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Ascaya development without homes, Henderson, Nevada: digital photograph

Date

2017-08-05

Description

Looking below Cloudrock Court towards Ascaya Boulevard before new home construction begins in the luxury home lot development of Ascaya. Infrastructure for Ascaya, carved into the McCullough Mountain range in Henderson, Nevada, was completed with materials mined from the site.

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Grand Lodge of Free and Accepted Masons of Nevada: photographic print

Date

1979 (year approximate)

Description

From the Historic Building Survey Photograph Collection (PH-00345). Grand Lodge of Free and Accepted Masons of Nevada, view from Clark County Courthouse, 215 3rd Street, Las Vegas, Nevada. Stamped on the back of the photograph, "Photo by Ken Jones".

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Photographic slide of Wall Creek Ranch, Nevada, August 2, 1963

Date

1963-08-02

Description

Written on the slide: "Wall Creek Ranch, Washoe County, Nevada, 26-Wa-272 in foreground (in wash)."

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Postcard of an unidentified town, probably in Nevada, circa 1900s-1910s

Date

1900 to 1919

Description

A picture postcard showing a panoramic view of an unidentifed town, probably in Nevada. There is a large windmill (or windpump) in the foreground.

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Film transparency of Kershaw Canyon, south of Caliente, Nevada, 1954

Date

1954

Description

Kershaw Canyon, south of Caliente, Nevada. Kershaw–Ryan State Park is a state park situated in a canyon that was homesteaded in 1873. Located just south of the town of Caliente on Nevada State Route 317, it is in the Eastern Nevada Region of Nevada State Parks. The canyon was settled in 1873 by Samuel and Hannah Kershaw, who operated a ranch called the Meadow Valley Wash Ranch. In 1904, they sold the property to rancher James Ryan, who donated the land to the state in 1926 to be a public park. The Civilian Conservation Corps developed visitor amenities in 1934, and Kershaw–Ryan State Park was officially established the following year.

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Fremont Street in Las Vegas, Nevada: postcard

Date

1965-07

Description

From Harvey's Hotel and Casino Postcard Collection (PH-00367)

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Meeting minutes for Consolidated Student Senate, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, September 6, 1973

Date

1973-09-06

Description

Agenda and meeting minutes for the University of Nevada, Las Vegas Student Senate. CSUN Session 2 Meeting Minutes and Agendas.

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Photograph of barber shop, Las Vegas, Nevada, 1916

Date

1916

Description

Description included with photograph: "This is my barbershop, taken by flashlight and our little girl standing in the barber chair. The flashlight frightened her, you can see her eyes are shut. She nearly jumped out of the chair when it went off." William J. Reid in barbershop in Nevada Hotel on the southeast corner of Main Fremont Site. The building later became Sal Sagev Hotel.

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Slide of the Wagon Wheel Hotel, Wells, Nevada, circa 1940

Date

1939 to 1941

Description

An image of the exterior of the Wagon Wheel Hotel located in Wells, Nevada. The neon sign hanging off of the side of the building reads: "Wagon Wheel Hotel, Cafe." Painted on another side is the text: "Steam Heated Baths in all Rooms." A sign advertising the Chevron Gas Station can be seen in the background. Site Name: Wagon Wheel Hotel (Wells, Nev.)

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Slide of protesters sowing a desert plant near the Nevada Test Site, 1984

Date

1984

Description

Color image of activists from from the Lenten Desert Experience (also called the Nevada Desert Experience), a group protesting nuclear testing, sowing a desert plant.

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