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Slide of Sister Rosemary Lynch and others at a prayer vigil outside of the Las Vegas Federal Building, January 13, 1991

Date

1991-01-13

Description

Color image of Julia [Orghiazno], Sister Rosemary Lynch, and Fred Landau at an anti-nuclear testing prayer vigil held outside of the Las Vegas Federal Building.

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Slide of protesters at a prayer vigil outside of the Las Vegas Federal Building, January 13, 1991

Date

1991-01-13

Description

Color image of anti-nuclear testing protesters at a prayer vigil held outside of the Las Vegas Federal Building.

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Slide of protesters at a prayer vigil outside of the Las Vegas Federal Building, January 13, 1991

Date

1991-01-13

Description

Color image of anti-nuclear testing protesters at a prayer vigil held outside of the Las Vegas Federal Building.

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Photograph of Caliente Grade School, Caliente, Nevada, circa 1926

Date

1926

Description

Black and white photo of Caliente Grade School graduating class of 1926. Front row, L- R: 1. Virgil Wedge, now a Reno attorney, 2. Burton Wadsworth, deceased uncle of Mrs. Bob Broadbent, 3. Lawrence Pace, son of Vilate and Frank Pace, 4. Lester Denton, 5.(?), 6.(?); Back row, L- R: 1. Alpha Forsyth, 2. Mattie Keeler, 3 Rosie Usin, 4. Mary Reid, 5. Hilma Burke.

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Slide of the Truckee River, circa 1970s

Date

1970 to 1979

Description

The location that the photograph was taken is unknown, but is most likely in Nevada. The Truckee River is a stream in the U. S. states of California and Nevada. The river flows northeasterly and is 121 miles (195 km) long. The Truckee is the sole outlet of Lake Tahoe and drains part of the high Sierra Nevada, emptying into Pyramid Lake in the Great Basin. Its waters are an important source of irrigation along its valley and adjacent valleys.

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Postcard of a locomotive engine, Las Vegas, circa 1930s

Date

1930 to 1939

Description

Black and white image of two unidentified men, a woman, and a child standing in front of a locomotive engine named "Old Fort Collville." Transcribed from the back of the postcard: "Dave Coons, Railroad buff, identified this engine as yellow pine mining company. Shay number one Locomotive. Locomotives were made in Lima, Ohio. It has a home-made fuel bunker, having been transformed to an oil burner. Identified by E. Patrick on May 17, 1982."

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Photograph of men in suits, Las Vegas, circa 1915-1935

Date

1915 to 1935

Description

Men in business suits. From left to right (front): Art Smith, Ernie Cragin, Nelson Conway. (Back): Perry Thomas, Norrison Beatty, Bernard (Bret) Swanson, Bruce Beckley, Wayne Kirch.

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Photograph of Virginia Page, Miss Las Vegas, Sands Hotel, June 2, 1957

Date

1957-06-02

Archival Collection

Description

Nineteen year old Virginia Page from Brighton, England, winner of Meet Me In Las Vegas contest. Page, as Miss Las Vegas, won a trip to Las Vegas for a week starting June 2, 1957. She can be seen here posing in a bathing suit sitting on the edge of a fountain.

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Photograph of a group including Fred Wilson, F. B. Hubbard, and Ida Hubbard, circa 1930s

Date

1930 to 1939

Description

Fred H. Wilson (second row, far left); F. B. Hubbard (back row, center); Ida Hubbard (next to him, wearing pearls).

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Photograph of Maurine Wilson on her 92nd birthday, March 11, 1990

Date

1990-03-11

Description

From left to right, a picture of Maurine Wilson and Elma Leland posing together. This picture was taken on Maurine's 92nd birthday on March 11, 1990.

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