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Desert palm trees are surrounded by water near a Lake Mead marina, looking northwest in Lake Mead, Nevada: photographic slide

Date

1983-08

Description

This series of photographs documents the historic water overflow at Hoover Dam as seen from the Arizona side of the dam. Taken in August of 1983, this overflow marked the first time the spillways were used during a flood. After initially being filled, the spillways were tested once in August of 1941.

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Photograph of Chief Tecopa and Della Fisk with others, Pahrump Valley or Ash Meadows, Nevada, circa 1880s-1910s

Date

1880 to 1919

Archival Collection

Description

The man wearing the top hat is Chief Tecopa. Della Fisk is holding his arm. A group of unidentified people are surrounding them. Wagons and horses are visible in the background. The photograph was taken in either Pahrump Valley or Ash Meadows, Nevada. Chief Tecopa, leader of the Souther Paiute tribe, was born in Pahrump in 1815 and died in Pahnrump between 1904-1906. He is interred in the Chief Tecopa Cemetery, located on East Street next to the library Pahrump, Nevada.

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Slide of Shoshone Indians performing at a demonstration near the Nevada Test Site, January 15, 1991

Date

1991-01-15

Description

Color image of Shoshone Indians performing at an anti-nuclear testing demonstration held in the Nevada desert. Some are dressed in costumes and are using stilts. Others have their faces painted and are using stilts while drumming.

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Slide of Shoshone Indians performing at a demonstration near the Nevada Test Site, January 15, 1991

Date

1991-01-15

Description

Color image of Shoshone Indians performing at an anti-nuclear testing demonstration held in the Nevada desert. Some are dressed in costumes and are using stilts. Others have their faces painted and are using stilts while drumming.

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Conventions at the Sands Hotel: photographs and correspondence

Date

1964 to 1968

Description

Series XVI. Conventions

Sands Hotel and Casino

Mixed Content

Slide of two Western Shoshone Indians at a demonstration near the Nevada Test Site, 1989

Date

1989

Description

Color image of two Western Shoshone Indians posing at a peace demonstration opposing nuclear testing.

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Photograph of Shoshone families, Smokey Valley (Nev.), early 1900s

Date

1900 to 1920

Description

Transcribed from the picture, "Shoshone - 6. Shoshone families of Smokey Valley displaying game after a hunt. The Shoshones of this area moved to the Duckwater reservation in 1940. Inter-Tribal Council of Nevada. Courtesy of Dannie Millett."

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Photograph of Shriners, Las Vegas (Nev.), 1940s-1950s

Date

1940 to 1959

Archival Collection

Description

Fayles at a Shriners event at the Thunderbird Hotel. Anna Fayle stands far right, Leonard Fayle seated at far right. Site Name: Thunderbird Hotel (Las Vegas, Nev.)

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