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Slide of John Lytle at Emigrant (Fremont) Gap on the Old Spanish Trail, California, circa 1960s

Date

1960 to 1969

Description

John Lytle (left) and Sherman "Scoop" Garside (right) at Emigrant (Fremont) Gap on the Old Spanish Trail. Emigrant Gap is a gap in a ridge on the California Trail as it crosses the Sierra Nevada, to the west of what is now known as Donner Pass. Here the cliffs are so steep that, back in the 1840s, the pioneers on their way to California had to lower their wagons on ropes in order to continue. The first official effort to mark the Old Spanish Trail across Nevada took place in 1964 when the Governor of Nevada asked Sherwin "Scoop" Garside to design and implement a Centennial project to help commemorate the Silver State's 100th birthday. Garside proposed that an appropriate Centennial project would be to mark the trace of the Old Spanish Trail across southern Nevada. The Governor concurred and directed the Nevada State government to cooperate in the project. Garside and his associate John Lytle brought together a group of friends and supporters to help fund and fabricate the white concrete posts that were used to mark the trace of the Old Spanish Trail across the state. Members of an affiliate of the local Boy Scouts of America Council helped erect thirty-three of these markers across the Mojave Desert in southern Nevada and Eastern California. The markers are inscribed with the legend "The Old Spanish Trail, 1829-1855." There are four Old Spanish Trail Historical Markers located in Nevada. One is located on U. S. 91 in Mesquite, the second is located in Fantasy Park, 1/4 mile east of Las Vegas Boulevard, North and Washington Avenue in Las Vegas, the third is located at Town Center in Blue Diamond, and the fourth is located on State 16 at Mountain Springs Summit. In 2001, the section of the Trail that runs across Nevada from the Arizona border to California (known as the "Old Spanish Trail-Mormon Road Historic District") was placed on the National Register of Historic Places.

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Slide of fight between Hagler and Leonard, Las Vegas, April 06, 1987

Date

1987-04-06

Description

People watching a boxing match between Marvelous Marvin Hagler and Sugar Ray Leonard at the Caesars Palace Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada.

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Photograph of Rotary Club at Hoover Dam, October 1946

Date

1946-10

Archival Collection

Description

An image of Rotary Club members during a luncheon at the Nevada viewpoint at Boulder Dam. Note: Boulder Dam was officially renamed Hoover Dam in 1947.

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Photograph of Dofflemyre and Lake at a barbershop in Las Vegas, circa 1900s

Date

1905 to 1939

Description

Black and white image of Dofflemyre (left) and Lake (right) at a barbershop at the corner of Fremont and Main Streets where the Hotel Nevada was once located.

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Photograph of water skier, Boulder City (Nev.), 1943

Date

1943

Description

Unidentified water skier, possibly, James (Rusty) Russell Meyers, on Lake Mead, for promotional photos taken at the lake by Bureau of Reclamation, Boulder City, Nevada.

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Photograph of college presidents, Las Vegas, 1981

Date

1981

Description

A picture of Judith Eaton in the middle (President of Clark County Community College) with Leonard Goodall on the right (University of Nevada, Las Vegas President) and an unidentified man (left).

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Photographs of B'nai B'rith Women with Wayne Newton and Carolyn O'Callaghan, August 22, 1973

Date

1973-08-22

Archival Collection

Description

Various photographs of B'nai B'rith Women with Wayne Newton and First Lady of Nevada Carolyn O'Callaghan (white dress). 120mm negatives.

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Photographs of Combined Jewish Appeal event, Las Vegas (Nev.), May 13, 1971

Date

1971-05-13

Archival Collection

Description

Members of the Combined Jewish Appeal attending an event with special guests Anthony Quinn and Ed Sullivan at the Caesars Palace in Las Vegas, Nevada. 120mm negatives.

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Photograph of George Marshall and Harold Stocker at the Thunderbird Hotel, Las Vegas, circa 1947-1952

Date

1947 to 1952

Archival Collection

Description

George Marshall (late Judge Marshall) and Harold Stocker at the Thunderbird Hotel for a birthday party in Las Vegas, Nevada Ca. 1947-1952

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Photograph of a generator during the construction of Hoover Dam, 1931

Date

1931

Description

Ingersoll-Rand generators were used to produce electricity in the earliest stages of Hoover Dam construction near Boulder City, Nevada, 1931.

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