A group photograph of unidentified miners on shift in Virginia City, Nevada. Printed on the front of the card: “Miners on shift – Virginia City, Nevada.”
Original Collection
Fred and Maurine Wilson Photo Collection
Postcard showing a man on a horse at the Hotel Last Frontier, Las Vegas, circa 1940s
Group Creator
Frashers Inc.
Description
A view of an unidentified man on a horse outside the Hotel Last Frontier; the slogan,”The Early West in Modern Splendor” is printed on the postcard.
Source
Image ID: 0100 2930
Original Collection
Manis Collection
Original Date
1942;
Digital ID
pho000776
Title
Postcard of the Las Frontier Hotel, Las Vegas, circa 1945
Group Creator
Frashers Inc.
Description
Photograph of the Livery Stable at the Last Frontier Hotel and Casino.
Source
Image ID: 0100 0108
Original Collection
Manis Collection
Original Date
Postcard for Las Vegas, circa 1930s to 1950s
Boulder Dam Service Bureau
Original Collection
Fred and Maurine Wilson Photo Collection
Original Date
1930;
Postcard showing Hoover Dam, circa 1930s-1940s
Boulder Dam Service Bureau
Original Collection
Manis Collection
An old postcard of Fremont Street that’s held at the Clark County Museum in Henderson on Monday, June 25, 2018. Rachel Aston Las Vegas Review-Journal @rookie__rae
An old postcard of Fremont Street that’s held at the Clark County Museum in Henderson on Monday, June 25, 2018. Rachel Aston Las Vegas Review-Journal @rookie__rae
An old postcard of Fremont Street that’s held at the Clark County Museum in Henderson on Monday, June 25, 2018. Rachel Aston Las Vegas Review-Journal @rookie__rae
An old postcard that’s held at the Clark County Museum in Henderson on Monday, June 25, 2018. The problem of an online world, according to Historian Mark Hall-Patton, is that information is easily deleted and more difficult to collect. Hundreds of years from now personal online posts may be impossible to find to paint a picture of today’s world. Rachel Aston Las Vegas Review-Journal @rookie__rae
Historian Mark Hall-Patton speaks to the Review-Journal about postcards and maps and how important they are as a record of the past at the Clark County Museum in Henderson on Monday, June 25, 2018. Hall-Patton is the Museum Administrator for the Clark County Museum system. Rachel Aston Las Vegas Review-Journal @rookie__rae
Old postcards of Las Vegas at the Clark County Museum in Henderson on Monday, June 25, 2018. Hall-Patton is the Museum Administrator for the Clark County Museum system. Rachel Aston Las Vegas Review-Journal @rookie__rae
Old versions of Sate Farm Road Atlases, one from 1962 and one from 1968, at the Clark County Museum in Henderson on Monday, June 25, 2018. Hall-Patton is the Museum Administrator for the Clark County Museum system. He says the lack of printed maps in today’s world is problematic for historians who use them as a tool to study the changes of the past. Rachel Aston Las Vegas Review-Journal @rookie__rae
Old versions of Sate Farm Road Atlases, one from 1962 and one from 1968, at the Clark County Museum in Henderson on Monday, June 25, 2018. Hall-Patton is the Museum Administrator for the Clark County Museum system. He says the lack of printed maps in today’s world is problematic for historians who use them as a tool to study the changes of the past. Rachel Aston Las Vegas Review-Journal @rookie__rae
Historian Mark Hall-Patton speaks to the Review-Journal about postcards and maps and how important they are as a record of the past at the Clark County Museum in Henderson on Monday, June 25, 2018. Hall-Patton is the Museum Administrator for the Clark County Museum system. Rachel Aston Las Vegas Review-Journal @rookie__rae
A 1962 Sate Farm Road Atlases at the Clark County Museum in Henderson on Monday, June 25, 2018. Hall-Patton is the Museum Administrator for the Clark County Museum system. He says the lack of printed maps in today’s world is problematic for historians who use them as a tool to study the changes of the past.Rachel Aston Las Vegas Review-Journal @rookie__rae
pho020264
Title
Postcard of the Las Vegas Convention Center, day and night views, 1959
Description
Postcard with day and night views of the front exterior of the Las Vegas Convention Center shortly after it opened in 1959. Caption: "Las Vegas, Nev. ‘World’s newest convention capital.’" On back: "P29548. Union Pacific Railroad color photo."
Group Contributors
Las Vegas News Agency
Source
Image ID: 0063 0007
Original Collection
Billie Mae Polson Photograph Collection
Original Date
1959
Subject (FAST Topical)
Convention facilities
Site Name
Las Vegas Convention Center (Las Vegas, Nev.)
Address1 (#, street)
Paradise Rd
Digital ID
pho024936
Title
Postcard of the Dunes Hotel, Las Vegas, (Nev.), 1955-1970
Description
Night view of the Dunes Hotel and Casino. Postcard reads "Greetings from Las Vegas"
Source
Image ID: 0164 0010
Original Collection
Steven Segal Collection
Original Date
1955; 1956; 1957; 1958; 1959; 1960; 1961; 1962; 1963; 1964; 1965; 1966; 1967; 1968; 1969; 1970
Subject (FAST Topical)
Hotels
Casinos
Postcards
Spatial Coverage (TGN)
Las Vegas (inhabited place), Clark (county), Nevada (state), United States (nation)
Site Name
Dunes (hotel and casino)
Graphic Elements (TGM)
Hotels
Neon signs
Postcards
DC Type
Still Image
Genre (TGM)
Postcards
Photographic postcards
Cards
Language
eng
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Digital ID
pho020266
Title
Postcard of a dinner theater show, Las Vegas (Nev.), 1950s-1960s
Description
Postcard of an audience watching showgirls and dancers performing onstage, Las Vegas, Nevada. Caption: "Showtime in Las Vegas, Nev." Caption on back: "Typical lavish floor show." "P29125. Color courtesy Desert Sea News Bureau."
Group Contributors
Las Vegas News Agency
Source
Image ID: 0063 0009
Original Collection
Billie Mae Polson Photograph Collection
Original Date
1950; 1951; 1952; 1953; 1954; 1955; 1956; 1957; 1958; 1959; 1960; 1961; 1962; 1963; 1964; 1965; 1966; 1967; 1968; 1969
Subject (FAST Topical)
Dinner theater
Address2 (TGN)
Las Vegas (inhabited place), Clark (county), Nevada (state), United States (nation)
Graphic Elements (TGM)
Entertainers
Dancers
Entertainment
Nightclubs
DC Type
Still Image
Genre (TGM)
Cards
Postcards
Photographic postcards
Language
eng
Rights
This material is made available to facilitate private study, scholarship, or research. It may be protected by copyright, trademark, privacy, publicity rights, or other interests not owned by UNLV. Users are responsible for determining whether permissions are necessary from rights owners for any intended use and for obtaining all required permissions. Acknowledgement of the UNLV University Libraries is requested. For more information, please see the UNLV Special Collections policies on reproduction and use (https://www.library.unlv.edu/speccol/research_and_services/reproductions) or contact us at special.collections@unlv.edu.
Digital Publisher
University of Nevada, Las Vegas University Libraries
Digital Col
Digital ID
pho003251
Title
Postcard of an atomic explosion, Nevada, circa 1950s
Group Creator
Desert Supply Company
Mike Roberts Color Productions
Description
Photograph of an atomic explosion at Frenchman’s Flat which is located in the Nevada National Security Site. It is just south of Yucca Flat, in Southern Nevada.
Source
Image ID: 0100 3270
Original Collection
Manis Collection
Original Date
1950;
Digital ID
pho016275
Title
Postcard of Roulette players, Las Vegas, circa 1940s
Description
Postcard of people playing roulette, addressed to Mr. Fred Longstore in Salt Lake City, Utah. Handwritten message on back of postcard reads: "Hi, Fred and Merlene: Rec’d your letter just before leaving on vacation must say you missed a swell time by not staying over in Frisco. Will write later. Are in Las Vegas now doing what you can see. Hope we have enough to get home on. Going back by way of Los Angeles. As ever, Geo. Chugg."
Source
Image ID: 0014 0147
Original Collection
Fred and Maurine Wilson Photo Collection
Original Date
1940;
Postcard withPostc caricature map of attractions in and around Las Vegas, Nevada, 1959-1960s
Description
Oversized postcard with caricature map of attractions in and around Las Vegas, Nevada, featuring the Strip and Fremont Streets. Caption: "’Howdy Podner’ from Las Vegas, Nevada, the world’s largest gambling and casino area." "P29859."
Digital ID
pho020268
Title
Postcard of people playing blackjack at the Flamingo Hotel and Casino, Las Vegas (Nev.), late 1950s-early 1960s
Description
Postcard showing people gambling at a blackjack table in the Flamingo Hotel and Casino, Las Vegas, Nevada. Caption: "Hit me!" Caption on back: "’21’ — or ‘blackjack,’ Las Vegas, Nevada. Color courtesty — Flamingo Hotel." "P35067."
Group Contributors
Las Vegas News Agency
Source
Image ID: 0063 0011
Original Collection
Billie Mae Polson Photograph Collection
Original Date
1956; 1957; 1958; 1959; 1960; 1961; 1962; 1963
Greetings from Nevada, color postcard for business promotion. Reads "No Retail Sales Tax, No Corporation Tax, No State Income Tax, No Inheritance Tax, No Thumb Tax, The One Sound State." Copyright Curt Teich & Co., Inc.
Source
Image ID: 0164 0042
Original Collection
Steven Segal Collection
igital ID
pho016458
Title
Postcard of a cowgirl and cacti in the southwest desert, circa 1930s to 1950s
Description
A joke Card with a poem about the cactus and cowgirl pictured in postcard. Curt Teich & Co. is credited as the picture’s creator.
Source
Image ID: 0014 0346
Original Collection
Fred and Maurine Wilson Photo Collection
Original Date
1930; 1931; 1932; 1933; 1934; 1935; 1936; 1937; 1938; 1939; 1940; 1941; 1942; 1943; 1944; 1945; 1946; 1947; 1948; 1949; 1950; 1951; 1952; 1953; 1954; 1955; 1956; 1957; 1958; 1959
Subject (FAST Topical)
Deserts
Graphic Elements (TGM)
Cactus
Cowgirls
Digital ID
pho016395
Title
Postcard for Hoover Dam, circa mid 1930s to 1950s
Description
A postcard advertising Hoover Dam made up of a composite of pictures of the site. Curt Teich & Co. is credited as the image’s creator.
Source
Image ID: 0014 0282
Original Collection
Fred and Maurine Wilson Photo Collection
Original Date
1935; 1936; 1937; 1938; 1939; 1940; 1941; 1942; 1943; 1944; 1945; 1946; 1947; 1948; 1949; 1950; 1951; 1952; 1953; 1954; 1955; 1956; 1957; 1958; 1959
Subject (FAST Topical)
Dams
Postcard withPostc caricature map of attractions in and around Las Vegas, Nevada, 1959-1960s
Description
Oversized postcard with caricature map of attractions in and around Las Vegas, Nevada, featuring the Strip and Fremont Streets. Caption: "’Howdy Podner’ from Las Vegas, Nevada, the world’s largest gambling and casino area." "P29859."
Postcard withPostc caricature map of attractions in and around Las Vegas, Nevada, 1959-1960s
Description
Oversized postcard with caricature map of attractions in and around Las Vegas, Nevada, featuring the Strip and Fremont Streets. Caption: “‘Howdy Podner’ from Las Vegas, Nevada, the world’s largest gambling and casino area.” “P29859.”
Greetings from Nevada, color postcard for business promotion. Reads "No Retail Sales Tax, No Corporation Tax, No State Income Tax, No Inheritance Tax, No Thumb Tax, The One Sound State." Copyright Curt Teich & Co., Inc.
Source
Image ID: 0164 0042
Original Collection
Steven Segal Collection
An old postcard of Fremont Street that’s held at the Clark County Museum in Henderson on Monday, June 25, 2018. Rachel Aston Las Vegas Review-Journal @rookie__rae
Photograph of shops on Fremont Street, Las Vegas (Nev.), 1930s
Description
Fremont Street postcard, Las Vegas Nevada. Text at the bottom reads: “New shops along the Main Street-Las Vegas, Nev.”
Source
Image ID: 0164 0040
Original Collection
Steven Segal Collection
Original Date
1930;
Postcard of the Copa Room, Sands Hotel and Casino, Las Vegas, circa 1960s
Postcard of the Chuck Wagon Buffet at the Flamingo Hotel, Las Vegas (Nev.), 1950s
Postcard showing a 150 man transport for the Boulder Dam Project, Hoover Dam, circa 1930s
Group Creator
Boulder Dam Service Bureau
Some of the millions of tourists
who visit the Strip and downtown Las Vegas every year may not realize it, but they become accidental archivists helping to preserve our city for future historians.
When they take a moment to scrawl a message on a postcard that they’ll send to family and friends back home, they contribute to Las Vegas’ always-expanding historical archive.
The postcard collections of the Clark County Museum and UNLV Libraries Special Collections and Archives tell terrific stories — who we were via long-ago panoramas of the Strip, gone-but-not-forgotten casinos, proud chefs showing off a buffet’s bounty and tourists of the ’60s playing blackjack or catching a show.
Postcards offer historians a photographic record of the past, says Peter Michel, curator of collections for UNLV Libraries Special Collections and Archives. “What’s interesting about postcards is how common they were and how far back they go historically.”
Postcards, maps and atlases are “sort of plebeian articles, common things,” says Mark Hall-Patton, Clark County Museums administrator. “But in those common things are history and an ability to understand how we have changed and where we came from and how we have gotten to where we are today.”
Contact John Przybys at jprzybys
@reviewjournal.com or 702-383-0280.
Follow @JJPrzybys on Twitter.
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