An artist's color rendering of a desert scene in Nevada. Written on back of postcard: "The wind driven sand add only to the great loneliness and desolation of the desert, but whether in storm or sunset, moonrise or glaring sunlight of the mid-day, the ever changing desert has a fascination for all." Postcard is titled "The Desert in Southern Nevada, near Las Vegas."
Class of 1918, Las Vegas, Nevada. Physical object has a diagram included that identifies the position of the people pictured as well as an enlarged copy of the photograph. Handwritten on envelope: "Class of 1918, Las Vegas, Nevada. Cassette tape identifying students of 1918 class & 1926 class housed in oral history under: Von Tobel, Jake."
From the Nye County, Nevada Photograph Collection (PH-00221) -- Series VII. Other areas in Nye County -- Subseries VII.H. Reed Family (Kawich Mountains, Nevada). The following names were supplied by Ed Slavin: One Arm Bob (Indian), Charlie Gilbert, Lorigan Henry, Henry Bordoli (kid holding Bony Allred), Tom Allred (holding Addy Allred), Will Hatan, Charlie Williams (standing), Cully Turner, Joe Martin, Ed Reed, Irving Allred, Ethel Allred, Mrs. Lydia Munson, Clarence Munson, George Hildebrand, William Fallini, Joe Cazeen, Fred Stevens, Pigeon, E. Garrett, Tack Munson, Bill Heller, Booly Johnson, and Jim Pony.
Materials contain photographs of the Hawkins Family near Duckwater, Nevada from 1880 to 1987. Materials include photographs of the Irwin Ranch, the Tonopah Tidewater Railroad survey camp, camps in Railroad Valley, crops, Stillwater Gaming Club, pictographs in Currant Creek, Shermantown Mill, and Moore's Station.
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Nye County, Nevada Photograph Collection
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A view looking down a populated street in Searchlight. Photograph is courtesy of Dickinson Library Special Collections Dept. University of Nevada, Las Vegas.
The 1978 commencement ceremony at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas. Pictured here are the distinguished Nevadan Recipients William Peccole (left) and William Morris (right).