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Goodwill wall mounted sign, Carson City, Nevada

Date

2020

Description

View of the wall mounted sign for the Goodwill in Carson City at dust with lit neon.

3520 US-50, Carson City, NV 89701


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Photograph of Howard Hughes in New York, July 1938

Date

1938-07

Description

A view of crowds waiting to see Howard Hughes arrive at Floyd Bennett Field in New York. Typed onto a piece of paper attached to the image: "Plane being towed after record breaking light. 7/14/38. (Daily News)"

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Unidentified casino executive standing next to VIP check-in and services sign at the Showboat Casino, Atlantic City, New Jersey, 1986

Level of Description

Item

Archival Collection

Showboat Atlantic City Photograph Collection
To request this item in person:
Collection Number: PH-00329
Collection Name: Showboat Atlantic City Photograph Collection
Box/Folder: Folder 02

Archival Component

Photograph of Nevada's Lost City, circa 1930s-1940s

Date

1930 to 1949

Archival Collection

Description

A black and white photograph of an unidentified person sitting in the "Lost City" Pueblo Grande de Nevada, which is located near Overton, Nevada.

Image

Letter from C. O. Whittemore (Salt Lake City) to Henry Thurtell (Carson City), October 13, 1906

Date

1906-10-13

Archival Collection

Description

Letter to the Nevada State Engineer refuting Buol's application for water from the Las Vegas Creek since the Las Vegas Springs were on private property and entirely appropriated on that property.

Text

Photograph of City Library, Las Vegas, circa 1945

Date

1944 to 1946

Description

Handwritten description on back of image: "City library on courthouse square J.P. office outside, 1943, Las Vegas City Library, 1943."

Image

Photograph of high school, Boulder City, Nevada, 1951

Date

1951

Description

Boulder City High School.

Image

Photograph of a school, Boulder City, Nevada, circa 1932

Date

1932

Description

Black and white image of one of three residences used as one of Boulder City's first schools. Inscription on back of image reads: "This was a Six Companies house at the intersection of Avenue B and what was then Cherry Street, now New Mexico Street; also, this wasn't quite the first school: there were schools for rail yard, a school at Railroad Pass, and a school in McKeeversville/Lakeview."

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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