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Cattle round-up riders in the Kawich Mountains area in Nevada: photographic print

Date

1920 (year approximate) to 1929 (year approximate)

Description

From the Nye County, Nevada Photograph Collection (PH-00221) -- Series VII. Other areas in Nye County -- Subseries VII.H. Reed Family (Kawich Mountains, Nevada). The following names were supplied by Ed Slavin: One Arm Bob (Indian), Charlie Gilbert, Lorigan Henry, Henry Bordoli (kid holding Bony Allred), Tom Allred (holding Addy Allred), Will Hatan, Charlie Williams (standing), Cully Turner, Joe Martin, Ed Reed, Irving Allred, Ethel Allred, Mrs. Lydia Munson, Clarence Munson, George Hildebrand, William Fallini, Joe Cazeen, Fred Stevens, Pigeon, E. Garrett, Tack Munson, Bill Heller, Booly Johnson, and Jim Pony.

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Photograph of a classroom chalkboard, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, circa 1991-1992

Date

1991 (year approximate)

Description

A classroom in the Rod Lee Bigelow Health Sciences (BHS) building, at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV).

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Photograph of a sink and cabinet, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, circa 1991-1992

Date

1991 (year approximate)

Description

A sink in the Rod Lee Bigelow Health Sciences (BHS) building, at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV).

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Corner Drug Store wall signs, Winnemucca, Nevada: photographic print

Date

1950 (year approximate) to 1959 (year approximate)

Description

View of the Corner Drug Store during the day.


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Film transparency of Hoover (Boulder) Dam, taken from the upstream side of the dam on the Nevada side, May, 1947

Date

1947-05

Description

Hoover (Boulder) Dam, taken from the upstream side of the dam on the Nevada side. May, 1947. The intake towers, Nevada spillway house (in the background, behind the intake towers), and the Nevada spillway are visible. During the years of lobbying leading up to the passage of legislation authorizing the dam in 1928, Hoover Dam was originally referred to "Boulder Dam" or as "Boulder Canyon Dam", even though the proposed site had shifted to Black Canyon. The Boulder Canyon Project Act of 1928 (BCPA) never mentions a proposed name or title for the dam. When Secretary Wilbur spoke at the ceremony starting the building of the railway between Las Vegas and the dam site on September 17, 1930, he named the dam "Hoover Dam", citing a tradition of naming dams after Presidents, though none had been so honored during their terms of office. After Hoover's election defeat in 1932 and the accession of the Roosevelt administration, Secretary Ickes ordered on May 13, 1933 that the dam be referred to as "Boulder Dam". In the following years, the n

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Photograph of the Nevada spillway, Hoover Dam, May 1933

Date

1933-05

Description

Black and white image of the Nevada spillway at Hoover Dam under construction. Note: Boulder Dam was officially renamed Hoover Dam in 1947.

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Meeting minutes for Consolidated Student Senate University of Nevada, Las Vegas, July 11, 1985

Date

1985-07-11

Description

Includes meeting agenda and minutes with additional information about memorandums.

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Ed's Well, Railroad Valley, Nevada: photographic print

Date

1920 to 1923

Description

From the Nye County, Nevada Photograph Collection (PH-00221) -- Series VII. Other areas in Nye County -- Subseries VII.H. Reed Family (Kawich Mountains, Nevada). Named after Ed Reed, the well is on property originally owned by the 7-L Outfit, who sold it to the United Cattle and Packing Company. The Quinn Canyon Range is visible in the distance.

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Meeting minutes for Consolidated Student Senate, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, October 06, 2003

Date

2003-10-06

Description

Includes meeting minutes and agenda, along with additional information about letters, contracts, and attachments. CSUN Session 33 (Part 2) Meeting Minutes and Agendas.

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Arizona and Nevada powerhouses at the Hoover Dam: photographic print

Date

1962-07-06

Description

From the Morgan Sweeney Photograph Collection (PH-00228). Arizona powerhouse on the left and Nevada powerhouse on the right on December 13, 1957.

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