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Nevada Cableway landing at the Hoover Dam: photographic print

Date

1954-02-26

Description

From the Morgan Sweeney Photograph Collection (PH-00228). Nevada Cableway landing a 4 rotor spider in 1951.

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Photograph of Morley Griswold, Nevada, December 31, 1934

Date

1934-12-31

Description

Acting Nevada Governor Morley Isaac Griswold from March 21, 1934-December 31, 1934.

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Photograph of Gentry's Grocery, Panaca, Nevada, circa 1960

Date

1960

Description

Photograph of Gentry's Grocery, Panaca, Nevada. (Mary Reid Edwards' uncle Ernest Gentry owned store).

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Photograph of Walter F. Mondale and Bob Rose, Nevada, 1978

Date

1978

Description

Portrait of Vice-President Walter F. Mondale campaigning for fellow Democrats in Nevada. Bob Rose is also pictured in the center.

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Surficial geologic map of Las Vegas Valley, Nevada, circa 1981

Date

1977 to 1985

Description

'United States Department of the Interior, Geological Survey. Open-file report, 84-130, plate 1.' 'Prepared in cooperation with the Clark County Department of Comprehensive Planning.' 'Base from U.S. Geological Survey 1:100,000, Boulder City, Ariz.-Nev., Las Vegas, Nev.-Calif., Mesquite Lake, Nev.-Calif., 1978, Lake Mead, Nev.-Ariz., 1979.'Geology from Malmberg (1965); Longwell and others (1965); Haynes (1967); Bingler (1977); Bell and Smith (1980); Bell (1981); Matti and Bachhuber (1982); and Matti and Morton (1982a and b); modified by R. W. Plume, 1981.' Shows township and range lines. Scale [ca. 1:102,960. 1 in.=approx. 1.625 miles] (W 115°30´--W 115°00´/N 36°30´--N 36°00´). Series: Open-file report (Geological Survey (U.S.))
84-130. Originally published as plate 1 of Ground-water conditions in Las Vegas Valley, Clark County, Nevada. Part I. Hydrogeologic framework / by Russell W. Plume, published by the U.S. Geological Survey in 1984 as Open-file report 84-130.

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Generalized geological map of the Boulder Reservoir floor and adjacent areas, 1936

Date

1936

Description

At top of map: 'Bull. Geol. Soc. Am., Vol. 47. Longwell, Pl. 21.' Scale [ca. 1:190,080. 1 in. to approx. 3 miles]. Published as plate 21 in Longwell's Geology of the Boulder Reservoir floor, Arizona-Nevada (1936). Includes a cross-section.

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Letter and envelope from John M. Bunker, Eldorado Canyon, Nevada to Mary Etta Syphus, Panaca, Nevada

Date

1891-12-15

Archival Collection

Description

From the Syphus-Bunker Papers (MS-00169). The folder contains an original handwritten letter, a typed transcription of the same letter, and the original envelope with the stamp removed, and a copy of the original letter.

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Letter and envelope from Mary Etta Syphus, Panaca, Nevada to John M. Bunker, Eldorado Canyon, Nevada

Date

1892-03-07

Archival Collection

Description

From the Syphus-Bunker Papers (MS-00169). The folder contains an original handwritten letter, a typed transcription of the same letter, the original envelope but with no stamp or postmark, and a copy of the original letter.

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Interior of the railroad depot at Rhyolite, Nevada: photographic print

Date

1950 to 1953

Description

From the Nye County, Nevada Photograph Collection (PH-00221) -- Series III. Beatty, Nevada -- Subseries III.C. Revert Family. Mr. Heisler, who, with his wife, ran the depot for many years, and Art Revert is leaning on the back of the chair (identified from left to right).

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Interior of the Ace Club, Tonopah, Nevada: photographic print

Date

1937 to 1943

Description

From the Nye County, Nevada Photograph Collection (PH-00221) -- Series VI. Tonopah, Nevada -- Subseries VI.F. Potts-Cirac Family. Louis Cirac, wearing the sweater, father of Jeanne Cirac Potts, is dealing roulette. The man to his right, ranking in chips, was named Palooka.

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