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Equality Won! Day celebration at Equality Nevada Community Center, 708 South Sixth Street, Las Vegas, Nevada: digital image

Date

2011-10-01

Description

From the Dennis McBride Photograph Collection (PH-00263) -- LGBTQ+ events and organizations in Las Vegas, Nevada -- Digital images file. Notes from the donor, Dennis McBride: Equality Won! Day was a celebration of the successful passage of transgender-inclusive legislation at the Nevada State Legislature during the 2011 session. Individuals identified by the donor, Dennis McBride: Lauren Scott [Republican (transgender)]; Paul Aizley [Nevada State Assemblyman, District 41 (Democrat)]; David Parks [Nevada State Senator, District 7, Democrat (gay)]; Jane Heenan [transgender activist]

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Slide of street scene, Beatty, Nevada, circa 1906

Date

1905 to 1907

Description

A street scene of Beatty, Nevada. Pictured here are buildings such as Bullfrog Bank & Trust Company and Porter Brothers store.

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Film transparency of Rhyolite, Nevada, circa 1910-1920s

Date

1910 to 1929

Archival Collection

Description

Photograph of a building presumably located in Rhyolite, Nevada. Rhyolite is in Nye County and along the eastern edge of Death Valley.

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Paseo Verde Drive, Henderson, Nevada: digital photograph

Date

2018-02-03

Description

Developers of Green Valley Ranch used this power easement as both open space and a barrier between single family housing and the adult assisted living facility of Merrell Gardens (right) as seen along Paseo Verde Parkway near Valle Verde Drive in Henderson, Nevada.

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Postcard showing the Evey Well, Las Vegas, Nevada, circa 1910

Date

1910 (year approximate)

Description

Artesian well on Evey Ranch.

Transcribed Notes: Transcribed from front of postcard: "Artesian well, flowing 60 inches on Evey Ranch, Las Vegas, Nevada." Transcribed from handwritten inscription on back of postcard: "Hello. Why don't you write or send a [?]. Alice and I are well, baby has a cold." Addressed to: Mr. W.P. Alter, Le Roy, Illinois.

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Photograph of Balinese dancer Ni Gusti Raka at the Thunderbird Hotel, Las Vegas, Nevada, circa 1952

Date

1952

Description

Ni Gusti Raka, a member of the Island of Bali Dancers, wearing traditional Legong dance costume. Raka was approximately 12 years old when this photograph was taken at the Hotel Thunderbird in Las Vegas, Nevada, where the dancers were performing. Site Name: Thunderbird Hotel (Las Vegas, Nev.)

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GTE Everything Pages for Las Vegas, Nevada

Identifier

MS-00667

Abstract

The GTE Everything Pages for Las Vegas, Nevada includes two identical phone directories published by the GTE Directories Corporation for 1990 to 1991.

Archival Collection

Letter and envelope from John M. Bunker, Eldorado Canyon, Nevada to Mary Etta Syphus, Panaca, Nevada

Date

1891-12-15

Archival Collection

Description

From the Syphus-Bunker Papers (MS-00169). The folder contains an original handwritten letter, a typed transcription of the same letter, and the original envelope with the stamp removed, and a copy of the original letter.

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Letter and envelope from Mary Etta Syphus, Panaca, Nevada to John M. Bunker, Eldorado Canyon, Nevada

Date

1892-03-07

Archival Collection

Description

From the Syphus-Bunker Papers (MS-00169). The folder contains an original handwritten letter, a typed transcription of the same letter, the original envelope but with no stamp or postmark, and a copy of the original letter.

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Images from around campus taken July 3, 2013 at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas: digital photographs

Date

2013-07-03

Description

Photographs from the University of Nevada, Las Vegas Creative Services Records (2010s) (PH-00388-05).

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