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Slide of Sister Rosemary Lynch and friend at the American Peace Test demonstration near the Nevada Test Site, March 20, 1988
Date
1988-03-20
Archival Collection
Description
Color image of Sister Rosemary Lynch (right) standing with Fritz [der Herde] at the 10-day demonstration known as "Reclaim the Test Site" that was organized by American Peace Test, an anti-nuclear testing group.
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Slide of protesters with a large banner at the Reclaim the Test Site demonstrations near the Nevada Test Site, March 12, 1988
Date
1988-03-12
Archival Collection
Description
Color image of some of the protesters at a 10-day demonstration known as "Reclaim the Test Site" that was organized by American Peace Test, an anti-nuclear testing group. This banner is covered in handprints and reads: "Mile Enders - South Australia Aboriginal Land."
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Slide of Ian Zabarte and others standing in front of a teepee at the Reclaim the Test Site demonstrations near the Nevada Test Site, March 20, 1988
Date
1988-03-20
Archival Collection
Description
Color image of (left to right) Ian Zabarte, Sister Rosemary Lynch, Kathy Thorpe and Ray Yowell during a 10-day demonstration known as "Reclaim the Test Site" that was organized by American Peace Test, an anti-nuclear testing group.
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Slide of Ian Zabarte and others standing in front of a teepee at the Reclaim the Test Site demonstrations near the Nevada Test Site, March 20, 1988
Date
1988-03-20
Archival Collection
Description
Color image of (left to right) Ian Zabarte, Sister Rosemary Lynch, Kathy Thorpe and Ray Yowell during a 10-day demonstration known as "Reclaim the Test Site" that was organized by American Peace Test, an anti-nuclear testing group.
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Slide of Bill Rosse distributing permits to enter Shoshone land at a protest near the Nevada Test Site, March 20, 1988
Date
1988-03-20
Archival Collection
Description
Color image of Bill Rosse giving out Western Shoshone National Council permits for activists to enter Shoshone land at a peace protest. This was near the end of the 10-day "Reclaim the Test Site" demonstrations against nuclear testing.
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Photograph of Harold Minsky and showgirls, Chicago (Ill.), 1970-1979
Date
1970 to 1979
Archival Collection
Description
Harold Minsky poses with six showgirls at the Playboy Hotel. The dancers are wearing rhinestone bikini-style costumes and large feathered headdresses. The Knickerbocker has gone through several incarnations since it opened in 1927. Legend has it that in the 1930s the hotel housed a casino frequented by Al Capone. During World War II and the Korean War, US Armed Forces officers would fill the property's hallways and play cards in the Officer's Club. In 1952, Richard Nixon was nominated Vice President during the Republican National Convention held in the hotel. Finally, in the 1970s it became the Playboy Hotel, owned by Hugh Hefner. Site Name: Playboy Hotel (Chicago, Ill.) Street Address: 163 East Walton Place
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Photograph of the arrival of a stagecoach from Stonewall Station in Hornsilver (Nev.), 1908
Date
1908-06
Archival Collection
Description
Arrival of a stagecoach from Stonewall Station, Hornsilver, Nevada, June 1908. There is an inscription on the back of the image. "Hornsilver, originally known as Lime Point, was settled when silver was discovered in the area in the 1860's. The name of the camp was changed to Hornsilver in 1908 when rich Hornsilver was found in the area. In the 1930's when gold became the major product of the area the name of the town was again changed, this time to Gold Point, the name it is known by today." There is a date stamp: May 1979.
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Photograph of food rations being distributed at Paiute reservation, early 1900s
Date
1900 to 1920
Archival Collection
Description
Transcribed from the picture, "Northern Paiute - 10. After the Northern Paiutes were placed on reservations and could no longer hunt or gather food freely, the U.S. Government provided them with food rations or commodities. These food rations came in the form of flour, beans, bacon, sugar, coffee and meat. Bobbie Dodd and Hastings Pancho, shown here, are preparing to distribute meat. Inter-Tribal Council of Nevada. Courtesy of Katie Frazier."
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Photograph of Wengert Family members going to Hawaii, 1949-1959
Date
1949 to 1959
Archival Collection
Description
Cyril, Lottie, Ward and Ree Wengert pose with Bob and Marilyn Wengert Gatewood as they travel to Hawaii. They are on a cruise boat outside, wearing leis. This photograph was taken sometime between 1949-1959.
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Photograph of the Las Vegas High School library club, Las Vegas (Nev.), 1929
Date
1929
Archival Collection
Description
The Las Vegas High School library club of 1929. Pictured standing in bottom row are, left to right, Arlene Stewart, Laura McDonald, Joy Simon, Eva Adams, teacher. Middle row, left to right are Catherine Deverell, Mary Stockburger, Helen Garner, June Simon. Top row, left to right are Bessie Gregory, Dorothy Buzick, Doris Kramer, Frances Martin. Site Name: Las Vegas High School (Las Vegas, Nev.)
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