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Peccole Ranch entrance looking north from West Sahara Avenue, Las Vegas, Nevada: digital photograph

Date
2017-08-27
Description
Signage and landscaping marks the entrance Peccole Ranch near the intersection of West Sahara Avenue and South Grand Canyon Drive.

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Vacant commercial pad for lease in the Sahara Center looking south, Las Vegas, Nevada: digital photograph

Date
2017-08-27
Description
A vacant commercial pad awaits development in the Sahara Center on West Sahara Avenue and South Sahara Center Dive, east of South Hualapai Way.

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Vacant commercial pad for lease in the Sahara Center looking north, Las Vegas, Nevada: digital photograph

Date
2017-08-27
Description
A vacant commercial pad awaits development in the Sahara Center on West Sahara Avenue and South Sahara Center Dive, east of South Hualapai Way.

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Landscaping for the Sahara Center commercial development along West Sahara Avenue looking east, Las Vegas, Nevada: digital photograph

Date
2017-08-27
Description
Landscaping for the Sahara Center on West Sahara Avenue east of South Hualapai Way utilizes artificial turf.

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Egger, Patrick K., 1949-

Patrick Egger was city planner for North Las Vegas and Clark County Department of Comprehensive Planning (mapping); Vice President and senior real estate appraisor for Nevada Savings and Loan; then independent real estate appraisor; early involvement with UNLV Lied Institute for Real Estate Studies, and instructor in real estate in the College of Continuing Education. Author and presenter about real estate appraisal.

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Dorothy Ross Fletcher oral history interview

Identifier
OH-00589
Abstract

Oral history interview with Dorothy Ross Fletcher conducted by Sharon Hildebrandt on June 26, 1975 for the Ralph Roske Oral History Project on Early Las Vegas. In this interview Fletcher discusses prominent visitors to Las Vegas, Nevada, living in Nevada during World War II, atomic testing, and environmental and social change in Las Vegas. She also talks about real estate and development on the Las Vegas Strip.

Archival Collection

Lorenzo Romans Papers

Identifier
MS-00173
Abstract

The Lorenzo Romans Papers (1875-1965) are comprised of photographs, newspaper clippings, a family photograph album, a diary, a diploma, and related ephemera. The materials were owned by Lorenzo Romans, a California real estate developer who moved to Las Vegas late in life after a short visit to Helen Stewart's Las Vegas Rancho in 1894.

Archival Collection

Photograph of band marching in streets, Tonopah (Nev.), 1940s

Date
1940 to 1949
Description
Marching band parades through town of Tonopah, Nevada on the Fourth of July. The marching men all hold brass instruments, passing stores such as "H. H. Bacon. Real Estate," "Miners Drug Store Inc.," a bank, and what appears to be a doctor's office ("Physicians & Surgeons") while onlookers line the streets.

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