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Bar in Carver's Station, Nevada: photographic print

Date

1953

Description

From the Nye County, Nevada Photograph Collection (PH-00221) -- Series V. Smoky Valley, Nevada and Round Mountain, Nevada -- Subseries V.A. Carver, Carver-Duhme, and Carver-Book Families (Smoky Valley). Originally the bar room in Carver’s Station was rather narrow; it was widened by bolting a number of 2-by-12s together and using that as a roof beam. Ground motion from the first atmospheric atomic test at the Nevada Test Site, located to the south, produced so much shaking that it broke the beam and caused the roof to sag. Ground motion from the nuclear tests at the Nevada Test Site is a common experience in Smoky Valley, and residents state that they sometimes feel motion from underground tests. Jean Carver Duhme still instinctively notes the time of any earth motion to determine if it is caused by an announced atomic test or by an earthquake. When tests were conducted in the atmosphere, Jean Carver Duhme does not recall seeing any visible clouds containing radioactive material moving up the Valley from the Test Site, but believes that the uranium "boom" during the 1950s at the Northumberland in the Toquima Mountains can be attributed more to fallout from nuclear testing than to naturally occurring uranium. During the atmospheric testing period, residents in Smoky Valley wore dosimeter badges, devices for measuring individual exposure to radiation. Dick Carver remembers his first experience of an atomic device being set off in the atmosphere at the Test Site. He arose very early one morning to go fishing in Jett Canyon in the Toiyabe Mountains. Prior to daylight he remembers seeing a "big flash of light.. brighter than daylight. And then it [got] dark again. It's amazing how bright it was," he recalls.

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Southern Nevada Photo Album, image 142

Description

2 images from an envelope at the end of the album; the left image shows unidentified individuals and the right image shows a waterfall in an unknown location. Envelope titled "Selma Morrison/temp.loan See source title." Images have "G. L. Ullom 104 Fremont Street Las Vegas, Nevada" stamped on the back.

Southern Nevada Photo Album, image 061

Description

61.1 Unidentified airplane. ; 61.2 Memorial Day, Troop #1, Las Vegas, Nevada. ; 61.3 Photo identified as baldy, forest scene. ; 61.4 Photo identified as "jitney", log cabin and buggy; 61.5 Photo of two birds. L-R: Helen and ?. (MISSING); 61.6 Packing up. 4-18-19, Camp Rogers.

Slide of Circus Circus at night, Las Vegas, Nevada, 1986

Date

1986

Description

Exterior of Circus Circus at night, Las Vegas, Nevada.

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Looking east toward Beatty, Nevada: photographic print

Date

1978

Description

From the Nye County, Nevada Photograph Collection (PH-00221) -- Series III. Beatty, Nevada -- Subseries III.A. Brockman Family. Land is being cleared for the Alta Vista Trailer Park.

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Photograph of Boulder City, Nevada, March 28, 1937

Date

1937-03-28

Description

The grayscale, aerial view of Boulder City, Nevada. The prominent road of Nevada Way can be seen passing through the little town with the great reservoir of Lake Mead residing in the background.

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Photograph of Boulder City, Nevada, April 18, 1931

Date

1931-04-18

Description

The grayscale view of wooden buildings and construction in Boulder City, Nevada.

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Photograph of Boulder City, Nevada, September 20, 1933

Date

1933-09-20

Description

The grayscale view from an unidentified park of Boulder City, Nevada.

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Aerial photograph of Aurora, Nevada, circa 1860s-1910s

Date

1860 to 1919

Description

Aerial view of the mining town of Auora, Nevada, founded in 1860.

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Photograph of Vassili Sulich posing in the desert in Nevada, 1960s

Date

1960 to 1969

Archival Collection

Description

Vassili Sulich standng in the desert in an unknown location in southern Nevada.

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