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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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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

Photograph of Jack Binion displaying money on the Merv Griffin Show, Las Vegas, Nevada, 1971

Date

1971 (year approximate)

Description

Another view of the "Merv Griffin Show" which featured Jack Binion and the $1,000,000 display from Binion's Horseshoe. Zsa Zsa Gabor (right). Jack Binion is shaking hands with host Merv Griffin. (c. 1971). Stamp on back of photo: "Las Vegas News Bureau Las Vegas, Nevada Convention Center 22333".

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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

Nevada wagon: photographic print

Date

1976

Description

From the UNLV Libraries Single Item Accession Photograph Collection (PH-00171). This wagon participated in the Bicentennial celebration at the Valley Forge celebration

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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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Photograph of winter landscape in Goodsprings, Nevada, 1928

Date

1928

Description

Buildings and water tank in Goodsprings, Nevada.

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Wee Kirk 'O the Heather Wedding Chapel located in Las Vegas, Nevada: postcard

Date

1900 (year approximate) to 1999 (year approximate)

Description

From the UNLV Libraries Single Item Accession Photograph Collection (PH-00171)

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Artistic rendition of the Old West Motor Hotel in Las Vegas, Nevada: postcard

Date

1900 (year approximate) to 1999 (year approximate)

Description

From the UNLV Libraries Single Item Accession Photograph Collection (PH-00171)

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Unidentified persons eating at a restaurant in The Nugget Club in Las Vegas, Nevada: postcard

Date

1900 (year approximate) to 1999 (year approximate)

Description

From the UNLV Libraries Single Item Accession Photograph Collection (PH-00171)

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