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Group seated at the dining room table at Walking Box Ranch with Rex Bell at end of table: photograph

Date

1930 to 1945

Description

From the Walking Box Ranch Photograph Collection (PH-00346). Rex Bell is at the end of the table.

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Photograph of a flight path map, July 1938

Date

1938-07

Description

Description printed on back of photograph: "Close up of map and miniature plane attached showing Hughes' flight to date. 7/38"

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Darrell Bradford Photograph Collection

Identifier

PH-00140

Abstract

The Darrell Bradford Photograph Collection consists of black-and-white photographic prints, corresponding negatives, and one corresponding slide of aerials of Las Vegas, Nevada and surrounding areas between approximately 1940 and 1970. Many of the photographs depict downtown Las Vegas, as well as McCarran International Airport and renderings for its expansion.

Archival Collection

Aaron Williams Papers

Identifier

MS-00276

Abstract

Aaron Williams Papers (1965-1981) consist of scrapbooks, newspaper clippings, scrapbooks, certificates, newspaper clippings, reports, and programs. Many of the clippings and some of the correspondence contain references that give insight into the role of women in North Las Vegas and Clark County, Nevada during the late 1960s and early 1970s. The scrapbooks and newspaper clippings document Williams' career as well as issues he dealt with as councilman and commissioner. These issues include those related to community and infrastructure development, such as airports, sewage treatment plants, senior citizens, health, and urban planning as well as North Las Vegas and Clark county political activities during the late 1960s and early 1970s.

Archival Collection

Gregory, Matt, 1921-2000

Las Vegas, Nevada producer, manager, and agent Matthias Gregory Gluchowski (a.k.a. Matt Gregory) was born November 21, 1921 in Araucaria, Parana, Brazil. He was the son of an aristocratic Polish diplomat serving as Ambassador to Brazil. Matthias was raised in southern Poland on a large estate that bordered Czechoslovakia. He was educated at the Marian Fathers Lyceum in Warsaw, Poland, and later came to New York during his father's tenure as diplomat to the United States.

Person

Geologic map of Clark County, Nevada, 1964

Date

1964

Description

'By C.R. Longwell, E.H. Pampeyan, and Ben Bowyer.' 'Prepared cooperatively by the U.S. Geological Survey.' 'Topographic base from Army Map Service Kingman (1947) and Las Vegas (1953) two-degree quadrangle. More recent editions were published after geological compilation and are used on Plate 2.' 'Geology compiled 1955 with revisions and additons to 1964.' At top of map: 'Nevada Bureau of Mines. Bulletin 62, Plate 1.' Published by Williams & Heintz Map Corp. Scale 1:250,000. Bulletin (Nevada Bureau of Mines)
62. Relief shown by contours and spot heights. Includes two index maps and eight cross-sections.

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Geologic reconnaissance map of portions of southwestern Nevada and eastern California, 1905

Date

1905

Description

At top of map: 'U.S. Geological Survey, Charles D. Walcott, director.' At bottom of map: 'E.M. Douglas, Geographer. R.H. Chapman, in charge of section.Triangulation and topography by R.H. Chapman and B.D. Stewart. Surveyed in 1905.' 'Geology by Sydney H. Ball. Geology in immediate vicinity of Goldfield and Bullfrog generalized from maps by F.L. Ransome assisted by George H. Garrey and W.H. Emmons.' Scale 1:250,000 (W 117°30--W 116°/N 38°--N 36°)

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Map showing home-site lands in the Las Vegas Valley, 1955

Date

1955

Description

Scale [1:84,269. 1 in. to 1 1/3 miles] ; 1 map : col. ; 57 x 50 cm. on sheet 89 x 59 cm ; Cadastral map ; Gives definition of township, section and acre ; Relief shown by form lines and spot heights ; Shows private land, land classified for small tracts, leased land, vacant Federal land, section numbers, number of acres in each homesite and purchase price of tract ; "From your Congressman Cliff Young."--stamped on map ; Southern Nevada Home-Siters

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Topographic map of the northeast quadrangle of the metropolitan Las Vegas, Nevada area, 1967

Date

1967

Description

Scale 1:24,000 ; polyconic proj. (W 115°730--W 115°0000/N 36°1500--N 36°730) ; 1 map : col. ; 58 x 47 cm ; 7.5 minute series (topographic) ; Relief shown by contours and spot heights ; Filing title: Las Vegas NE, Nev ; "AMS 2956 II NE--Series V896." ; Contour interval 20 feet ; "Topography by photogrammetric methods from aerial photographs taken 1965. Field checked 1967." ;Includes quadrangle location map ; Interior--Geological Survey

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Topographic map of the northeast quadrangle of the metropolitan Las Vegas, Nevada area, 1973

Date

1973

Description

Scale 1:24,000 ; polyconic proj. (W 115°730--W 115°0000/N 36°1500--N 36°730) ; 1 map : col. ; 58 x 47 cm ; 7.5 minute series (topographic) ; Relief shown by contours and spot heights ; "AMS 2956 II NE--Series V896." ; Contour interval 20 feet ; "Topography by photogrammetric methods from aerial photographs taken 1965. Field checked 1967." ; "Revisions shown in purple compiled from aerial photographs taken 1973. This information not field checked." ; Includes quadrangle location map ; Filing title: Las Vegas, NE, Nev ; Interior--Geological Survey

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