevada: digital photograph

Date

2017-10-11

Description

New cars await customers at the Honda West auto dealership at 7616 West Sahara Avenue east of Buffalo Drive.

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Sidewalks and landscaping on West Sahara Avenue east of Grand Canyon Drive, looking west, Las Vegas, Nevada: digital photograph

Date

2017-10-10

Description

Sidewalks are integrated into the landscaping along West Sahara Avenue east of Grand Canyon Drive.

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Mississippi of the West recording, 1991 July 04

Level of Description

File

Scope and Contents

In this recorded KNPR documentary, Mississippi of the West or Promised Land, the narrator discusses a racially-segregated Las Vegas, Nevada, maltreatment of black performers prior to 1947, Jim Crow laws during World War II, refusal of hotel owners to abolish the color line, desegreation of most hotels in 1960, modern remnants of historically black neighborhoods, police department—black community tensions in these neighborhoods, and furthering of race relations in Las Vegas.

Archival Collection

Arnold Shaw Interviews and Performance Recordings
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Collection Number: OH-03930
Collection Name: Arnold Shaw Interviews and Performance Recordings
Box/Folder: Digital File 00

Archival Component

Mountain West's Yucca Mountain Socioeconomic Project Records

Identifier

MS-00756

Abstract

The Mountain West's Yucca Mountain Socioeconomic Project Records (1987-1994) contain reports on the effects to indigenous peoples, flora and fauna, and transportation relating to the deposits of nuclear waste in Yucca Mountain, Nevada. Mountain West studied were Nye, Lincoln, Esmeralda, and Clark counties. Also included are analysis and impact assessments, and an oral history of Ed Slavin, a Tonopah, Nevada resident.

Archival Collection

Photograph of view to the west of Units 2 and 3, April 11, 2012

Date

2012-04-11

Description

View to the west of Units 2 and 3

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