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The Ultimate Guide, "Fireworks," The Discovery Channel, 2002
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Additional information from donor: This video gives a background to the development and use of fireworks. While Las Vegas is not featured in this video, its New Years Eve fireworks display is world-renown.
Archival Collection
Scott Rayer Collection of Television Programs about Las Vegas, Nevada
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Collection Number: MS-01130
Collection Name: Scott Rayer Collection of Television Programs about Las Vegas, Nevada
Box/Folder: Digital File 00
Collection Name: Scott Rayer Collection of Television Programs about Las Vegas, Nevada
Box/Folder: Digital File 00
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"Jubilee": article draft by Roosevelt Fitzgerald
Date
1980 (year approximate) to 1995 (year approximate)
Description
From the Roosevelt Fitzgerald Professional Papers (MS-01082) -- Drafts for the Las Vegas Sentinel Voice file. On Christmas during the author's youth, and before and after the end of slavery in the U.S.
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Nevada Women's History Project bylaws, policies, and procedures
Date
1996 to 1997
Description
Folder from the Nevada Women's History Project Records (MS-00406).
Text
Photograph of Mike O' Callaghan and Laura Belle Kelch, 1977
Date
1977
Description
Portrait of Governor Mike O'Callaghan presenting citation to Laura Belle Kelch as 1977 Nevada Mother of the Year.
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Slide of a Las Vegas billboard, Las Vegas, circa 1940-1950s
Date
1940 to 1959
Description
A color slide of a billboard advertising "Just for fun" in Las Vegas, and "year 'round desert playland" with a cartoon cowboy.
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Photograph of Shirley Wengert, circa 1938
Date
1937 to 1939
Description
Young Shirley Wengert posing in front of a fence and house. Here she is estimated to be around three years old.
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Photograph of Cressa Springer Hancock, Iowa, circa 1927
Date
1927
Description
Cressa Springer Hancock wears her glasses as she poses for her portrait at about 45 years old.
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