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Map of Rawhide Mining District, Nevada, circa 1908

Date

1905 to 1911

Description

'Numbers and black lines show locations of the principal mines, prospects and leases of Rawhide.' 'Compiled by Engraving Department of the Goldfield Review. Olmstead and Rich, Mining Engineers, Goldfield, Nevada.' At top of map: 'Compliments of the Goldfield Review, Nevada's leading mining paper.' Includes index. Published by Goldfield Review Press.

Text

Greater Las Vegas, 1960

Date

1960

Description

87 x 68 cm. Relief shown by spot heights. Includes notes and quotations. Includes indexes. "1961 edition." Original publisher: Front.

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Greater Las Vegas, 1963

Date

1963

Description

1864-1964 (centennial) editon. 72 x 57 cm. Relief shown by spot heights. Includes notes and quotations. Includes indexes. Original publisher: Front.

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Map of plan and profile of Colorado River from Lees Ferry, Arizona to Black Canyon, Arizona-Nevada and Virgin River, Nevada, 1924

Date

1924

Description

1 map in 21 sheets (14 plans, 7 profiles): col. ; 46 x 64 cm. Notes Relief shown by contours. Each sheet includes a key map. Surveys for individual sheets conducted 1919-23. Library has: Sheets I (2 copies), J, K, L, M, and N only. "Contour interval on land 50 feet." "Contour interval on river surface 5 feet." "Datum is mean sea level." "Mileage is measured from U. S. G. S. concrete gauge well opposite mouth of Paria River." "Topography by U. S. Reclamation Service." "Surveyed in 1919-23." Original publisher: U.S. Geological Survey, Scale: 1: 81,680.

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Suzy Broeg Photograph Collection

Identifier

PH-00453

Abstract

The Suzy Broeg Photograph Collection (approximately 1950-1959) contains six black-and-white photographs depicting Suzy Broeg's parents, Edie and Karl Kraus, with Wilbur and Toni Clark in the Kraus home located at 2020 W. Charleston Boulevard in Las Vegas, Nevada. Three of the photographs show Wilbur and Toni Clark, Monique de Montigue (?), and various friends and family members at the home of Karl and Edie Kraus. There are also three souvenir dinner photographs taken at various casinos showing Karl and Edie Kraus with friends.

Archival Collection

UNLV Libraries Collection of French and Spanish Lotteries and Playing Cards

Identifier

MS-01128

Abstract

The UNLV Libraries Collection of French and Spanish Lotteries and Playing Cards contains hand-painted games and lotteries from France and Spain. Included in the collection "Vida de un Jugador" from Madrid, Spain, as well as "Petit jeu de loterie" and "Nouvelle petite loterie amusante" from France. The collection also contains two sheets of uncut, engraved Piquet playing cards with carciatures of French stereotypes from the French Revolution.

Archival Collection

Minnie Perchetti Photograph Collection

Identifier

PH-00141

Abstract

The Minnie Perchetti Photograph Collection (approximately 1902-1959) consists of black-and-white photographic prints and negatives of Tonopah, Nevada and documents Tonopah in the first half of the 20th century. The photographs depict mines, events, buildings, people, and landscapes in Tonopah, Nevada. Included in the collection are photographs of the 1923 fire in Goldfield, Nevada.

Archival Collection

Vesta Palmer Photograph Collection

Identifier

PH-00207

Abstract

The Vesta Palmer Photograph Collection contains two black-and-white photographs of Las Vegas, Nevada: the first photograph depicts the Las Vegas High School class of 1924; the second photograph shows the first phone switchboard installed in Boulder City around 1931.

Archival Collection