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Architectural drawing of Harrah's Resort Atlantic City, west elevation, November 5, 1983

Date

1983-11-05

Description

Conceptual sketches of Harrah's Marina Hotel Casino, Atlantic City. 'SK-4A.'
Site Name: Harrah's Marina Resort (Atlantic City)
Address: 777 Harrah's Boulevard, Atlantic City, NJ

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Photograph of people and a dog inside the Commissary, Boulder City (Nev.), approximately 19301-1936

Date

1930 to 1936

Description

Men are having lunch at a Boulder City Commissary in Nevada.

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Photograph of cars and a building, Boulder City (Nev.). 1940s

Date

1940 to 1949

Description

Another building at Camp Williston. Three cars are parked alongside the building in the dirt.

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Nevada Legislature in Carson City, Nevada: photographic print

Date

1923

Description

From the Albert S. Henderson Photograph Collection (PH-00317).

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Two houses in Virginia City, Nevada: photographic print

Date

1954

Description

From the Nan Doughty Photograph Collection (PH-00240)

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House and hillside, Virginia City, Nevada: photographic print

Date

1954

Description

From the Nan Doughty Photograph Collection (PH-00240)

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House and a tree, Virgina City, Nevada: photographic print

Date

1956

Description

From the Nan Doughty Photograph Collection (PH-00240)

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Fourth Ward School in Virginia City, Nevada: postcard

Date

1975 (year approximate)

Description

From the Nan Doughty Photograph Collection (PH-00240)

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C Street looking south, Virginia City, Nevada: postcard

Date

1975 (year approximate)

Description

From the Nan Doughty Photograph Collection (PH-00240)

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

Date

unspecified year in 200X (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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