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Aerial view of UNLV. Also showing part of Las Vegas north of the university. Photograph follows Maryland Parkway north from about Tropicana Avenue. Both downtown Las Vegas and North Las Vegas can be seen in the distance.
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Elbert Edwards standing on one of the walls of Fort Callville nearly surrounded by the rising waters of Lake Mead.
Transcribed Notes: Transcribed from photo sleeve: "Elbert Edwards at the ruins of Fort Callville as the waters of Lake Mead rise to cover them. (ca. 1938-39)"
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Benny Binion (left) stands with his actor friend Chill Wills (right). The pair are outdoors and wear similar fur-lined coats and cowboy hats.
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Materials contain photographic prints, photographic slides, and photographic negatives that depict Las Vegas, Nevada from 1930 to 1967. The photographs primarily depict downtown Las Vegas, especially the hotels, casinos, and clubs on Fremont Street: the Hotel Last Frontier, Sands Hotel, Frontier Club, Pioneer Club, Sal Sagev Hotel, Overland Hotel, Northern Club, Las Vegas Club, Apache Club, Eldorado Club, El Rancho Vegas Hotel, Golden Nugget, Boulder Club, and Desert Inn. The photographs also depict several hotels on the Las Vegas Strip, including the Flamingo Hotel and the Thunderbird Hotel.
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