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Helen J. Stewart Photographs
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The Helen J. Stewart Photographs depict the Stewart Family from approximately 1860 to 1950. The photographs primarily depict Helen J. Stewart and her children as well as the Stewart Ranch (also know as the Las Vegas Ranch) in Southern Nevada. The photographs include the early Las Vegas, Nevada town site, landscapes of Southern Nevada and the American Southwest, mines and mining camps, railroads and railroad workers, the Las Vegas Fort (also known as the Old Mormon Fort), hotels and early businesses in Las Vegas, Native Americans and Native American artifacts, and postcards.
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Stanley W. Paher Photograph Collection
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The Stanley W. Paher Photograph Collection consists of black-and-white photographic prints and corresponding negatives. Images include scenes from the towns of Goodsprings, Goldfield, and Las Vegas, Nevada. The Goodsprings and Goldfield, Nevada images date to 1926; the Las Vegas images date to 1966.
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Mallory H. Ferrell Photograph Collection
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The Mallory H. Ferrell Photograph Collection (approximately 1900-1935) is comprised of nine black-and-white photographic prints depicting railroads, locomotives, and mines in Tonopah, Nevada and Tecopa, California.
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Victor Kunkel Photograph Collection
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The Victor Kunkel Photograph Collection (approximately 1890-1943) consists of black-and-white photographic prints and negatives, dating primarily between 1940 and 1943. The majority of the images depict the construction of Basic Magnesium, Inc. (BMI), in Henderson, Nevada; the remaining images depict a variety of locations and events in Kunkel's birthplace, Winslow, Arizona.
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John G. (Jack) Fogliani Photograph Collection
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The John G. (Jack) Fogliani Photograph Collection is comprised of two black-and-white photographic reprints created between approximately 1971 and 2004 of the natural landscape of Eagle Valley, Nevada. The original photographs were taken between approximately 1900 and 1920.
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Florence McClure Photograph Collection
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The Florence McClure Photograph Collection (approximately 1985-1997) consists of color photographic prints. Images show McClure and members of the Las Vegas, Nevada Community Action Against Rape (CAAR) organization that she co-founded with Sandi Petta in 1973. Also included are images of Nevada public figures and several travel images from China.
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Sunnie Gillette Photograph Collection
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The Sunnie Gillette Photograph Collection (approximately 1900-1930) consists of black-and-white photographic prints and negatives depicting early Las Vegas, Nevada. Scenes include Fremont Street, the Clark County Courthouse, the First Methodist Church on 3rd and Bridger Streets, and rail yards in Las Vegas. Also included are images of street scenes, fundraisers, parades, and individuals in Las Vegas.
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Nino Maurizi Photograph Collection
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The Nino Maurizi Photograph Collection consists of two black-and-white photographic prints and corresponding negatives of Nino Maurizi at the Mount Charleston Camp for the Las Vegas Army Air Field in 1943. Images depict Maurizi standing at the entrance of Mount Charleston Camp as well as inside the camp.
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Thunderbird Plane Photograph Collection
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The Thunderbird Plane Photograph Collection contains seven photographs of the Thunderbird Plane, its crew, its owners, and a photograph of Lake Mohave Resort from the 1960s to the 1970s. The Thunderbird Plane was owned by the Thunderbird Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada.
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