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Postcard: from left to right: Albert Henderson, Alice Henderson O'Brien (Albert S. Henderson's sister), and Dr. O'Brien at the World's Fair, 1900s
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Archival Collection
Collection Name: Albert S. Henderson Photograph Collection
Box/Folder: Folder 01
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Plat of original townsite of Las Vegas, Clark County, Nevada, November 25, 1927
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Subtitle: 'On N 1/2 of SW 1/4 section 27, T 20 S, R 61 E, M.D. Mer. showing cast iron water mains. Including location and distances of valves, fire hydrants, house connections, etc. Constructed by Las Vegas Land &Water Company. Construction completed Nov. 25-1927. Cast iron pipe system throughout made at Provo, Utah by Pacific States Cast Iron Pipe Company. R.N. Clark, Construction Engineer. Map and survey made by J.T. McWilliams, C.E., Las Vegas, Nev.' Map shows ownership of some parcels of land. Scale [ca. 1:960]. 1 inch to 80 feet. Blueline print. Plat map.
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Nevada Biltmore Hotel Collection
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The collection dates from 1942 to 1986 and contains a scrapbook and other materials related to the Nevada Biltmore built by Robert Brooks in Las Vegas, Nevada. The scrapbook includes photographs of the resort and newspaper clippings. It also contains some materials from the Seven Seas restaurant owned by Brooks in Hollywood, California. The collection includes newspaper clippings related to Las Vegas gaming and politics, some photographs of Bob Brooks and his wife Jewel at social events in Las Vegas, and a Biltmore menu and stationary.
Archival Collection
Topographic map of Lake Mead quadrangle, Nevada and Arizona, 1979
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Map of Las Vegas and vicinity, Clark County, Nevada, April 15, 1951
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Topographic map of the Furnace Creek quadrangle, Nevada and California, 1947
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Close up view of the first airmail plane in Las Vegas and a view of the crowd surrounding the plane: photographic print, negative, and slide, approximately 1900 to 1910
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Archival Collection
Collection Name: Leon Rockwell Photograph Collection
Box/Folder: Folder 04, Box SH-015, Binder PB-001 (Restrictions apply)
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Dorothy Ray Photograph Collection on Southern Nevada
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The Dorothy Ray Photograph Collection on Southern Nevada, approximately 1900-1946, depicts infrastructure in Caliente, Nevada in the early to mid-twentieth century. The collection also contains images of a flash flood that occurred in 1905 in Carp, Nevada and Stine, Nevada that washed away roads and railroad tracks. This collection provides historical documentation about early to mid-century Caliente, Nevada.
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Map of California, and territories of Utah, Nevada, Colorado, New Mexico and Arizona, 1864
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"Special Report of the Goldfield Reliance Mining Company" including information on The Blackbird, The Bagdad, The Slaughter House, Mackey Fractions, and Jackson and Bullfrog claims, approximately 1900 to 1920
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Archival Collection
Collection Name: UNLV University Libraries Collection on Nevada Mining
Box/Folder: Flat File 16
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