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Photograph of Nevada Dance performance, circa 1970s-1980s

Date

1970 to 1989

Description

Performances of Nevada Dance Theatre.

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Placer operation in Round Mountain, Nevada: photographic print

Date

1937 to 1939

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). The miners are unidentified.

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

Date

1892-01-12

Archival Collection

Description

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

Text

Postcard showing Searchlight, Nevada, circa 1930s

Date

1930 to 1939

Archival Collection

Description

The view of the small town of Searchlight, Nevada. Formed in 1897, Searchlight is an old boomtown that was made popular when George Frederick Colton discovered gold at the location where the town is now built. Unnamed buildings cluster together in the center of the postcard while rocky terrain decorated with small shrubs and mines surround the city's outskirts. Transcribed onto the bottom of the postcard: "Searchlight, Nevada; Duplex Mine In Foreground." The Frasher's Foto logo is also printed onto the bottom right corner.

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Slide of Eldorado Casino sign, Henderson, Nevada, 1986

Date

1986

Description

Night view of the Eldorado Casino located at 140 South Water Street Henderson, Nevada. Originally the Wheel Casino, the Eldorado Casino was opened in 1962 and is now owned by Boyd Gaming Corporation.

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Meeting minutes for Consolidated Student Senate, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, September 08, 1981

Date

1981-09-08

Description

Includes meeting agenda and minutes. CSUN Session 11 Meeting Minutes and Agendas.

Text

Meeting minutes for Consolidated Student Senate, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, June 27, 1978

Date

1978-06-27

Description

Agenda and meeting minutes for the University of Nevada, Las Vegas Student Senate. CSUN Session 7 Meeting Minutes and Agendas.

Text

Aerial photograph of Alamo, Nevada, from an overlooking hill, circa 1922

Date

1922 (year approximate)

Description

Alamo, Nevada from an overlooking hill

Transcribed Notes: Transcribed from back of photo: "About 1922 - Alamo - Looked like this."; Transcribed from photo sleeve: "An aerial of Alamo, Nevada ca. 1922"

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Postcard of pack mules, Belleville, Nevada, 1880s

Date

1880 to 1889

Description

Mule skinners (drivers) and pack mules assembled before a huge rick of cordwood at wood camp near Belleville, Nevada in 1880s. Wood provided fuel for ore mill. In the background, there are many tree stumps.

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Ruthe Scott Photographs of Las Vegas, Nevada Hotels and Casinos

Identifier

PH-00220

Abstract

The Ruthe Scott Photographs of Las Vegas, Nevada Hotels and Casinos contain color and black-and-white negatives and transparencies of Las Vegas hotels and casinos from 1960 to 1986. The collection includes the Sahara Hotel, Castaways Hotel and Casino, the Desert Inn Hotel, the Dunes Hotel, the Riviera Hotel, the Sands Hotel, the Silver Slipper Gambling Hall, Tally Ho Grounds, the Thunderbird Hotel, and the Hotel Flamingo. The collection also includes people gambling in Las Vegas casinos and two transparencies of Nevada politician Phil Tobin, who sponsored the bill to legalize gambling in 1931.

Archival Collection