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Postcard of four women dancing next to a man, 1905
Date
1905
Archival Collection
Description
A postcard illustrating four women walking away with a man watching them 1905. The caption reads, "What beats this?"
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Postcard of four separate scenes entitled "The 4 Ways", 1908
Date
1908
Archival Collection
Description
A postcard illustrating four scenes (a pail of wine, a woman, horse betting, and cards and dice) 1908. The caption reads, "The 4 Ways". Inscription on back.
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Postcard of man painting playing card, approximately 1900s-1980s
Date
1900 to 1989
Archival Collection
Description
A postcard illustrating a man painting three diamonds on a card n.d. The caption reads, "I have been raising the deuce".
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Photograph of rows of shacks in the desert, Las Vegas (Nev.), 1943
Date
1943
Archival Collection
Description
An unidentified man is walking beside a trailer in between "C" to "D" Street and Monroe all located in West Las Vegas.
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Postcard of King and Queen of hearts with children, June 1912
Date
1912-06
Archival Collection
Description
A postcard illustrating a cartoon with a King and Queen image on playing cards with three children. It is titled, "Triplets" June 1912. Inscription on back.
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Postcard of drunk playing card men, approximately 1900s-1980s
Date
1900 to 1989
Archival Collection
Description
A postcard illustrating a cartoon of King and Jack characters drinking together, smoking, and spilling alcohol with the title, "A Full House".
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Postcard of three Queens and two Jacks, approximately 1900s-1980s
Date
1900 to 1989
Archival Collection
Description
A postcard illustrating a cartoon of three Queens unamused by two enamored Jacks with the inscription, "Three of a Kind and a Pair of Jacks"
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Photograph of a horse belonging to Evelyn Stewart
Date
1869 (year uncertain) to 1930 (year uncertain)
Archival Collection
Description
Weidner Photo is written on the photo.
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Film transparency of rowboats on Lake Mead, August 1, 1947
Date
1947-08-01
Archival Collection
Description
Black and white image with the following printed description detailing the list of boat passengers in the picture: Jay Porter, Boulder City, in his Express Cruiser escorts the Nevills Expedition into Pierce Perry, Arizona, at the headwaters of Lake Mead. Left to right in the "Joan" are: Mrs. Otis Marston, Berkeley, Calif., Joe Desloge, Jr., St. Louis, Missouri, at the oars, and Dr. Otis Marston, Berkeley, Calif.; in the "Sandra" are: Anne Desloge, St. Louis, Missouri, Garth Marston, Berkeley, Calif., at the oars and Zoe Desloge, St. Louis, Missouri; in the "Mexican Hat" are: Joe Desloge, St. Louis, Missouri, Kent Frost, boatman, and Marie Salnsfrank, St. Louis, Missouri; in the "Wen" are: Randall Henderson, Editor of Desert Magazine, El Centro, Calif., Norman Nevills at the oars and A. Milotte Wait, Disney Productions, Burbank, Calif.
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Film transparency of Herbert Hoover and his party touring the Boulder Canyon Project, November 12, 1932
Date
1932-11-12
Archival Collection
Description
Black and white image of Herbert Hoover and several others touring the Boulder Canyon Project. The following printed description accompanies the image: "President Herbert Hoover and official party in Tunnel No. 2 during inspection tour of Boulder Canyon Project. Left to right: Construction Engineer W. R. Young, Bureau of Reclamation; Mr. Ritchey , Secretary to the President; Chief Engineer R. F. Walter, Bureau of Reclamation; Mrs. Hoover; President Hoover; Mrs. Wilbur; Secretary of the Interior R. L. Wilbur; E. O. Wattis, First Vice-President, Six Companies, Inc.; F. T. Crowe, Gen. Superintendent, Six Companies , Inc." Note: Boulder Dam was officially renamed Hoover Dam in 1947.
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