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Photograph of Clark County Courthouse, Las Vegas, Nevada, circa 1920s-1930s

Date

1920 to 1939

Description

The exterior of the second Clark County Courthouse, a Beaux Arts style building designed by Nevada-born architect Frederic DeLongchamps, built in 1914.

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Photographic slide of geological site in Pershing County, Nevada, circa early 1960s

Date

1960 (year approximate) to 1963 (year approximate)

Description

Written on the slide: "Looking across site Pe-69. Sites Pe-73 and Pe-74 on next ridge. Looking south. Pershing County, Nevada."

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Photographic slide of petroglyphs at Brownstone Canyon, Clark County, Nevada, April 1, 1962

Date

1962-04-01

Description

An unidentified person standing in front of a rock with petroglyphs drawn on it. Written on the slide: "CL-233. Brownstone Canyon. Clark County, Nevada."

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Photographic slide of petroglyphs at Brownstone Canyon, Clark County, Nevada, April 1, 1962

Date

1962-04-01

Description

An unidentified person sitting near petroglyphs at Brownstone Canyon. Written on the slide: "CL-233. Brownstone Canyon. Clark County, Nevada."

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County agent project, 1940 additions, Erosion - flood control, 1937-1940

Date

1937 to 1940

Description

Revised summary of situation, goals, duties of cooperating agencies, and procedures regarding the effort to prevent flooding and erosion threatening properties and silting Lake Mead. Report originally signed in May 1937. Handwritten notes throughout document. Cooperative extension work in agriculture and home economics-University of Nevada Agricultural Extension Division and United States Department of Agricultural Project Number: State Office #172, Clark Co. #12

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Photograph of a mining operation, Lincoln County (Nev.), circa 1916

Date

1915 to 1917

Description

Building structures in a mining operation area sit in a valley surrounded by mountains and desert. Three buildings are visible on the sandhill.

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Eric Brown (Washoe, County Manager) oral history interview conducted by Kelliann Beavers: transcript

Date

2022-07-14

Description

From the Lincy Institute "Perspectives from the COVID-19 Pandemic" Oral History Project (MS-01178) -- Government agency interviews file.

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Photograph of LDS Sunday School on steps of County Courthouse, Nevada, circa 1927

Date

1927

Description

Black and white photo of LDS Sunday school on steps of County Courthouse, Las Vegas, Nevada, probably summer of 1927. (Courtesy, Zina Barnum)

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Photograph of Ward charcoal ovens, White Pine County, Nevada, 1960-1961

Date

1960 to 1961

Description

The Ward charcoal ovens are one of many tourist attractions in White Pine County. These historic remnants of the old mining days in the West are located just outside of Ely.

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