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Fire in Goldfield, Nevada: postcard

Description

Fire in Goldfield, Nevada, night of April 15th '09. There is a handwritten message on back. Photographer credit: Bertram.

Fire in Goldfield, Nevada: postcard

Description

Fire in Goldfield, Nevada, night of April 15th '09. There is a handwritten message on back. Photographer credit: Bertram.

The Nevada Club in Reno, Nevada: postcard

Date

1956-12-23

Description

From Harvey's Hotel and Casino Postcard Collection (PH-00367). The Nevada Club in Reno, Nevada. The postcard is inscribed to Miss Sherrill Ann Stolts from her Grandma on August 14, 1952.

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Postcard showing Searchlight, Nevada, circa 1930s

Date

1930 to 1939

Archival Collection

Description

The view of Duplex Mine in Searchlight, Nevada. Founded in 1897, Searchlight is an old boomtown that was made popular when George Frederick Colton discovered gold at the location where the town is now built. At the Duplex mine discovered in 1898, a windowed building lies to to left of some machinery used for mining. Transcribed across the bottom of the image: "Duplex Mine, Searchlight, Nev. Original Discovery 1898." The Frasher's Foto logo is printed on the bottom right corner.

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The Nevada Club in Laughlin, Nevada: postcard

Date

1940 (year approximate) to 1990 (year approximate)

Description

From the Harvey's Hotel and Casino Postcard Collection (PH-00367) -- The Nevada Club in Laughlin, Nevada. Across the Colorado River from Bullhead City, Arizona is the site of many casinos which provide free ferry boat rides.

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Nevada Wildlife Bulletin Collection

Identifier

MS-00729

Abstract

The Nevada Wildlife Bulletin Collection contains an incomplete run of bulletins that were published monthly in Reno, Nevada by the Nevada Fish and Game Commission from 1960 to 1965. The Nevada Wildlife Bulletin covered activities of fishing and hunting throughout the state of Nevada.

Archival Collection

Nevada Desert Experience Records

Identifier

MS-00524

Abstract

The Nevada Desert Experience Records (1951-2009) are comprised of files from the anti-nuclear organization, the Nevada Desert Experience (NDE), as well as its predecessor, the Sagebrush Alliance, and those of earlier unincorporated protests at the Nevada Test Site (NTS). Materials include board of directors meeting minutes, financial records, scrapbooks, personnel records, event speeches, correspondence, newspaper clippings, cartoons and other artwork, newsletters, brochures, fliers, research files on nuclear issues and other anti-nuclear organizations, and congressional testimony. The records also contain audiovisual materials, photographic prints and slides, screenplays, manuscripts, and newspapers related to the NDE's media efforts.

Archival Collection

Aid for AIDS of Nevada brochure

Date

2006 (year approximate) to 2009 (year approximate)

Description

From the Dennis McBride Collection on LGBTQ Las Vegas, Nevada (MS-00802) -- Alphabetical research files -- AIDS: Organizations: Aid for AIDS of Nevada (AFAN) file.

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Aid for AIDS of Nevada brochure

Date

1995

Description

From the Dennis McBride Collection on LGBTQ Las Vegas, Nevada (MS-00802) -- Alphabetical research files -- AIDS: Organizations: Aid for AIDS of Nevada (AFAN) file.

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Nevada Watercolor Society Records

Identifier

MS-00510

Abstract

The Nevada Watercolor Society Records (1969-2009) contain watercolor paintings and organizational records pertaining to the Nevada Watercolor Society, a non-profit organization that aims to promote watermedia painting and art appreciation. Organizational records contain materials including by-laws, articles of incorporation, newsletters, exhibit information, tax and financial records, receipts, photographs, negatives, and newspaper clippings. The collection also includes paintings by society members and newspaper clippings about art exhibitions and artists in Las Vegas, Nevada.

Archival Collection