The Stanley Mitchell Photograph Collection (approximately 1900-1980) consists of black-and-white photographic prints. The images portray street scenes and residents from mining communities in Southern Nevada, including Beatty, Alamo, Goldfield, Nye County, Pioche, Carrara, Esmeralda County, and Belmont, Nevada. Other images include officials signing a water bond in Esmeralda County members of the Central Nevada Cattlemen’s Association, and the Little Oasis Market in Alamo.
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The Sunnie Gillette Photograph Collection (approximately 1900-1930) consists of black-and-white photographic prints and negatives depicting early Las Vegas, Nevada. Scenes include Fremont Street, the Clark County Courthouse, the First Methodist Church on 3rd and Bridger Streets, and rail yards in Las Vegas. Also included are images of street scenes, fundraisers, parades, and individuals in Las Vegas.
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The William Hillman Shockley Photograph Collection (1875-1925, 1951) contains black-and-white photographs documenting mining operations at the Mount Diablo Mine and Millworks in Candelaria, Nevada. It also includes photographs of nearby operations including the Northern Belle Mine and the Princess Mill. The collection contains photographs of Shockley, his son, William Bradford Shockley, as an infant, as well as images of Shockley’s brothers, Walter A. Shockley and George Shockley.
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The Robbins Family Photograph Collection is comprised of eighteen black-and-white photographic reprints and five postcards that depict the Robbins family in Goodsprings and Searchlight, Nevada from approximately 1907 to 1977.
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The Schuyler Family Photograph Collection (1889-2024) contains documents, census record forms, photographic prints and negatives, and ephemera which document the history of the Schuyler, Cahlan, and related families. The collection contains photographic prints of Donald Schuyler Sr. and his wife, Freda Schuyler, at various events and places around Las Vegas, Nevada. Some of the images also include members of the Cahlan and Ullom families, noteably A. E. Cahlan and his wife, Ruth, who were prolific Las Vegan authors. Some items in this collection are digital surrogates. This collection was previously called the Donald Schuyler Jr. Photograph Collection.
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The Lloyd Gill Photograph Collection (1979) consists of reproduction black-and-white photographic prints and negatives of images Gill took in Las Vegas, Nevada from approximately 1960 to 1969. The images depict black residents' experiences at Las Vegas hotels, casinos, and nightclubs in the predominantly black West Las Vegas. Locations include the Carver House Hotel and Casino, the El Rio Club, Town Tavern, the Cove Hotel, and the Brown Derby Club.
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The Mindy Toutounji Photograph Collection (approximately 1935-1990) consists of color and black-and-white photographic prints and negatives of hotels and casinos located in Las Vegas, Nevada and Reno, Nevada. The photographs depict interior and exterior views and employees. Photographs from the Desert Inn Country Club document golf tournaments held in the 1950s and 1960s. The properties depicted are Castaways Hotel and Casino, Desert Inn Hotel, El Rancho Vegas, Frontier Hotel, and the Silver Slipper Gambling Hall, all located in Las Vegas, Nevada. The collection also includes photographs of Harold’s Club in Reno, Nevada.
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The Thomas J. Hickey Photograph Collection (1987-1989) contains color and black-and-white photographic prints of Thomas J. Hickey during his tenure as a Nevada State Senator. The collection also includes photographic prints of the Sparks, Nevada train yard and the Home of the Good Shepard church in Las Vegas, Nevada.
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