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A woman sits on a bed with a dog, the walls around her covered in woven baskets, head dresses, and other items. A large pair of bighorn sheep horns sit on the table to her right.: glass plate negative, approximately 1900 to 1909

Level of Description

Item

Archival Collection

E. W. Smith Glass Plate Negatives
To request this item in person:
Collection Number: PH-00460
Collection Name: E. W. Smith Glass Plate Negatives
Box/Folder: Box 02

Archival Component

Photograph of faculty members at the Universtiy of Nevada, Las Vegas, 1983

Date

1983

Description

Handwritten description provided on back of image: "Lilly Fong Excellence in Teaching 4th Annual Award; Second place presented to: Rudolph Johnson, Physical Education, 1983. L-R: Rudolph Johnson, Dean Richard Kunkel (College of Education), Regent Lilly Fong."

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Northumberland Mill, Nevada, image 004: photographic print

Date

1900 to 1940

Description

View of Northumberland Mill, Nevada.

Image

Map of the state of Nevada, 1886

Date

1886

Description

'Compiled by John W. Parker, chief draughtsman of the U.S. Sur. General's Office, Reno, Nevada, from official maps on file on the office, War Department maps and other reliable data. 1886.' 'Entered according to act of Congress, in the year 1886, by John W. Parker, in the office of the Librarian of Congress at Washington.' Relief shown by hachures. Shows townships, including which townships are subdivided, roads, railroads, Indian reservations, etc. Shows range and township grid. Scale [1:760,320]. 1 in. to 12 miles (W 120°--W 114°/N 42°--N 35°).

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Book, A Lady in Boomtown: Miners and Manners on the Nevada Frontier, 1968

Date

1968

Description

Book, A Lady in Boomtown: Miners and Manners on the Nevada Frontier, 1968

Text

Nevada Northern Railroad's old No. 40: postcard

Date

1900 (year approximate) to 1999 (year approximate)

Description

From the UNLV Libraries Single Item Accession Photograph Collection (PH-00171). Nevada's last short line railroad. Last serviceable steam locomotive in the region.

Image

Register of the Hotel Nevada, July 1, 1910-Sept. 12, 1911

Date

1910 to 1911

Archival Collection

Description

Guest register for the Hotel Nevada which opened on the southeast corner of Main Street and Fremont Street in Las Vegas in 1906. This particular volume lists guest names and their home cities for the period spanning July 1910 through September 1911.
Site Name: Hotel Nevada (Las Vegas, Nev.)

Text

Photograph of Governors of Nevada plaque, Boulder City, Nevada, circa 1960s-1970s

Date

1960 to 1979

Description

A plaque portraying the Governors of Nevada, acting and elected, in the Chamber of Commerce in Boulder City, Nevada. Description provided with image: "Pictured: 1. James W. Nye (1861-1864), 2. H.G. Blasdel (1864-1870), 3. L.R. Bradley (1871-1878), 4. John H. Kinkead (1879- 1882), 5. Jewett W. Adams (1883-1886), 6. C.C. Stevenson (1887-1890), 7. Frank Bell (1890), 8. R.K. Colcord (1891-1894), 9. John E. Jones (1895-1896), 10. Reinhold Sadler (1896-1902), 11. John Sparks (1903-1908), 12. Denver S. Dickerson (1908-1910), 13. Tasker L. Oddie (1911-1914), 14. Emmet D. Boyle (1915-1922), 15. Jas G. Scrugham (1923-1926), 16. Fred B. Balzar (1927-1934), 17. Morley Griswwold (1934), 18. Richard Kirman Sr. (1935-1938), 19. E.P. Carville (1939-1945), 20. Vail M. Pittman (1945- 1950), 21. Charles H. Russell (1951-1958), 22. Grant Sawyer (1959-1966), 23. Paul D. Laxalt (1967-)."

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Cadastral map of Boulder City, Nevada, 1940

Date

1905-04-23

Description

A. M. S. Jan. 1940 in the lower left-hand corner. 1 map ; 61 x 30 cm. Cadastral map. "No. 40-1" in the lower right-hand corner. Shows block and lot numbers, buildings, water supply and sewage system, leased areas.

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Landscape view of Kimberly, Nevada: postcard

Date

1907

Description

From the UNLV Libraries Single Item Accession Photograph Collection (PH-00171)

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