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Transcript of interview with Hermina Washington by B. Leon Green, March 2, 2013
Date
2013-03-02
Archival Collection
Description
Hermina Washington discusses growing up in West Las Vegas, her elementary school education and her family. She has worked for the State of Nevada for over 30 years.
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Restaurant Paillard, lunch menu, 1888
Date
1905-03-02
Archival Collection
Description
Note: Handwritten menu; year of the menu was handwritten at the top of the menu Menu insert: Wine lists Restaurant: Restaurant Paillard Location: 38 Boulevard des Italiens, Paris, France
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Unknown restaurant, menu, March 3
Date
1870 to 1933
Archival Collection
Description
Note: Prince Auersperg, Autriche is handwritten on the back cover of the menu; date on the menu does not specify the year; the emblem shown on the front cover might be related to the Prince Auersperg (Austria)
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Painting titled "The Navajo Gamblers" by E.A. Burbank: photographic print
Date
1897 (year approximate) to 1911 (year approximate)
Archival Collection
Description
From the UNLV Libraries Single Item Accession Photograph Collection (PH-00171). Photograph of a painting titled "The Navajo Gamblers", by E.A. Burbank. For fifteen years he lived among 125 different tribes of North American Indians, painting their pictures and studying them at close range. This shows a group of Navajo men playing "Koon Can", a favorite pastime of the Navajo.
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Collage of scenes from Lake Tahoe: postcard
Date
1940 (year approximate) to 1990 (year approximate)
Archival Collection
Description
From the Harvey's Hotel and Casino Postcard Collection (PH-00367) -- A collage of casinos and sights at Lake Tahoe. Inscription with the image says, "Both the North Shore and South Shore of Lake Tahoe offer a fine selection of hotels, restaurants, casinos and fabulous floor shows on the Nevada shores, and scenery beyond compare on both Nevada and California shores, every season of the year."
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