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Nevada Division of State Parks Photograph Collection

Identifier

PH-00105

Abstract

The Nevada Division of State Parks Photograph Collection (approximately 1910-1940) contains black-and-white photographic prints and some corresponding negatives that depict state parks and recreational areas throughout southern Nevada. The images also portray Lake Mead, Hoover Dam, Logandale, the Valley of Fire, and Mount Charleston as well as images of actors filming on location in southern Nevada.

Archival Collection

Gate 100 into the Nevada Test Site: photographic print

Date

1945-19-82

Description

Security guards check access badges at Gate 100, Nevada Test Site (NTS). The NTS is closed to the public, except for people on official business. The Test Site was dedicated as a U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Environmental Research Park in 1992.

Image

Film transparency of Blanche Zucker and others at an event at the Mesquite Club of Nevada, Las Vegas, Nevada, 1980s

Date

1980 to 1989

Description

Blanche Zucker (at far left) with others at an event at the Mesquite Club of Nevada, Las Vegas, Nevada.

Image

Skyline view of Boulder City, Nevada looking east: photographic print

Date

1945 (year uncertain; year approximate) to 1955 (year uncertain; year approximate)

Description

From the Morgan Sweeney Photograph Collection (PH-00228). Aerial View of Boulder City, Nevada, looking east. 1945-55(?).

Image

Skyline view of Boulder City, Nevada looking southwest: photographic print

Date

1950 (year uncertain; year approximate) to 1955 (year uncertain; year approximate)

Description

From the Morgan Sweeney Photograph Collection (PH-00228). Aerial View of Boulder City, Nevada, looking southwest. 1950-55(?).

Image

View of the Bellagio hotel lobby located in Las Vegas, Nevada: postcard

Date

1995 (year uncertain; year approximate) to 2005 (year uncertain; year approximate)

Description

From the UNLV Libraries Single Item Accession Photograph Collection (PH-00171). The registration lobby at the Bellagio in Las Vegas, Nevada.

Image

The Bucket of Blood Saloon in Virginia City, Nevada: postcard

Date

1940 (year approximate) to 1990 (year approximate)

Description

From the Harvey's Hotel and Casino Postcard Collection (PH-00367) -- Exterior view of the Bucket of Blood Saloon sign located in Virginia City, Nevada. Inscription with the image says, "This building, standing since 1876, is one of the most interesting buildings in the Old West."

Image

Early Nevada, 1852-1968

Level of Description

Series

Scope and Contents

Materials contain photographs of non-indigenous pioneers in Nevada, steamboats on the Colorado River, postcards, buildings, railroads, the University of Nevada, Reno, the Mormon Fort (the oldest non-indigenous settlement in the Las Vegas Valley), towns in Nevada, the Candelaria ruins, and schools around the state from 1852 to 1968.

Archival Collection

Elbert Edwards Photograph Collection
To request this item in person:
Collection Number: PH-00214
Collection Name: Elbert Edwards Photograph Collection
Box/Folder: N/A

Archival Component

Photograph of Donna May Brown and Betty Lea Brown, Boulder City, Nevada, August 13, 1931

Date

1931-08-13

Description

The gray scale view of Donna May Brown and Betty Lea Brown in Boulder City, Nevada. Miss Donna Brown, four years old, and Miss Betty Brown, three years old, are wearing white jump suits and are standing in front of a truck with two unidentified men behind them.

Image

Southern Nevada Home Builders Association Records

Identifier

MS-00894

Abstract

The Southern Nevada Home Builders Association (SNHBA) records represent the residential construction industry organization's activities from 1974 to 2015. The collection is primarily comprised of copies of SNHBA's newsletter, The Silver Spike, member directories, and event working files and photographs. The collection also includes working files for the awards presented by SNHBA to local home builders on excellence and design in home building: the Homer Awards and Silver Nugget Awards. Working files of SNHBA staff are also found in this collection for committee work, event planning, legislative issues, correspondence, and membership files.

Archival Collection