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Map of part of Las Vegas Valley, Nevada, showing changes in the land-surface altitude, 1935 to 1940-41

Date

1965

Description

Genre/Form: Topographic map. Scale 1:96,000 (W 115°30´--W 114°45´/N 36°30´--N 36°00´). 1 map ; 58 x 70 cm. Series: Water-supply paper (Washington, D.C.) ; 1780. Relief shown by contours. "After C.R. Longwell (written communication, 1954, fig. 30)." Originally published as plate 12 of Available water supply of the Las Vegas ground-water basin, Nevada, by Glenn T. Malmberg, published by the Geological Survey in 1965 as its Water-supply paper 1780. Includes township and range lines. Interior, Geological Survey

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Three people near a gold vein: photographic print

Date

1900 (year uncertain; year approximate) to 1939 (year uncertain; year approximate)

Description

Mr. And Mrs. Sigfriedt (right) at a claim in Manhattan, Nevada, which proved to have a gold vein. The man to the left is unidentified, taken circa early 1900s.

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Guinn "Big Boy" Williams. Movie actor and good friend of the Bells, taken at Lake Mead: photographic print

Date

1880 to 1979

Description

Bell Family Scrapbook scanning, Set 4, proofed 11.04.2010 Guinn Big Boy Williams. Movie actor and good friend of Rex Bell (George Francis Beldam) and Clara Bow. Photograph taken at Lake Mead

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