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Postcard of scenes in central Nevada, circa 1927-1930s

Date

1927 to 1939

Description

A picture postcard with photographs with the captions "Badger hole;" "Electric Gold Mines, Weepah, Nevada;" "Crowd looking at rich strike;" "Town of Weepah, Nevada where rich gold strike was made;" "Frank Horton, Geo. Wingfield;" "The rich strike;" "Traynor and Horton, boys who found the gold." Leonard Traynor and Frank Horton, Jr., found gold ore in Weepah, Nevada in early spring 1927; George Wingfield was a prominent banker and miner in Nevada in the early decades of the twentieth century. The "badger hole" was where Traynor and Horton reportedly made their first gold strike.

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Photograph of Sims Ely, Boulder City, Nevada, 1931

Date

1931

Description

The grayscale view of Sims Ely at his desk in an unknown building located in Boulder City, Nevada.

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Photograph of Sims Ely, Boulder City, Nevada, 1931

Date

1931

Description

The grayscale view of Sims Ely at his desk in an unknown building located in Boulder City, Nevada.

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Photograph of commencement for the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, 1977

Date

1977

Description

Donald Baepler (left) and Hank Greenspun (right) at a commencement ceremony for the University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV).

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Photograph of men at a mine adit, Nevada, circa 1900s

Date

1900 to 1909

Description

Four men pose outside of a mine adit, probably in Nevada. "Grandpa Oates" is written at the bottom of the photograph.

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Film transparency of man and burros, Nevada, 1930-1931

Date

1930 to 1931

Description

An unidentified man bottle-feeding a Burro near Black Canyon, just outside of Boulder City, Nevada.

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Photograph of Walter F. Mondale and Bob Rose, Nevada, 1978

Date

1978

Description

Portrait of Vice-President Walter F. Mondale campaigning for fellow Democrats in Nevada. Bob Rose is also pictured in the center.

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Photograph of Morley Griswold, Nevada, December 31, 1934

Date

1934-12-31

Description

Acting Nevada Governor Morley Isaac Griswold from March 21, 1934-December 31, 1934.

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Photograph of commencement for the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, 1978

Date

1978

Description

Judge John Mowbray (left) and Dr. Brock Dixon (right) at a commencement ceremony at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV).

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Photograph of J.C. Kinnear, Jr., Nevada, 1960-1961

Date

1960 to 1961

Description

Black and white photograph of Mr. J.C. Kinnear, Jr., General Manager of Kennecott Copper Corporation, Nevada Mines Division.

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