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Miles McWhorter's house in New Lisbon, Wisconsin, with Miles McWhorter, Janet McWhorter, and Delphine Squires, approximately 1860-1900

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File

Archival Collection

Charles P. Squires Photograph Collection
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Collection Number: PH-00002
Collection Name: Charles P. Squires Photograph Collection
Box/Folder: Folder 06

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Congress Hotel, Dinner by the Chicago Association of Commerce in Honor of the Board of Trade of the City Chicago, menu, approximately 1900 to 1930

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File

Archival Collection

UNLV University Libraries Menu Collection
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Collection Number: MS-00436
Collection Name: UNLV University Libraries Menu Collection
Box/Folder: Box 106

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The Royal Society anniversary dinner menu, St. Andrew's day, at the Hôtel Métropole, Whitehall Rooms, 1900 November 30

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Item

Archival Collection

Bohn-Bettoni Menu Collection
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Collection Number: MS-00793
Collection Name: Bohn-Bettoni Menu Collection
Box/Folder: Box 06

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Postcard of commemoration of George Washington's birthday at Clark County High School, Las Vegas, circa mid 1900s

Date

1930 to 1949

Description

Black and white image showing an overhead view of Washington's Birthday Anniversary Exercises at the Clark County High School, per the printed description at bottom of image.

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Film transparency of a man walking through desert sand dunes, Death Valley, California, circa mid 1900s

Date

1950 to 1999

Archival Collection

Description

Photograph of a man walking through Death Valley's sand dunes.

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Map of well locations, Las Vegas Valley, Nevada, 1975

Date

1976

Description

'Cartography by Marj Thielke.' 'Prepared in cooperation with the State of Nevada, Department of Conservation and Natural Resources, Division of Water Resources.' Relief shown by contours. Shows township and range lines. Originally published as Plate 1 in Water-level changes associated with ground-water development in Las Vegas Valley, Nevada, 1971-75 : fourth progress report--summary of data / by James R. Harrill, published in 1976 by the Department of Conservation and Natural Resources, Division of Water Resources, as volume 22 of Water resources-information series report. Scale [ca. 1:69,696. 1 in.=approx. 1.1 miles] (W 115°20´--W 115°00´/N 36°20´--N 36°00´).

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Soil map, Nevada, Moapa Valley sheet, 1923

Date

1923

Description

'U.S. Department of Agriculture, Bureau of Chemistry and Soils; C.A. Browne, Acting Chief; Curtis F. Marbut, in charge, Soil Survey.' 'Macy H. Lapham, Inspector, District 5. Soils surveyed by F.O. Youngs, in charge, and E.J. Carpenter.' 'Field Operations, Bureau of Soils, 1923.' 'A, Hoen & Co. Lith. Baltimore, Md.' Shows township and range lines. Scale [1:63,360]. 1 in. = 1 mile (W 114°45´--W 114°18´/N 36°51´--N 36°24´). Library's copy has hand-written notes and has hand-drawn maps and notes on verso.

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Photograph of Jake Beckley, partner with Ed Von Tobel, Sr., next to supply wagon, LAs Vegas, circa 1900s

Date

1900 to 1909

Description

Jake Beckley, partner with Ed Von Tobel, Sr., is shown next to supply wagon on its way to one of the mining camps of the Rhyolite or Beatty Districts. Physical object has an insert containg additional biographical information.

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International Food Service Executives Association past presidents Frank Knapp, William R. Richter, Fred Klooz, and other unidentified men: photographic print, approximately 1925 to 1939

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Item

Archival Collection

International Food Service Executives Association Photograph Collection
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Collection Number: PH-00363
Collection Name: International Food Service Executives Association Photograph Collection
Box/Folder: Oversized Box SH-068

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Geology of the Oak Spring Quadrangle, Nye County, Nevada, 1963

Date

1963

Description

58 x 46, on sheet 88 x 84 cm., fold. in envelope 30 x 24 cm. Relief shown by contours and spot heights. "Contour interval 20 feet." "Prepared in cooperation with the U.S. Atomic Energy Commission." Title on envelope: Geologic map of the Oak Spring Quadrangle, Nye County, Nevada. Includes 3 col. cross sections, text, and quadrangle location map. Original publisher: Interior, Geological Survey, Series: Geologic quadrangle map GQ, Scale: 1:24 000.

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