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08/03/2025

https://www.realtor.com/news/trends/original-sears-catalog-homes/

Three homeowners describe how their Sears catalog homes have stood the test of time—and they have the photos to prove it.

07/15/2025

✨Hope your week is as perfect as these Vintage Vegas homes!✨

07/09/2025

A lovely morning bike ride!

What’s quaint, quiet and full of cute historic buildings? A July 19 Saturday morning bike ride through Lawyer’s Row! Then we’ll head to Fremont Street to uncover the history of the motels that once welcomed tourists. Don’t worry, there’s shady stops-plus PublicUs is generously supplying coffee and pastries to bikers! ☕️🥐 Register at https://fareharbor.com/embeds/book/nevada-preservation/items/649333/?full-items=yes&flow=1162611

07/04/2025

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Our popular bike tour is back🚴‍♂️—the morning of July 19, we're taking a scenic cruise through downtown Las Vegas, where neon signs once lit the way for honeymooners and high-rolling tourists. On the "Coffee & Crusing Bike Tour: Lost Motels and Lawyer's Row," you'll see everything from 1920s bungalows to 1960s motels. If you don't have a bike, we do! Tickets at https://fareharbor.com/embeds/book/nevada-preservation/items/649333/?full-items=yes&flow=1162611

07/04/2025

Happy 4th of July! Careful with those fireworks! 🎆

Tropicana showgirl from 1975. 📷 Credit: Las Vegas News Bureau Collection, LVCVA Archive. Thanks to archivist Kelli Luchs.

06/27/2025

TONIGHT!!

06/27/2025

A sampling of the 2025 Home + History Las Vegas weekend, with volunteers, board members, homeowners and guests comments. Video by E11even Media.

06/18/2025

06/18/2025

Be there or be square! June 27 at The Composers Room! Tickets at https://fareharbor.com/embeds/book/nevada-preservation/items/587492/?full-items=yes&flow=1162611

06/12/2025

Happy Pride! Here's a LVCVA Archive photo of UNLV Spectrum students celebrating during the 17th Annual Las Vegas Pride Night Parade surrounded by spectators on 4th Street in downtown Las Vegas, in 2015.
📷 Las Vegas News Bureau Collection, LVCVA Archive. Thanks to archivist Kelli Luchs!

06/10/2025

This is going to be fun!!

One may not realize it at the time, but growing up in Las Vegas is a little different when compared with other places! Join us June 27 for an evening of Cocktails + True Tales at The Composers Room, as we hear stories from folks who spent their formative years in Sin City—and still remain here. Tickets (includes 1 beverage) at https://fareharbor.com/embeds/book/nevada-preservation/items/587492/?full-items=yes&flow=1162611