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Slide of Petroglyphs on a rock, Boulder City, Nevada, circa 2000s

Date

Unknown year in the decade of the 2000s (year approximate)

Description

Petroglyphs in the Boulder City Dry Fall Area. The exact location is unknown, but the location is possibly in Keyhole Canyon. Petroglyphs are pictogram and logogram images created by removing part of a rock surface by incising, picking, carving, or abrading. Outside North America, scholars often use terms such as "carving", "engraving", or other descriptions of the technique to refer to such images. Petroglyphs are found world-wide, and are often associated with prehistoric peoples. The word comes from the Greek words petro-, theme of the word "petra" meaning "stone", and glyphein meaning "to carve", and was originally coined in French as pétroglyphe. The term petroglyph should not be confused with petrograph, which is an image drawn or painted on a rock face. Both types of image belong to the wider and more general category of rock art or parietal art. Petroforms, or patterns and shapes made by many large rocks and boulders over the ground, are also quite different. Inukshuks are also uni

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Film transparency of a general view of Boulder City, Nevada, circa 1932-1940s

Date

1932 to 1949

Archival Collection

Description

The view of small children having a snowball fight and building snow forts in Boulder City, Nevada. In the background of the image lies the Bureau of Reclamation Administration building located at 1200 Park Street Boulder City, Nevada. Damage to the photograph itself has caused a dark border to form around the image.

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Film transparency of Boulder City, Nevada, December 15, 1933-June, 1934

Date

1933 to 1934

Archival Collection

Description

Panoramic view of houses from the water tank in Boulder City. This photo was taken between December 15, 1933 and June, 1934. Buildings that can be seen include City Hall (left), the Boulder Theater building (center), the Boulder Dam Hotel (right), and the Terminal Building with the Boulder Cafe (right).

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Photograph of Lake Mead and Boulder Canyon, Boulder City (Nev.), 1940s

Date

1940 to 1949

Description

Near Fortification Hill, four miles upstream from the Hoover Dam. Boulder Canyon, originally called Devils Gate Canyon, now flooded by the lake. Photograph by Bureau of Reclamation, Boulder City, Nevada.

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Photograph of Cressa Spring Hancock, Iowa City, Iowa, circa 1882

Date

1882

Description

Cressa Springer Hancock portrait photo when she was about 10 years old; Handwritten note on back of photo: "Cressa Springer to Charlie Paul""; Stamp on back of photo: "T.W. Townsend, Photographic Artist, Iowa City, Iowa".

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Photograph of Cressa Springer Hancock, Iowa City, Iowa, September 9, 1885

Date

1885-11-09

Description

Cressa Springer Hancock posing for her portrait photo at 14 years old; Handwritten note on back of photo: "Yours truly, Cressy Springer, Sept 9, 1885 Iowa City"; Text on front of photo: "G.C. Reagan, Waterloo, Iowa".

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Photograph of Squires family members and friends, Carson City, Nevada, 1947

Date

1947

Description

Identification given with photograph: "Squires family reunion at the C. C. Boyer home in Carson City. Front row: Mrs. Herbert A. Squires, with Kathleen (daughter of John Doherty); Mrs. C. C. (Florence Squires) Boyer, with Charla, daughter of Charles Doherty; Mrs. John H. Doherty with daughter, Susan; Mrs. Charles P. Squires."

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Official Score Card-Gardnerville Wheelmen vs Carson City Wheelmen Bicycle Race at Carson City, NV (typescript), 1904 June 05

Level of Description

File

Archival Collection

Clara M. Crisler Papers
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Collection Number: MS-00054
Collection Name: Clara M. Crisler Papers
Box/Folder: Box SH-003

Archival Component

"Lincoln County / City of Caliente: Emergency Preparedness Inventory and Analysis Update" prepared for: Joint City / County Impact Alleviation Committee, 1992 May

Level of Description

File

Archival Collection

Environmental Radiation Protection Standards for Yucca Mountain, Nevada
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Collection Number: MS-00603
Collection Name: Environmental Radiation Protection Standards for Yucca Mountain, Nevada
Box/Folder: Box 28

Archival Component

Negative: aerial photograph of Boulder City, Nevada, 1974

Level of Description

File

Archival Collection

Elton and Madelaine Garrett Photograph and Architectural Drawing Collection
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Collection Number: PH-00265
Collection Name: Elton and Madelaine Garrett Photograph and Architectural Drawing Collection
Box/Folder: Oversized Box SH-063

Archival Component