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Map of downtown Las Vegas, Nevada, circa 1952-1955

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Date
1952 to 1955
Description
Title in upper left and right margins: Las Vegas, Nevada. Identifies business tenants in the downtown area and includes property valuations, measurements, addresses, etc. Cadastral map. Oriented with north to the lower right.Text, illustrations, aerial photos, and ancillary map of the Las Vegas Strip on verso. Cataloger has determined date of map to be between 1952 and 1955 because the Sahara and the Sands Casinos are shown on the verso of the map, and they both opened in 1952, but the Riviera and the Dunes opened in 1955, and they are not shown on the map. Also, the Hotel Last Frontier is shown on the verso of the map, and its name was changed to New Frontier in 1955. Note: Many of the property names and addresses are erroneous when compared to Las Vegas business directories from the same period.
Digital ID
map000419
Physical Identifier
G4354.L3G46 1952 .N57
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    Alternative Title
    Business section, city of Las Vegas, Nevada ; Las Vegas, Nevada;
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    Digital Provenance
    Digitized materials: physical originals can be viewed in Special Collections and Archives reading room
    Date Digitized
    2014-07-02
    Extent
    11061 x 7160 pixels
    36.87 x 23.867 inches
    237,613,056 bytes
    Language

    English

    Publisher
    University of Nevada, Las Vegas. Libraries
    Format
    image/tiff