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Showgirls

No other icon epitomizes Las Vegas like the showgirl. While Las Vegas has become known primarily as a gambling resort, in fact its entertainment is as important to its tourist industry as gambling.

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Menus: The Art of Dining

Menus provide a wealth of information beyond their purely aesthetic value and are a particularly rich resource for aspects of cultural and social history. Discover hundreds of historical menus from all over the world, including—of course—Las Vegas!

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Southern Nevada: The Boomtown Years

Discover a wide range of original source materials from UNLV Libraries Special Collections, the Nevada State Museum, and Historical Society in Las Vegas and the Clark County Heritage Museum.

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Welcome Home, Howard

This collection features photographic images and portraits documenting the life of Howard Hughes, including images selected from two collections: The Howard Hughes Collection and the Hughes Electronics Collection.

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Menus: The Art of Dining

Southern Nevada: The Boomtown Years

Welcome Home, Howard!

Nevada Test Site Oral History Project

Showgirls

Southern Nevada: History in Maps

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Happy Holidays from UNLV Libraries Digital Collections!

Submitted by michael.yunkin on December 23, 2010 - 1:11pm

We invite you to take a break from the stress of the season and relax with a few of the rich treasures found in the Menus: Art of Dining Collection. These include historic menus of beautiful design and unique construction created for Christmas and New Year's holiday celebrations. The images are sure to get you in the spirit of the season!

Elvis in Las Vegas

Submitted by clampert on September 7, 2010 - 4:15pm

Most people know about Elvis Presley’s connection to Las Vegas—there was the 1964 film Viva Las Vegas starring the rock n’ roll icon and screen goddess Ann-Margaret, the countless performances late in his career, the wedding to Priscilla at the Aladdin Hotel. However, many do not know that it was in part due to Las Vegas that his fledgling career was rescued.

Welcome to Menus: The Art of Dining

Submitted by clampert on September 7, 2010 - 12:54pm

On behalf of the entire Project Team who worked on this project at the University Libraries, I would like to welcome you to our newest digital collection.

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