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Horse and rider statue in front of the entrance to "Old Nevada": photographic print

Date

1900 (year approximate) to 1999 (year approximate)

Description

From the UNLV Libraries Single Item Accession Photograph Collection (PH-00171). Located on Boulder Highway between Henderson and Boulder Highway.

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Dankworth residence, Sketch site plan, Revised landscape concept

Date

1982-02-19
1982-02-24
1982-03-09

Description

Sheet 1 of 1. Dates handwritten in upper right corner.

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Photograph of Western Airlines M2, Las Vegas, Nevada, 1926

Date

1926

Description

Western Airlines M2 biplane-first plane to fly Los Angeles-Salt Lake route, stopping in Las Vegas en route. Note Indian head on fuselage-first insignia of Western Airlines (originally called Western Air Express Corporation).

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Photograph of Assemblywoman Eileen Brookman, Senator Howard Cannon and D.C. McSweeny, Nevada, March 15, 1978

Date

1978-03-15

Archival Collection

Description

The photograph depicts D.C. McSweeney, Nevada Assemblywoman Eileen Brookman and Nevada Senator Howard Cannon on the right. The photo was taken on March 15, 1978; location is unspecified. The picture is autographed to Eileen by Cannon. The inscriptions says: "To Eileen - with very best wishes. Howard Cannon, U.S.S. Nev."

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Photograph of Pueblo Grand de Nevada, circa mid to late 1920s

Date

1925 to 1929

Description

Description given with photograph: "A close-up view of the ancient metate, or grinding stone, located at the Southern end of the Pueblo Grande de Nevada. Fragments of pottery and stone grinders or pestles [sic] in view."

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Postcard of a Union Pacific Railroad train, during Hoover Dam construction, late 1920s - early 1930s

Date

1925 to 1935

Description

A Union Pacific Railroad train as a part of the construction for Hoover Dam. The front of the card reads: "First train in railroad pass, Boulder Dam Project, Oakes." Description given with postcard: "SP, LA & SL (UPRR) locomotive 6082 in Railroad Pass. Maybe spreading ballast on track."

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Slide of the Boulder Junction celebration, September 17, 1930

Date

1930-09-17

Description

Black and white image of a crowd of people gathered together for the Boulder Junction, a ceremony celebrating the beginning of work on Boulder Canyon Project and the beginning of construction on a Union Pacific Railroad from Boulder Junction (Bracken Junction) to the dam site. Note: Boulder Dam was officially renamed Hoover Dam in 1947.

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Film transparency of the Rotary Club at the Hoover Dam Decennial, October 1946

Date

1946-10

Archival Collection

Description

A black and white image of several unidentified men and women associated with the Rotary Club attending the Boulder Dam decennial (officially renamed Hoover Dam in 1947).

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Film transparency of the Rotary Club during lunch, Hoover Dam, October 1946

Date

1946-10

Archival Collection

Description

An image of Rotary Club members attending a lunch near Boulde Dam (officially renamed Hoover Dam in 1947). Three unidentified men stand beside each other eating food and wearing chef hats.

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