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Maps of flood-prone areas in Las Vegas, Nevada, 1973
Date
1973
Description
'Prepared by the U.S. Department of the Interior, Geological Survey, in cooperation with the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Federal Insurance Administration. 1973.' Sheet 1: Las Vegas NE, Nev.; Sheet 2: Las Vegas SE, Nev.; Sheet 3:Las Vegas SW, Nev.; Sheet 4: Las Vegas NW, Nev. Published by Geological Survey (U.S.). Scale 1:24,000. [1 in. to approx. 2,000 ft.]. Relief shown by contours. Flood information overprinted on U.S. Geological Survey 7.5 minute topographic quadrangles: [sheet 1] Las Vegas NE quadrangle, [sheet 2] Las Vegas SE quadrangle, [sheet 3] Las Vegas SW quadrangle, [sheet 4] Las Vegas NW quadrangle, 1967. Shows areas subject to flooding by a flood that has 1 in 100 chance on the average of occurring in any one year. "Flood boundaries were estimated from: regional stage-frequency relations." Includes notes.
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"Nevada's First African American Wellness Conference Report"
Date
1997-06-06
Archival Collection
Description
From the Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Incorporated, Theta Theta Omega Chapter Records (MS-01014) -- Chapter records file.
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Slide of protesters at a demonstration near the Nevada Test Site, circa 1990
Date
1988 to 1991
Archival Collection
Description
Color image of protesters with the Lenten Desert Experience (also called the Nevada Desert Experience), a group demonstrating against nuclear testing, gathered together in the Nevada desert, possibly for Mass prayers.
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Photograph of a highway near Boulder City, Nevada, 1931
Date
1931
Archival Collection
Description
Highway near Boulder City, Nevada, 1931.
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Photograph of a highway near Boulder City, Nevada, 1931
Date
1931
Archival Collection
Description
Highway near Boulder City, Nevada, 1931.
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Photograph of towns, Nevada, circa early to mid 1900s
Date
1900 to 1969
Archival Collection
Description
Shrubs and fencing in a town that is probably Panaca, Nevada.
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Photograph of Main Street, Manhattan, Nevada, February 3, 1907
Date
1907-02-03
Archival Collection
Description
Men in an automobile on Main Street in Manhattan, Nevada.
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Photograph of steam tractor, Searchlight, Nevada, circa 1880s
Date
1880 to 1889
Archival Collection
Description
Old steam tractor in Eldorado Canyon, Nevada.
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Photograph of ruined wagon, Searchlight, Nevada, circa 1880s
Date
1880 to 1889
Archival Collection
Description
Ruins of an old wagon in Eldorado Canyon, Nevada.
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Photograph of the road to Mt. Charleston, Nevada, circa 1925
Date
1925
Archival Collection
Description
The road to Mt. Charleston through the Nevada desert.
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