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Ferron and Bracken Photograph Collection
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The Ferron and Bracken Photograph Collection depicts Southern and Central Nevada and other western states from 1890 to 1961. The photographs primarily depict the development and growth of early Las Vegas, Nevada; mines and mining operations in Southern and Central Nevada; towns and mines in Nevada; and the Hoover (Boulder) Dam and the Colorado River.
Archival Collection
James Hulse Photograph Collection on Pioche, Nevada
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The James Hulse Photograph Collection on Pioche, Nevada contains photographs and postcards from Pioche, Nevada from 1905 to 1951. The photographs primarily depict the town, mining operations, and the Lincoln County Courthouse. The photographs also depict the town during a fire in 1947, the Power & Electric company, several buildings in the town, and Main Street.
Archival Collection
Studio photograph of "Battling with Buffalo Bill": photographic print
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Archival Collection
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Dorothy Bell Scans UNLV-Public Lands Institute. Studio photograph from Universal Studio Pictures Corp. film Battling with Buffalo Bill. Rex Bell (George Francis Beldam) in costume. Labeled on back of image:"Univeral's serial thriller, 'Battling with Buffalo Bill' with Tom Tyler, Lucile Browne, Rex Bell, William Desmond, Jim Thorpe, Francis Ford and George Regas."
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Studio photograph of "Battling with Buffalo Bill": photographic print
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Archival Collection
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Dorothy Bell Scans UNLV-Public Lands Institute. Studio photograph from Universal Studio Pictures Corp. film Battling with Buffalo Bill. Rex Bell (George Francis Beldam) in costume. Labeled on back of image:"The Univeral's serial, 'Battling with Buffalo Bill' with Tom Tyler, Lucile Browne, Rex Bell, William Desmond, Chief Thunder Bird and Jim Thorpe."
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Unidentified photographic, possibly of Tecopa-Pahrump area: photographic print
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Archival Collection
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From the Nye County, Nevada Photograph Collection (PH-00221) -- Series IV. Pahrump, Nevada -- Subseries IV.G. Brown Family (Tecopa-Pahrump)
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Photograph of Southern Nevada University, 1965
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Archival Collection
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An aerial view of Nevada Southern University (NSU). Visible here is Wright Hall, which opened in 1965.
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Photographs, 1950-2006
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The photographs subseries (1950-2006) includes photographic prints, contact prints, transparencies, negatives, and slides of restaurants and shops, casino exteriors and interiors, and historical photographs of the Stardust Resorts and Casino remodeling construction, performers, events, and reproductions of artists' renderings of the property. Some photographs were taken by Ian Vaughan, Greg Cava, Tony Scodwell, Larry Hanna, and Peter Harasty.
Within this subseries, restaurants and shops includes photographs of menus, brochures, food dishes, dining rooms, storefronts, store interiors, and promotional campaigns associated with restaurants and shops in the Stardust between 1987 and 2001. Exteriors and interiors includes photographs of the Stardust's marquee, casino building exterior, hotel towers, views of the Strip featuring the Stardust, conference rooms, lobbies, casino interiors, pools, spas, hotel rooms, and lounges between 1985 and 2004. Historical photographs includes photographs from 1950 to 2006 depicting key events in the Stardust's history, including the Stardust's grand opening, photographic reproductions of the Stardust's original artist's renderings, and photographs of the Stardust's remodelings over time.
Archival Collection
Collection Name: Stardust Resort and Casino Records
Box/Folder: N/A
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Archie C. Grant Photograph Collection
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The Archie C. Grant Photograph Collection (1914-1968) contains black-and-white photographs of Nevada politician Archie C. Grant. The materials include photographs of Grant with the Las Vegas Housing Authority at groundbreaking ceremonies, the University of Nevada Board of Regents, and with other Nevada politicians. Materials also contain early photographs of the University of Nevada, Las Vegas campus, including the dedication of Maude Frazier Hall.
Archival Collection
Peg and George E. Crockett Family Photographs
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The Peg and George E. Crockett Family Photographs (approximately 1940-2008) are comprised of aerial photographs of Alamo Airport (later McCarran International Airport) and the surrounding Las Vegas Valley in the 1940s and 1950s. Photographs of the interior, exterior, and airfield at Alamo Airport document the early stages of what is now one of the busiest international airports in the United States. The collection also contains audiovisual material, which depict events including the Miss Rodeo America pageant and the Sahara Cup boat races on Lake Mead, and locations including Fremont Street in downtown Las Vegas, Nevada and Hoover Dam. A significant portion of the collection consists of photographs of the Crockett family at various events, on family vacations, and their home in Las Vegas, Nevada.
Archival Collection
Billie Milton Grace Photograph Collection
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The Billie Milton Grace Photograph Collection, approximately 1948 to 1960, consists of twenty black-and-white photographic prints and negatives depicting images of downtown Las Vegas, Nevada, the annual Helldorado Parade, the Marion Hicks family, local labor union dinners, Thunderbird Hotel employees, and various hotels and casinos.
Archival Collection