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The intersection of Eastern Avenue and Coronado Center Drive, looking west in Henderson, Nevada: digital photograph

Date
2019-04-01
Description

From the UNLV University Libraries Photographs of the Development of the Las Vegas Valley, Nevada (PH-00394). Part of the collection documents the entire 19 mile length of the north/south Eastern Avenue / Civic Center Drive alignment. This photograph was captured in the section of Eastern Avenue between Coronado Center Drive and Sunridge Heights Parkway.

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Eastern Avenue curves toward Anthem Parkway, looking north in Henderson, Nevada: digital photograph

Date
2019-04-02
Description

From the UNLV University Libraries Photographs of the Development of the Las Vegas Valley, Nevada (PH-00394). Part of the collection documents the entire 19 mile length of the north/south Eastern Avenue / Civic Center Drive alignment. This photograph was captured in the section of Eastern Avenue between Sunridge Heights Parkway and Grand Hills Drive.

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Reunion Drive near Eastern Avenue, looking east-northeast in Henderson, Nevada: digital photograph

Date
2019-04-03
Description

From the UNLV University Libraries Photographs of the Development of the Las Vegas Valley, Nevada (PH-00394). Part of the collection documents the entire 19 mile length of the north/south Eastern Avenue / Civic Center Drive alignment. This photograph was captured in the section of Eastern Avenue between Grand Hills and Sun City Anthem Drives.

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Photograph of businesses on Arizona Street, downtown Boulder City, Nevada, circa 1942 - 1940s

Date
1942 to 1949
Description
View of businesses on Arizona Street in downtown Boulder City, taken from the corner of Nevada Highway and Arizona Street, looking east. Shell Service Station, Visitors Bureau, Boulder Theatre, Nava-Hopi Trading Post are seen. The front of the Boulder Dam Hotel is seen immediately east of the Nava-Hopi Store. Automobiles are in the street and parked in front of shops.

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The intersection of Eastern Avenue and Coronado Center Drive, looking south in Henderson, Nevada: digital photograph

Date
2019-03-28
Description

From the UNLV University Libraries Photographs of the Development of the Las Vegas Valley, Nevada (PH-00394). Part of the collection documents the entire 19 mile length of the north/south Eastern Avenue / Civic Center Drive alignment. This photograph was captured in the section of Eastern Avenue between Silverado Ranch Boulevard and Coronado Center Drive.

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Film transparency of the Flamingo Hotel and Casino, Las Vegas, Nevada, January 7, 1955

Date
1955-01-07
Description
The Flamingo Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada, as seen through a snow-laden bush. The Marquee is visible in the background, advertising Tony Martin, The Goofers, The interludes, Ron Fletcher, Salmas Brothers, Bobby Page, and others. Benjamin "Busgsy" Siegel, opened The Flamingo Hotel & Casino at a total cost of $6 million on December 26, 1946 to poor reception and soon closed. It reopened in March 1947 with a finished hotel. Three months later, on June 20, 1947, Siegel was shot dead at the Beverly Hills home of his girlfriend, Virginia Hill. Billed as "The West's Greatest Resort Hotel," the 105-room property and first luxury hotel on the Strip, was built 4 miles (6.4 km) from Downtown Las Vegas, with a large sign built in front of the construction site announcing it was a William R. Wilkerson project, with Del Webb Construction as the prime contractor and Richard R. Stadelman (who later made renovations to the El Rancho Vegas) the architect. Lore has it that Siegel named the resort after his girlfriend Virginia Hill, who loved to gamble and whose nickname was "Flamingo," a nickname Siegel gave her due to her long, skinny legs. Organized crime king Lucky Luciano wrote in his memoir that Siegel once owned an interest in the Hialeah Park Race Track and viewed the flamingos who populated nearby as a good omen. In fact, the "Flamingo" name was given to the project at its inception by Wilkerson.

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Commercial development along Eastern Avenue, looking northwest in Las Vegas, Nevada: digital photograph

Date
2019-02-07
Description

From the UNLV University Libraries Photographs of the Development of the Las Vegas Valley, Nevada (PH-00394). Part of the collection documents the entire 19 mile length of the north/south Eastern Avenue / Civic Center Drive alignment. This photograph was captured in the section of Civic Center Drive and Eastern Avenue between Lake Mead Boulevard and Washington Avenue.

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Commercial development on Eastern Avenue, looking south-southwest in Las Vegas, Nevada: digital photograph

Date
2019-02-07
Description

From the UNLV University Libraries Photographs of the Development of the Las Vegas Valley, Nevada (PH-00394). Part of the collection documents the entire 19 mile length of the north/south Eastern Avenue / Civic Center Drive alignment. This photograph was captured in the section of Civic Center Drive and Eastern Avenue between Lake Mead Boulevard and Washington Avenue.

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Residential housing and traffic on Eastern Avenue, looking north in Las Vegas, Nevada: digital photograph

Date
2019-02-07
Description

From the UNLV University Libraries Photographs of the Development of the Las Vegas Valley, Nevada (PH-00394). Part of the collection documents the entire 19 mile length of the north/south Eastern Avenue / Civic Center Drive alignment. This photograph was captured in the section of Civic Center Drive and Eastern Avenue between Lake Mead Boulevard and Washington Avenue.

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Workers fix a sidewalk on Eastern Avenue looking northeast in Las Vegas, Nevada: digital photograph

Date
2019-02-07
Description

From the UNLV University Libraries Photographs of the Development of the Las Vegas Valley, Nevada (PH-00394). Part of the collection documents the entire 19 mile length of the north/south Eastern Avenue / Civic Center Drive alignment. This photograph was captured in the section of Civic Center Drive and Eastern Avenue between Lake Mead Boulevard and Washington Avenue.

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