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Photograph of unidentified men and women in white dresses and tuxedoes, Henderson (Nev.), 1945-1955
Date
1945 to 1955
Archival Collection
Description
Men and women pose for a photo, wearing white gowns and black tuxedoes. All of the individuals are unidentified and the occasion is also unclear. Inscription with image reads: "Daes installation"
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Photograph of Barbara Vucanovich and others at the Pen Women Fall Tea, Las Vegas (Nev.), September 17, 1988
Date
1988-09-17
Archival Collection
Description
A picture of Pen Women State President Joanne Trahan (left) with Congresswoman Barbara Vucanovich (center) and Branch President Linn Thome (right) at the National League of American Pen Women Fall Tea ceremony.
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Photograph of Lynde Pyatt receiving American Business Women's Association award, Las Vegas, July 16, 1978
Date
1978-07-16
Archival Collection
Description
Lynde Pyatt (left) receiving the American Business Women's Association Woman of the Year Award for 1978 from former Woman of the Year Joan Swift (right).
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Photograph of Women's Mikva at Chabad of Las Vegas, Las Vegas (Nev.), September 22, 2016
Date
2016-09-22
Archival Collection
Description
A waiting room in the Women's Mikva as seen at the Chabad of Las Vegas at 1261 Arville Street.
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Correspondence, memoranda, surveys of other Nevada repositories women's collections, University Library Society minutes, newspaper clippings, Nevada Women's Archives newsletters, University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV) Library Planning minutes, 1998 Women's History Month programs and correspondence, 1994-1998
Level of Description
File
Archival Collection
Nevada Women's Archives Records
Archival Component
Photograph of keynote speaker Gloria Steinem at the Nevada Women's Conference in Las Vegas (Nev.), June 18, 1977
Date
1977-06-18
Archival Collection
Description
Gloria Steinem was the key note speaker at the Nevada Women's Conference that was held in Las Vegas in 1977. Site Name: Las Vegas Convention Center
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Photograph of women in Special Collections, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, December 1975
Date
1975-12
Archival Collection
Description
Ruth Ferron, a Las Vegas pioneer, and her daughter Shirley Swanson are donating the Ferron-Bracken photo collection to the University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV) Special Collections. Ms. Kepper, Special Collections curator, looks on. Typed description provided with image: "Ferron-Bracken Photograph Collection - December 1975, L-R: Ruth Ferron; Anna Dean Kepper; Shirley Ferron Swanson. William and Ruth Ferron came to Las Vegas in 1916-1917 where William Ferron bought several drugstores. Already estabished as a prominent pharmacist and businessman, Ferron in 1920 was elected Las Vegas' third mayor. In 1975 his widow, Ruth, donated the Ferron-Bracken photographs. Containing several hundred photos dating from as early as 1903, these are among the oldest pictures of Las Vegas in existence."
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Film transparency of men and women at the Greenwoods Hotel in Beatty, Nevada, circa early 1900s
Date
1915 to 1929
Archival Collection
Description
Description given with photograph: "A negative of men and women in front of a car that was parked in front of the Greenwoods Hotel in Beatty, Nevada. This image is from the first Squires photo album page 7 image 3."
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