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Dennis McBride LGBTQ Poster and Sign Collection

Identifier
MS-00842
Abstract

The Dennis McBride LGBTQ Poster and Sign Collection (1977-2018) contains posters and signs created by the Las Vegas, Nevada Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, and Queer/Questioning (LGBTQ) community, collected by historian Dennis McBride. These handmade and commercially printed signs cover events of particular interest to the Las Vegas, Nevada LGBTQ community, including social events, entertainment venues, political rallies, and Gay Pride events.

Archival Collection

Architectural drawing of the Fabulous Flamingo addition (Las Vegas), second floor plan, March, 1961

Date
1961-03
Description

Second floor plans for a four story hotel building for the Flamingo from 1961. Includes handwritten notations. Printed on parchment.
Site Name: Flamingo Hotel and Casino
Address: 3555 Las Vegas Boulevard South

Image

Slide of the YESCO sign graveyard, Las Vegas, 1986

Date
1986
Description
The crown sign from the 1950s Royal Nevada Hotel in the YESCO sign graveyard in Las Vegas, Nevada.

Image

Harrah's wall mounted sign, Reno, Nevada

Date
2020
Description

View of the hotel tower sign for Harrah's during the day.

219 N Center St, Reno, NV 89501


Image

Where Flamingos Fly: parts, approximately 1950 to 1967

Level of Description
File
Archival Collection
Russ Morgan Music Manuscripts
To request this item in person:
Collection Number: MS-00944
Collection Name: Russ Morgan Music Manuscripts
Box/Folder: Box 110

Archival Component

Two unidentified protestors with signs: photographic print

Date
1999-05-08
Description
A group of protestors at the Federal Building in Las Vegas, protesting nuclear testing and the Nevada Test Site June 19, 1992. The sign on the left reads "World Peace" and the sign in the center of the image reads "RIP Children of St. George Downwind Victims - Utah - 1951"

Image

Photograph of courtyard area and outdoor swimming pool at the Flamingo Hotel (Las Vegas), circa 1940s

Date
1940 to 1949
Description

Guests sit in the courtyard area around an outdoor pool at the Flamingo Hotel in the 1940s.
Site Name: Flamingo Hotel and Casino
Address: 3555 Las Vegas Boulevard South

Image

Mounted artist's perspective rendering of exterior Flamingo Hilton Las Vegas

Level of Description
File
Archival Collection
Homer Rissman Architectural Records
To request this item in person:
Collection Number: MS-00452
Collection Name: Homer Rissman Architectural Records
Box/Folder: Flat File 184

Archival Component

Photographic prints and film negatives of Flamingo Hilton: Las Vegas, Nevada

Level of Description
File
Archival Collection
Homer Rissman Architectural Records
To request this item in person:
Collection Number: MS-00452
Collection Name: Homer Rissman Architectural Records
Box/Folder: Box 37

Archival Component

#8109 Flamingo & Eastern: aerial photographs, 1969 August 18

Level of Description
File
Archival Collection
Frank Mitrani Photographs
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Collection Number: PH-00332
Collection Name: Frank Mitrani Photographs
Box/Folder: Box 75

Archival Component