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Pass in the Sierra Nevada Mountains of California: drawing

Date

1970

Description

From the UNLV Special Collections Photograph Collection on Book Illustrations (PH-00170) -- Pass in the Sierra Nevada Mountains of California. Handwritten on verso: "Jackson, Donald, and Mary Lee Spence, editors. Expeditions of John Charles Fremont. Vol. 1, Urbana, Chicago, and London: University of Chicago Press, 1970. p. 636." [MLA8 citation format] "Pass in the Sierra Nevada of California".

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University of Nevada, Las Vegas Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry Records

Identifier

UA-00118

Abstract

The University of Nevada, Las Vegas Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry Records (1970, 2004-2015) contain department newsletters, UNLV publications, and news articles about the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry as well as the College of Sciences. The collection includes flyers and information about the Western Regional Meeting of the American Chemical Society when it was hosted in Las Vegas, Nevada. The collection also includes a program for the Chemistry building's cornerstone ceremony in 1970 and a memorial program for former faculty member, Stephen Carper.

Archival Collection

Negative: Roy Moore playing piano at the Ace Club, Tonopah, Nevada: photographic print

Date

1940 (year approximate) to 1946 (year approximate)

Description

From the Nye County, Nevada Photograph Collection (PH-00221) -- Series VI. Tonopah, Nevada -- Subseries VI.E. Moore Family

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Aerial view of the Convention Center Las Vegas, Nevada: photographic print

Date

1960 (year uncertain; year approximate) to 1963 (year uncertain; year approximate)

Description

From the UNLV Libraries Single Item Accession Photograph Collection (PH-00171). View of racetrack (racetrack at bottom right corner), soon after the LVCC was built.

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Winnemucca Inn double mounted sign, Winnemucca, Nevada

Date

2016 (year approximate) to 2020

Description

Views of the Winnemucca Inn's double mounted sign during the day and at night.

741 W Winnemucca Blvd, Winnemucca, NV 89445

Winnemucca Inn


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Maps of geographical surveys of parts of California, southeastern Nevada, Arizona and southwestern Utah, made under the command of George M. Wheeler, 1872-1873

Date

1872 to 1873

Description

At top of plate: 'U.S. geographical surveys west of the one-hundredth meridian. Parts of California, S.E. Nevada, Arizona & S.W. Utah.' At bottom of plate: 'Expeditions of 1872 & 1873, under the command of 1st Lieut. Geo. M. Wheeler, Corps of Engineers, U.S. Army.' 'G. K. Gilbert, A. R. Marvine, E. E. Howell, geological assistants.' 'By order of The Honorable The Secretary of War, under the direction of Brig. Gen. A. A. Humphries, Chief of Engineers, U.S. Army.' Published by Government Printing Office. 2 map sections on 1 sheet. Scale: 1 inch to 8 miles.

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Miners pictured at a mine site perhaps in the vicinity of Round Mountain, Nevada: photographic print

Date

1900 (year approximate) to 1939 (year approximate)

Description

From the Nye County, Nevada Photograph Collection (PH-00221) -- Series V. Smoky Valley, Nevada and Round Mountain, Nevada -- Subseries V.C. Lofthouse-Berg Families (Round Mountain)

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Slide of protest signs near the Nevada Test Site, 1984

Date

1984

Description

Color image of signs reading "Lord God must this vessel be broken." The signs were placed in the desert by the Lenten Desert Experience (also called the Nevada Desert Experience), a group demonstrating against nuclear testing.

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Slide of Main Street, Ely, Nevada, circa 1930s

Date

1930 to 1939

Description

An image of Main Street in Ely, Nevada. Shops lining the left side of the street include the Capitol Casino, Ely Cafe, Miners Club, State Cafe, and Bank Club. On the opposing right side of the street sit buildings like the Northern Hotel, New Crystal Cafe, and Nevada Motel. Lining up on either side of the street are parked automobiles.

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Slide of the Penguin Restaurant, Carson City, Nevada, 1986

Date

1986

Description

A color image of the front exterior and neon sign for the blue and white Penguin Restaurant, located in Carson City, Nevada. The sign features an image of a penguin.

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