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Southern Nevada Historical Society Photograph Collection on Basic Magnesium, Inc.

Identifier

PH-00230

Abstract

The Southern Nevada Historical Society Photograph Collection on Basic Magnesium, Inc. contains photographs of the construction of Basic Magnesium Inc.'s plants and buildings from 1941 to 1942. The photographs primarily depict aerial views of the plant site and various buildings, including the administration building, tent camp, chlorination buildings, electrolysis facilities, electrical distribution systems, and warehouses. The photographs also depict Lake Mead and the early buildings in Henderson, Nevada.

Archival Collection

Eighth grade graduation, Goldfield, Nevada: photographic print

Date

1927

Description

From the Nye County, Nevada Photograph Collection (PH-00221) -- Series VI. Tonopah, Nevada -- Subseries VI.A. Bradshaw Family (Goldfield-Tonopah). Catherine McNair, Margaret Malone, Eleanor Dillinger, and Astrid Johnson (identified from left to right).

Image

Part of the Beatty, Nevada water system: photographic print

Date

1956-05

Description

From the Nye County, Nevada Photograph Collection (PH-00221) -- Series III. Beatty, Nevada -- Subseries III.C. Revert Family. The system was owned by the Revert brothers. Photograph appeared in conjunction with an article on the Revert brothers in Minute Man Magazine.

Image

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. … Sari Aizley served as the first Director of the Southern Nevada chapter of the American Civil Liberties Union [see the Nevada Gay Times, April 1984, p. 4 for establishment of the ACLU-Southern Nevada Chapter; and see the Bohemian Bugle, March 1986, p. 13 and the Bohemian Bugle, April 1986, pp. 1, 4, 11, and 18 for Sari Aizley's appointment as Director]. Individuals identified by the donor, Dennis McBride: Sari Aizley; Paul Aizley [Nevada State Assemblyman, District 41 (Democrat)]

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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. ... Sari Aizley served as the first Director of the Southern Nevada chapter of the American Civil Liberties Union [see the Nevada Gay Times, April 1984, p. 4 for establishment of the ACLU-Southern Nevada Chapter; and see the Bohemian Bugle, March 1986, p. 13 and the Bohemian Bugle, April 1986, pp. 1, 4, 11, and 18 for Sari Aizley's appointment as Director]. Individuals identified by the donor, Dennis McBride: Sari Aizley; Paul Aizley [Nevada State Assemblyman, District 41 (Democrat)]

Image

Slide of Primadonna Club, Reno, Nevada, circa 1970s

Date

1970 to 1979

Description

The night view of the Primadonna Club, now Hilton's Virginia Street Casino, originally located on North Virginia Street in Reno, Nevada. Opened from 1964 to 1978, the Primadonna Club was marked by five, twenty-feet tall female sculptures which were located only feet away from the well known Reno Arch. Site Name: Primadonna Club (Reno, Nev.)

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University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV) Greenspun School of Communication Diploma Ceremony program

Date

1995-05-13

Description

Commencement program from University of Nevada, Las Vegas Commencement Programs and Graduation Lists (UA-00115).

Text

Appear to be photos of tents structures near the test site Nevada Test Site, Nevada: photographic slide

Date

1977 (year approximate) to 1991 (year approximate)

Description

From the Sister Klaryta Antoszewska Photograph Collection (PH-00352). Slides #0735 through 0749.

Image

Unidentified members of the Sagebrush Alliance holding a Prayer Vigil at the Nevada Test Site, Nevada: photographic slide

Date

1977-08-05 (uncertain)
1978-02-01 (uncertain)

Description

From the Sister Klaryta Antoszewska Photograph Collection (PH-00352)

Image

Unidentified members of the Sagebrush Alliance holding a Prayer Vigil at the Nevada Test Site, Nevada: photographic slide

Date

1977-08-05 (uncertain)
1978-02-01 (uncertain)

Description

From the Sister Klaryta Antoszewska Photograph Collection (PH-00352)

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