Skip to main content

Search the Special Collections and Archives Portal

Search Results

Display    Results Per Page
Displaying results 3841 - 3850 of 19295

Southern Nevada Photo Album, image 026

Description

26.1 The Great White Way; 26.2 The "N"; 26.3 Three unidentified women. Watching the "N" being painted.; 26.4 Manzanita Hall. /UNR/

Photograph of Martha Burgelen and Bootsie, Canon City Colorado, circa 1960s

Date

1960 to 1969

Description

Martha Burgelen and Bootsie the cat sit outside in Colorado.

Image

Photograph of Mary McKellan and Grandma, unknown location, circa 1940s

Date

1940 to 1949

Description

Mary McKellan sits with Grandma [Dunn?] in a yard.

Image

Photograph of Mrs. Curry, unknown location, June 20, 1935

Date

1935-06-20

Description

Mrs. Curry stands on her porch of her bungalow.

Image

Photograph of a woman and her dog, unknown location, circa July 1969

Date

1969

Description

Mom and Queenie could be Phylis (Ruhes) Kaiser.

Image

Photograph of Rosaline Burr, unknown location, circa 1960s

Date

1960 to 1969

Description

Rosaline Burr poses in a garden.

Image

Photograph of Betty Lois Baker, circa 1950s

Date

1950 to 1959

Description

Portrait of Betty Lois Baker.

Image

Photograph of Betty Lois Baker, circa 1960s

Date

1960 to 1969

Description

Portrait of Betty Lois Baker wearing an elaborate gown.

Image

Maria Burston Wheeler Papers

Identifier

MS-00062

Abstract

The Maria Burston Wheeler Papers date from approximately the 1850s to 1933 and record Maria Walker's childhood and voyage from Liverpool, England to Salt Lake City, Utah in the United States through her manuscript "My History." The manuscript details her and her family's trans-Atlantic journey as well as her own journey as a married woman, Maria Burston Wheeler, to Las Vegas, Nevada to establish the Mormon Fort located there. Her manuscript details daily life at the fort.

Archival Collection

Photograph of people at the pavilion during Clark's Las Vegas townsite sale, Las Vegas (Nev.), 1905

Date

1905

Description

An auction held May 15-16, 1905 to sell lots within Clark's Las Vegas Townsite. A group of men and women stand on and around a covered wooden platform outdoors. The auctioneer stands to the left of center at the front of the platform. The decision to auction lots within Clark's Las Vegas Townsite was not made until May 10, 1905. Auctioneer C.O. Whittemore was the president of the Las Vegas Land and Water Company.

Image