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Sagebrush Ranch mounted sign, Carson City, Nevada

Date

2016 (year approximate) to 2020 (year approximate)

Description

The mounted sign for the Sagebrush Ranch during the day with unlit neon.

51 Kit Kat Dr, Carson City, NV 89706

Sagebrush Ranch


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Las Vegas Board of City Commissioners Records Regarding Water Supply

Identifier

MS-00055

Abstract

The Las Vegas Board of City Commissioners Records Regarding Water Supply (1927-1940) include correspondence, resolutions, petitions, application for a permit, and newspaper clippings. The records concern water shortages in the City of Las Vegas, Nevada due in part to wasteful water usage and many of the documents refer to City Ordinance No. 247. Several items are signed by Walter R. Bracken, Vice President and Agent of the Company, and A. M. Folger, Assistant Agent.

Archival Collection

Film transparency of Boulder City, Nevada, and Lake Mead, circa 1931-1936

Date

1931 to 1936

Archival Collection

Description

An image showing an aerial view of Boulder City. The outlines of the small city are distinctively marked by the stark contrast between the city's greenery and the surrounding desert. In the far distance, the shores of Lake Mead can be seen peaking out from behind the mountains.

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Film transparency of Boulder City, Nevada, and Lake Mead, circa 1931-1936

Date

1931 to 1936

Archival Collection

Description

An image showing an aerial view of Boulder City. The outlines of the small city are distinctively marked by the stark contrast between the city's greenery and the surrounding desert. In the far distance, the shores of Lake Mead can be seen peaking out from behind the mountains.

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Film transparency of Boulder City, Nevada, and Lake Mead, circa 1931-1936

Date

1931 to 1936

Archival Collection

Description

An image showing an aerial view of Boulder City. The outlines of the small city are distinctively marked by the stark contrast between the city's greenery and the surrounding desert. In the far distance, the shores of Lake Mead can be seen peaking out from behind the mountains.

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Photograph of Boulder City, Nevada, circa 1920-1955

Date

1920 to 1955

Archival Collection

Description

Picture of the Babcock and Wilcox (B&W) Company steel plant. B&W was the second largest contractor for the Hoover Dam project and built many of the houses that are still in Boulder City for their employees.

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Photograph of dormitories, Boulder City (Nev.), approximately 1931-1936

Date

1931 to 1936

Description

An image of the dormitories for the Hoover Dam workers in Boulder City, Nevada.

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Map of California, with territories of Utah, Nevada, Colorado, New Mexico, and Arizona, 1864

Date

1864

Description

40 x 62 cm. Relief shown by hachures. Prime meridians: Greenwich and Washington. Page numbers at top: 58-59. "Entered according to act of Congress in the year 1864 by A. J. Johnson in the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the United States for the Southern District of New York." Original publisher: Johnson and Ward.

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Postcard of Bower Mansion, Carson City, circa early 1900s

Date

1900 to 1939

Description

An exterior view of the Bower Mansion located near Carson City, Nevada. Printed on the front of the postcard: "Historic Bowers Mansion on highway Carson City to Reno, Nev."

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Photograph of high school, Boulder City, Nevada, circa 1951

Date

1951

Description

Boulder City High School.

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