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Theodore M. Parsons Photograph Collection
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The Theodore M. Parsons Photograph Collection (1936-1988) consists of photographic prints and negatives depicting Theodore M. Parsons and other Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) workers in Boulder City, Nevada between 1936 and 1942. There are individual images of Parsons as well as group photographs of workers at CCC camps and public gatherings.
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John G. (Jack) Fogliani Photograph Collection
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The John G. (Jack) Fogliani Photograph Collection is comprised of two black-and-white photographic reprints created between approximately 1971 and 2004 of the natural landscape of Eagle Valley, Nevada. The original photographs were taken between approximately 1900 and 1920.
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Henry C. Wieking Photograph Collection
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The Henry C. Wieking Photograph Collection contains black-and-white photographic prints and negatives, as well as postcards of Las Vegas, Nevada between approximately 1920 and 1940. These images primarily depict Wieking and his family in front of the Las Vegas Mormon Fort and Hoover Dam (Boulder Dam). Other photographs include Six Companies and United States Bureau of Reclamation vehicles, Mount Charleston, the Colorado River, Black Canyon, and desert scenes. The remaining images depict Barstow and Death Valley, California; and a Grand Canyon bridge in Arizona.
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American Society of Travel Agents Convention, image 001: photographic print
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Vesta Palmer Photograph Collection
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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.
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Sister Rosemary Lynch Photograph Collection
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The Sister Rosemary Lynch Photograph Collection contains color photographs featuring or pertaining to Sister Rosemary Lynch participating in nuclear weapons protests at the Nevada Test Site and in international locations (approximately 1980-2002).
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Photograph of the Historical Marker for the Ed Von Tobel Lumber Yard, Las Vegas, circa 1980
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William A. Rice Photograph Collection
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The William A. Rice Photograph Collection (approximately 1930-1939) is comprised of four black-and-white photographic prints that depict employees of the Rainbow Club & Casino, located in Las Vegas, Nevada.
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Menu for the Annual supper of the Hotel and Restaurant Protection Society, Wednesday, February 20, 1901, at Tivoli Restaurant
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UNLV History 117: Nevada History Photograph Collection
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The UNLV History 117: Nevada History Photograph Collection contains photographic prints, negatives, and slides of Las Vegas and Boulder City, Nevada between approximately 1900 and 1959. These images were collected by students for University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV) professor Ralph Roske’s class, History 117: Nevada History. The images primarily depict Las Vegas in the 1950s with people posing in front of and inside the El Rancho Vegas and the Last Frontier Village, including Eleanor Roosevelt, Joe E. Lewis, and Paul Newman. Earlier photographs from the 1920s include businesses, such as fireproofing stores, and significant individuals such as Ed W. Clark. Lastly, it contains two photographs of the Boulder City Airport.
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