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Photograph of Elmer Nelson ham and Bertha Katherine Feldman Ham, circa 1800s

Date

1850 to 1900

Description

Elmer Nelson Ham and Bertha Katherine Feldman Ham.

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Photograph of Maurine Wilson's great-grandmother, circa late 1800s

Date

1870 to 1899

Description

Description provided with image: "Maurine Wilson's great-grandmother Naylor on the Conklin side of the family. (Maurine's mother was a Conklin)."

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Photograph of Frances W. Bagg, circa 1870s-1890s

Date

1870 to 1899

Description

Portrait of Frances W. Bagg. Handwritten on photograph:"Frances W. Bagg. My mother's sister of Detroit, Michigan."

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Photograph of two men butchering a steer, Pahrump Valley, Nevada, circa 1880s-1890s

Date

1880 to 1899

Archival Collection

Description

Two unidentified men are butchering a steer in Pahrump Valley, Nevada. Two unidentified women and a small dog are nearby.

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Photograph of an Indian woman and a dog, Pahrump Valley, Nevada, circa 1880s-1890s

Date

1880 to 1899

Archival Collection

Description

An Indian woman and dog. The photograph was mosdt likely taken at the Manse Ranch, Pahrump Valley, Nevada.

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Byrd Wall Sawyer Collection

Identifier

MS-00316

Abstract

The Byrd Wall Sawyer Collection primarily consists of Byrd's research files on Nevada from 1930 to 1970. The materials concentrate on her monograph, "Nevada Nomads," as well as her co-authored textbook, "Here is Nevada." The collection also includes speeches, journal articles, memos, research note cards and papers, correspondence, informational booklets and pamphlets, maps, photographs, audiovisual materials, and newspaper articles and clippings.

Archival Collection

Film transparency of gamblers at a craps table in the Hotel Last Frontier (Las Vegas), 1950-1959

Date

1950 to 1959

Archival Collection

Description

Gamblers playing craps. The gambler playing craps has $350 in his hand.
Site Name: Frontier
Address: 3120 Las Vegas Boulevard South

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Film transparency of the Helldorado Parade near the Overland Hotel and Las Vegas Club on Fremont Street (Las Vegas), circa 1950s

Date

1950 to 1959

Archival Collection

Description

The Helldorado Parade in front of the Overland Hotel on Main and Fremont and the Las Vegas Club. Helldorado is an annual parade that celebrates Las Vegas' western history.
Site Name: Fremont Street
Address: Fremont street, Las Vegas, NV

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Photograph of the Eglington barn, Las Vegas, circa 1911-1912

Date

1911 to 1912

Description

Black and white image of three people, probably the Lake-Eglington family, in front of the Eglington barn home in Las Vegas. The barn home was where the Lake-Eglingtons lived on the ranch while their actual house was being built.

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Slide of a Native American women at a demonstration near the Nevada Test Site, 1989

Date

1989

Description

Color image of a Native American woman kneeling on the ground next to a guitar at a demonstration against nuclear testing.

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