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This is Nevada, 1980

Level of Description

File

Archival Collection

Howard Cannon Papers
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Collection Number: MS-00002
Collection Name: Howard Cannon Papers
Box/Folder: Box 87 (97th Session)

Archival Component

San Francisco Call - Nevada Edition: newspaper issue

Date

1905-05-23

Archival Collection

Description

From the C. A. Earle Rinker Papers (MS-00514) -- Series III: Maps, newspapers, souvenirs, and ephemera -- Newspapers from Goldfield, Nevada and various locations.

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"Rusty" Horgan, Pahrump, Nevada: photographic print

Date

1949

Description

From the Nye County, Nevada Photograph Collection (PH-00221) -- Series IV. Pahrump, Nevada -- Subseries IV.H. Miscellaneous. L. A. "Rusty" Horgan moved to Pahrump, Nevada after purchasing a large block of land on the west side of the valley for $5.00 per acre. He came from Randsburg, California, where he had worked most of his time as a miner. Rusty was an avid hunter, dog trainer, and a real character. He was 1/2-owner and builder of the H&H Bar, located on East Street. The bar later burned down in a mysterious fire. Rusty spent his final years chewing tobacco and watching ball games. 

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Photograph of Jean Nevada Fayle, June 6 1909

Date

1909-06-06

Archival Collection

Description

Jean Nevada Fayle as a young infant.

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Postcard with photograph of Nevada State Prison in Carson City, Nevada, 1920-1930

Date

1920 to 1930

Description

A picture of the exterior of the Nevada State Prison in Carson City. It was established in 1862 and managed by the Nevada Department of Corrections. Site Name: Nevada State Prison (Carson City, Nev.)

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Families of a Sunday school in Las Vegas, Nevada: photographic print

Date

1925

Description

From the Relda Whitney Leavitt Photograph Collection (PH-00162) -- Sunday school in Las Vegas, 1925. Photo taken on steps of the court house. Families of: Nathan and Rose Abbott; Isabel and Stowell Whitney; Lucy and Calvin Barnum; Liza and Wallace Jones; Louisa and Ira Earl; Wasden Family; Lucille and Marion Earl; Minnie Nay and girls; Mirandy Craven and daughters; Mina Stewart and Gelen; Kathryn Deverell; Lee Waite; Sumner Stewart and Family; Anna Bunker, Wendell Bunker, Vernon Bunker; Phyliss Henderickson; Louise Craw Sell; J. M. Dotson Family; Mrs. Orr and sons.

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UNLV University Libraries Photographs of the Jewish Community of Southern Nevada

Identifier

PH-00389

Abstract

The UNLV University Libraries Photographs of the Jewish Community of Southern Nevada (2015-2018) are comprised of digital images captured as part of the Southern Nevada Jewish Heritage Project. The photographs include members of the Southern Nevada Jewish community, synagogues Temple Beth Sholom (current and original site), Congregation Ner Tamid (including aerials), Chabad of Las Vegas, Temple Sinai, and Midbar Kodesh Temple. There are also photographs of The Desert Torah Academy's Robert Cohen Educational Campus, the future site of Chabad of Green Valley, the Holocaust Resource Center, Manpower Las Vegas’s 50th anniversary celebration, and the House of Straus.

Archival Collection

Photograph of Candelaria, Nevada, 1876

Date

1876

Description

Black and white photograph of Candelaria.

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Nevada Wildlife Federation Records

Identifier

MS-00400

Abstract

The Nevada Wildlife Federation Records (1989-1997) consist of pamphlets, newsletters, periodic meeting minutes, and a copy of the bylaws of the Nevada Wildlife Federation.

Archival Collection

The Exchange Club in Beatty, Nevada: postcard

Date

1940 (year approximate) to 1990 (year approximate)

Description

From the Harvey's Hotel and Casino Postcard Collection (PH-00367) -- The Exchange Club in the colorful "old west" town of Beatty, Nevada, is a 3-way fun, food, and refreshment stop with its popular casino and bar and the adjoining family restaurant, the Amargosa Grill. In the center of Beatty, the Exchange Club is between Tonopah and Las Vegas and at the Eastern gateway into Death Valley National Monument.

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