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Architectural drawing of the Rugar residence, Las Vegas, Nevada, exterior elevations, December 31, 1962

Date

1962-12-31

Description

Drawings of exterior elevations A, B, C and D for the Rugar residence, Las Vegas, Nevada. "Sheet no. 8 of 20." "James Brooks McDaniel, A.I.A., Architect." "Job no. R62-1." "Drawn by J.M. Checked by J.Mc." "Scale: 1/4" = 1'-0"."
Site Name: Rugar residence

Architecture Period: Mid-Century Modernist

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William H. Shockley, portrait with a book: photographic print

Date

1880 (year approximate) to 1915 (year approximate)

Description

William Hillman Shockley (1855-1925).

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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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Cynthia Ortiz Collection on Election Campaigns in Nevada

Identifier

MS-00058

Abstract

The Cynthia Ortiz Collection on Election Campaigns in Nevada (1967-2006) is comprised of published campaign materials for candidates running for office locally, regionally, and state-wide in Nevada. Other materials include Democratic National Party publications regarding general political issues, scrapbooks, and election campaign ephemera such as T-shirts, pins, and bumper stickers.

Archival Collection

Don Ashbaugh Papers on Nevada Ghost Towns

Identifier

MS-00130

Abstract

The Don Ashbaugh Papers (1950-1960) document Las Vegas history, Nevada history, and ghost towns. The collection is comprised of the working manuscript of Don Ashbaugh's book, Nevada's Turbulent Yesterday: A Study in Ghost Towns. The collection also contains typescript drafts, newspaper clippings, and a geographical index of Nevada ghost towns.

Archival Collection

Map of Clark's Las Vegas Townsite, Lincoln County, Nevada, May 10, 1905

Date

1905-05-10

Description

Scale: 1" = 100'. 1 map ; 28 x 22 cm. Verso of map is an announcement of the auction to be held May 15, 1905, for lots in the Las Vegas townsite. Pricing and lot information is included, as well as specials for railway tickets to Las Vegas from Los Angeles and Salt Like City. Las Vegas Land and Water Company

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Amargosa Hotel, Beatty, Nevada: photographic print

Date

1925 (year approximate) to 1935 (year approximate)

Description

From the Nye County, Nevada Photograph Collection (PH-00221) -- Series III. Beatty, Nevada -- Subseries III.H. Miscellaneous

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View of Goldfield, Nevada: photographic print

Date

1904 (year approximate) to 1906 (year approximate)

Description

From the Nan Doughty Photograph Collection (PH-00240)

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View of Goldfield, Nevada: photographic print

Date

1904 (year approximate) to 1906 (year approximate)

Description

From the Nan Doughty Photograph Collection (PH-00240)

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Geologic map and sections of area along Colorado River between Lake Mead and Davis Dam, Arizona and Nevada, 1963

Date

1963

Description

At top of map: 'United States, Department of Interior, Geological Survey. Professional Paper 374-E, plate 1.' In lower right corner of map: 'Geology mapped by C.R. Longwell.' Relief shown by contours. Includes seven colored cross-sections. Scale 1:125,000 (W 114°50´--W 114°20´/N 36°10´--N 35°10´). Series: Shorter contributions to general geology. Professional paper (Geological Survey (U.S.))
374-E. Originally published as plate 1 in: Reconnaissance geology between Lake Mead and Davis Dam, Arizona-Nevada / by Chester R. Longwell, published by the U.S. Government Printing Office in 1963 in the series Shorter contributions to general geology and as Geological Survey professional paper 374-E.

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