The Photographs series (1959-1977) consists primarily of aviation photographs. It includes photographs of a United States Air Force Thunderbirds air show; McCarran International Airport, including expansion construction and a Trans World Airline (TWA) jet with bomb damage stemming from a 1972 extortion plot; and assorted events and people, including former president Richard M. Nixon and professional golfer Jack Nicklaus.
Archival Collection
Erle A. Taylor Photograph Collection
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Collection Number: PH-00237 Collection Name: Erle A. Taylor Photograph Collection Box/Folder: N/A
The Lincoln County Museum Photograph Collection contains photographs of towns, railroads, and mining operations in Lincoln County, Nevada from 1870 to 1953. The photographs primarily depict mines and railroads in Pioche, Caliente, Bullionville, and Panaca from 1900 to 1908 during part of Nevada’s mining boom. The photographs also depict Paiute workers, horse freight teams, geographical landmarks, and students in Lincoln County.
Dorothy Bell Scans UNLV-Public Lands Institute. Promotional photograph of film star Montie Montana on a horse signed to Rex Bell. Written on the image: "To Rex Bell Best Wishes Montie Montana & Rex '55."
The Thomas T. Beam Engineering Complex Photographs (1988, 2006) mainly contains photographs and negatives of Building B of the Thomas T. Beam Engineering Complex construction in 2006. Photographs were taken by David Emerson who served positions within the University of Nevada, Las Vegas as Dean of the College of Science, Math, and Engineering; Dean of the College of Sciences; and as emeritus professor. Other materials in this collection include photographs of Lied Library and a photograph of Building A of the Thomas T. Beam Engineering Complex from 1988. The photograph includes a personal note to Emerson by Tate Snyder/Kittrell Garlock Architects, the architectural firm responsible for designing and building the Thomas T. Beam Engineering Complex.
A nighttime photograph of the Loew's State Vaudeville marquee. Peter Lind Hayes and Mary Healy are featured on the marquee. Please credit: Arsene Studio, N.Y.C., N.Y. stamp on back of photograph.
From the Army Mapping Service Aerial Photographs of Southern and Western Nevada (PH-00285). Aerial photographs, composites, and indices. Geological Survey, Army Map Service. Western US. Project No. 109. Area G.
From the Army Mapping Service Aerial Photographs of Southern and Western Nevada (PH-00285). Aerial photographs, composites, and indices. Geological Survey, Army Map Service. Western AMS. Project No. 109. Area G.
The Henry C. Wieking Photograph Collection contains black-and-white photographic prints and negatives, as well as postcards of Las Vegas, Nevada between approximately 1920 and 1940. These images primarily depict Wieking and his family in front of the Las Vegas Mormon Fort and Hoover Dam (Boulder Dam). Other photographs include Six Companies and United States Bureau of Reclamation vehicles, Mount Charleston, the Colorado River, Black Canyon, and desert scenes. The remaining images depict Barstow and Death Valley, California; and a Grand Canyon bridge in Arizona.