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Some of the Carver Family in Jean Carver Duhme's home, Carvers's Station: photographic print
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Archival Collection
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From the Nye County, Nevada Photograph Collection (PH-00221) -- Series V. Smoky Valley, Nevada and Round Mountain, Nevada -- Subseries V.A. Carver, Carver-Duhme, and Carver-Book Families (Smoky Valley). Left to right: Dick Carver, Jean Carver Duhme, Gary Carver in Jean Carver Duhme’s home, Carvers’s Station.
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Picnic held in Kingston Canyon: photographic print
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Archival Collection
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From the Nye County, Nevada Photograph Collection (PH-00221) -- Series V. Smoky Valley, Nevada and Round Mountain, Nevada -- Subseries V.A. Carver, Carver-Duhme, and Carver-Book Families (Smoky Valley). Left to right: Dolly Francisco, unidentified men in white shirts in back. The woman farthest from the camera is Margaret Ishmael, wife of George Ishmael. In back row: Mrs. Millett, Mrs. Vucanovich (mother of Nevada U.S. Rep. Barbara Vucanovich’s husband), Mrs. Michels (former postmaster of Round Mountain, Nevada). Man in dark shirt and woman holding a baby in the background are unidentified.
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One of the first pictures taken at Carver's Station: photographic print
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Archival Collection
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From the Nye County, Nevada Photograph Collection (PH-00221) -- Series V. Smoky Valley, Nevada and Round Mountain, Nevada -- Subseries V.A. Carver, Carver-Duhme, and Carver-Book Families (Smoky Valley). One of the first pictures taken at Carver’s Station, Smoky Valley, Nevada, when it was originally known as Carver’s Rainbow Ranch Bar and Café. Driver of the Las Vegas-Tonopah-Reno Stage Line, which traveled through Tonopah to Winnemucca every other day, is pictured with Dick and Gary Carver.
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Roberts girls in front of their mother's house: photographic print
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Archival Collection
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From the Nye County, Nevada Photograph Collection (PH-00221) -- Series VII. Other areas in Nye County -- Subseries VII.E. Hawkins Family (Duckwater, Nevada).Left to right: Frances, Isabelle, Martha, Helen, Mabel. There were a total of 7 children in the family including 2 boys, whose names were Monroe and Frank, Jr. On the back of the photo is written: "(Tan Francis) says we all look too terrible to go anywhere but after all, we are just looking our everyday look. Don't ask when it was taken, I can't remember, but even if it was some ago we all look the same.".
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Black-and-white photograph of men at Campbell Realty Company Community Forum, Las Vegas (Nev.), circa 1953
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Archival Collection
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Left to right are: Spencer Butterfield , Stan Irwin, unidentified (worked for KLAS), Maxwell Kelch, and Dick Ronzone. The sign reads: Campbell Community Forum. The bottom of the photo reads: Campbell Realty Company
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Paul May Photograph Collection
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The Paul May Photograph Collection (1969) consists of black-and-white and color photographic prints. The images primarily depict Nevada Assemblyman Paul May alongside Nevadan senators and congressmen, including Senator Paul Laxalt. Other images are portraits of May.
Archival Collection
Geneva Stark Merwin Photograph Collection
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The Geneva Stark Merwin Photograph Collection features photographic prints and negatives of locations throughout Pahrump, Nevada between 1941 and 1942. Primary locations include a Pahrump school and Pahrump Ranch, as well as locations in local fields and mountains. The photographs capture candid scenes of people walking to school and feeding animals.
Archival Collection
Suzie Chenin oral history interview
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Oral history interview with Suzie Chenin conducted by Barbara Tabach on September 29, 2015 for the Southern Nevada Jewish Heritage Project. Chenin discusses her father, one of the first Jewish dentists in Las Vegas, Nevada, and moving there when he was stationed at the Nellis Air Force Base. Chenin also talks about her career as a real estate agent and selling advertising for the Las Vegas Sun newspaper.
Archival Collection
Arnold Shaw Interviews and Performance Recordings
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The Arnold Shaw Interviews and Performance Recordings (approximately 1962-2014) are recorded radio interviews and stage performances of comedians, entertainers, musicians, and actors. Interviews are conducted by Arnold Shaw, Dick Maurice, Joe Delaney, and Bill Willard. Select interviews have a brief summary at the file-level of the inventory, while remaining interviews are unprocessed and the content and/or participants have not been confirmed.
Archival Collection
Joel Mur Papers on Red Rock Canyon
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The Joel Mur Collection of Red Rock Canyon (1980-1984) contains newspaper clippings, Bureau of Land Management (BLM) newletters and press releases, magazines, and correspondence relating to Red Rock Canyon Recreation Area. Joel Mur was the Interpretive Specialist for Red Rock Canyon Recreation Lands (BLM) at the time of donation.
Archival Collection