The Las Vegas Thoroughbred Racing Association Stock Certificates (1951) consist of Las Vegas Thoroughbred Racing Association (LVTRA) shareholder stock certificates and associated correspondence. The stock certificates certify that Miguel G. Jimenez in Los Angeles, California and Vilhelm V. Christensen of Lynwood, California own shares of LVTRA. The LVTRA, organized in 1950 to build a racetrack in Las Vegas, Nevada, was financially unsuccessful and became the subject of a bankruptcy proceeding.
The Las Vegas Thoroughbred Racing Association Stock Certificates (1951) consist of Las Vegas Thoroughbred Racing Association (LVTRA) shareholder stock certificates and associated correspondence. The stock certificates certify that Miguel G. Jimenez in Los Angeles, California and Vilhelm V. Christensen of Lynwood, California own shares of LVTRA. The LVTRA, organized in 1950 to build a racetrack in Las Vegas, Nevada, was financially unsuccessful and became the subject of a bankruptcy proceeding.
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Las Vegas Thoroughbred Racing Association Stock Certificates, 1951. MS-00043. Special Collections, University Libraries, University of Nevada, Las Vegas. Las Vegas, Nevada. http://n2t.net/ark:/62930/f1nk5r
Materials were donated in 1981 by Carmen and Trini Jimenez and in 2020 by JoAnn Christensen; accession numbers 1981-028, 2021-122.
In 2017, Joyce Moore processed the collection and created the finding aid. In 2022, Tammi Kim accessioned the 2021 addition and updated the finding aid.