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Map showing Tonopah & Tidewater Railroad Company line from Ludlow, California to Goldfield, Nevada, circa 1907
Date
1905 to 1909
Description
Scale not given. Relief shown by hachures and spot heights. Shows township and range grid. Shows mines, camps and ranches. Tonopah & Tidewater Railroad Company. Library's copy mounted on linen.
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Map of territories of New Mexico and Utah, 1855
Date
1855
Description
29 x 36 cm. Shows natural features, and populated places, wagon route, proposed railroad routes and explorers' routes. Relief shown by hachures. Prime meridians: Greenwich and Washington. "Entered according to act of Congress in the year 1855 by J.H. Colton & Co in the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the U.S. for the Southern District of New York." Hand colored. Atlas p. number in lower-right margin: 51. Decorative border. The geographic region of Southwest is referred to as the New Southwest. Original publisher: J.H. Colton .
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Map of California, with territories of Utah, Nevada, Colorado, New Mexico, and Arizona, 1864
Date
1864
Description
40 x 62 cm. Relief shown by hachures. Prime meridians: Greenwich and Washington. Page numbers at top: 58-59. "Entered according to act of Congress in the year 1864 by A. J. Johnson in the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the United States for the Southern District of New York." Original publisher: Johnson and Ward.
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Plat of the claim of George Wingfield, June, 1907
Date
1907-06
Description
'Plat of the claim of George Wingfield, known as the Yankee Doodle and Desert Rose Lodes and Desert Rose Mill Site, in Goldfield Mining District, Esmeralda County, Nevada. Containing an area of 41.318 + 4.841 acres. Scale of 300 feet to the inch. Variation 17° east. Surveyed June 22-25, 1907.' 'Mineral Survey No. 3202 A and B.' 'Pat. # 132432, May 26, 1910.' Certification signed by Matthew Kyle, U.S. General Surveyor's Office, Reno, Nev., December 7, 1907.
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Geology of the Jackass Flats quadrangle, Nye County, Nevada, 1964
Date
1964
Description
58 x 47 cm., on sheet 86 x 81 cm., folded in envelope 30 x 24 cm. Relief shown by contours and spot heights. "Geology mapped in 1961." Includes description of map units, 2 col. cross sections, and quadrangle location map. "Prepared in cooperation with the U. S. Atomic Commission." Original publisher: Interior, Geological Survey, Series: Geologic quadrangle map GQ, Scale: 1:24 000.
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Slide of protesters at a demonstration near the Nevada Test Site, March 8, 1991
Date
1991-03-08
Archival Collection
Description
Color image of people involved with the Lenten Desert Experience (also called the Nevada Desert Experience), a group demonstrating against nuclear testing, gathered in the Nevada desert.
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Film transparency of Miss Pheasant poolside at the Sands Hotel, Las Vegas, circa 1958-1959
Date
1958 to 1959
Archival Collection
Description
The black and white view of Miss Pheasant, a beauty pageant winner, on the diving board at the Sands Hotel pool in Las Vegas, Nevada. She was at the hotel with other beauty pageant winners.
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Photograph of a West Las Vegas shack house located at 1401 H Street, Las Vegas, Nevada, October, 1957
Date
1957-10
Archival Collection
Description
West Las Vegas shack located at 1401 H Street (rear). The photo was taken by Henry Elder, City Building Inspector, October 1957. Refer to photo #0310 0058 (pho017999) for an aerial view of the area.
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Photograph of a shack house in West Las Vegas, located at 1421 H Street, Las Vegas, Nevada, October, 1957
Date
1957-10
Archival Collection
Description
A shack house in West Las Vegas, located at 1421 H Street. The photograph was taken by Henry Elder, City Building Inspector, October, 1957. Refer to photo #0310 0058 (pho017999) for an aerial view of the area.
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Photograph of two Bluebell girls hanging Christmas decorations at Red Rock Canyon , Las Vegas, 1958
Date
1958
Archival Collection
Description
Black and white image of (L-R) Valda Boyne Esau and Annette McKay, two of the Bluebell Girls at Red Rock Canyon during Christmas time.
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