A Cartographic Journey Through Las Vegas History-Part 1. WAML Information Bulletin 39(2) March 2008

Western Association of Map Libraries

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Information Bulletin 39(3) July 2008

Images from "A Cartographic Journey Through Las Vegas History: Tracing the Las Vegas Landscape Through Maps - Part II"

by Su Kim Chung & Kathy Rankin, University of Nevada, Las Vegas

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Figure 1. Porter & White Agency. 1947. Map of Las Vegas, Nevada. [United States]: Ballinger.

Figure 2. Southern Nevada Home-Siters Inc. 1955. Home-site lands-Las Vegas Valley: (govt. "small tracts") Clark County, Nevada. Las Vegas, Nev.: Southern Nevada Home-Siters.

Figure 3. Campbell Realty Company. [1957?] A general map of Las Vegas, Nevada. Las Vegas, Nev.: Campbell Realty: Distributed by Las Vegas Nevada Chamber of Commerce.

Figure 4. Lick, Ken. [1960?] Las Vegas area map. [Las Vegas, Nev.?: Nevada State Motel Association?].

Figure 5. Front Boy Service Co. 1968. General map & street guide, Greater Las Vegas, Nevada, featuring Las Vegas (the most colorful city of them all), North Las Vegas (city of progress), Paradise Valley (may it bloom like a rose forever). Las Vegas, Nev.: Front-Boy Service Co.

Figure 6. H.M. Gousha Company. [1971]. Las Vegas. San Jose, Calif.: H.M. Gousha Co. Not available online. Please see print version of article.

Figure 7. CreaTours Inc. 1979. Tourist Las Vegas street map and Lake Mead Recreation Area pictorial map. [Las Vegas, Nev.?]: CreaTours.

Figure 8. Front Boy Service Co. 1984. Professional street map of greater Las Vegas, Nevada. Las Vegas, Nev.: Front Boy Service Co.

Figure 9. Travel Graphics International. 1987. Las Vegas illustrated pocket map. Minneapolis, Minn.: Travel Graphics International (Stuart Sellars, Publisher; Travel Graphics International; 1199 Josephine Rd.; St. Paul, MN 55113 www.tgimaps.com)

Figure 10. Clark County (Nev.). Dept. of Comprehensive Planning. Advanced Planning Division. 1997. Proposed metropolitan Las Vegas development area (AB 490). [Las Vegas, Nev.]: Comprehensive Planning, Advanced Planning Division.

Figure 11. Landiscor Aerial Information (Firm). 1996. Las Vegas. Las Vegas, Nev.: Landiscor Aerial Information.

Figure 12. MapEasy, Inc. [1997?] MapEasy's guidemap to Las Vegas. [Amagansett, N.Y.] : MapEasy.

Figure 13. Borch GmbH. 2008. Las Vegas: Las Vegas & region, Las Vegas & national parks, Grand Canyon National Park, Grand Canyon Village. [Inning am Ammersee, Germany]: Borch.