Las Vegas Historical Society

Photograph preservation organization created in 2013

The Las Vegas Historical Society was created in 2013 to collect, archive, and display photographs of Las Vegas and the Las Vegas Valley in Nevada, which have not yet been publicly showcased.

Online

The Society's website has an online photo archive organized by decade. The website also allows for local Las Vegans and the city's visitors to upload their historical photographs.^[1]

Museum

The Society is located in the Las Vegas Arts District in Downtown Las Vegas. It is open daily for viewing of select photos, put in chronological order by decades to create a timeline for the history of Las Vegas and the Las Vegas Valley in Clark County.

References

^ "Joe Downtown: Historical society crowdsourcing for not-so-famous Las Vegas photos". Vegas Inc. February 26, 2014. Retrieved 11 June 2014.

External links

Official website

Western U.S. historical societies

Mountain

Arizona

Arizona Historical Society (Tempe)

Colorado

Denver	Colorado Aviation Historical Society History Colorado
Pueblo	Bessemer Historical Society Pueblo Historical Aircraft Society
Others	Adventures in Preservation (Boulder) Society for French Historical Studies (Colorado Springs) St. Vrain Historical Society (Longmont)

Idaho

Idaho State Historical Society (Moscow)

Montana

Helena	Montana Historical Society Society of Montana Pioneers

Nevada

Las Vegas Historical Society (Las Vegas)

New Mexico

New Mexico Historic Preservation Division (Santa Fe)

Utah

Salt Lake City	Church History Library Daughters of Utah Pioneers Utah State Historical Society
Others	Mormon History Association (Heber City) Utah Aviation Hall of Fame (Roy)

Wyoming

Wyoming Division of State Parks and Historic Sites (Cheyenne)

Pacific

California

Berkeley	Berkeley Architectural Heritage Association Berkeley Historical Society
La Jolla	Association of Ancient Historians La Jolla Historical Society
Los Angeles	Association of Moving Image Archivists Chinese Historical Society of Southern California Getty Conservation Institute Los Angeles Conservancy Society for the Preservation of Downtown Los Angeles West Adams Heritage Association
San Diego	The Conference on Faith and History San Diego History Center Save Our Heritage Organisation
San Francisco	California Historical Society GLBT Historical Society Native Sons of the Golden West San Francisco Museum and Historical Society Society of California Pioneers
Santa Clara	South Bay Historical Railroad Society Western Society for French History
Others	American Aviation Historical Society (Santa Ana) California Register of Historical Resources (Sacramento) California Trolley and Railroad Corporation (San Jose) Fort Tejon Historical Association (Kern County) H. P. Lovecraft Historical Society (Glendale) Hayward Area Historical Society (Hayward) Humboldt County Historical Society (Eureka) IT History Society (Tiburon) Oakland Heritage Alliance (Oakland) Pajaro Valley Historical Association (Watsonville) Perris Valley Historical and Museum Association (Perris) San Buenaventura Conservancy (Ventura) San Fernando Valley Historical Society (Mission Hills) San Joaquin County Historical Society and Museum (Lodi) Santee Historical Society Museum (Santee) Silicon Valley Historical Association (Menlo Park) Whittier Conservancy (Whittier)

Hawaii

Hawaiian Historical Society (Honolulu)

Oregon

Washington

Olympia	Washington State Department of Archaeology and Historic Preservation Washington Women's History Consortium
Seattle	Historic Seattle Puget Sound Maritime Historical Society
Tacoma	American Society for Environmental History Washington State Historical Society
Others	Disability History Association (Mountlake Terrace) Eastside Heritage Center (Bellevue) Mercer Island Historical Society (Mercer Island) United States Lighthouse Society (Hansville)