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Map of part of Las Vegas Valley, Nevada, showing the piezometric surface in February 1955

Date

1965

Description

Relief shown by contours. Includes township and range lines. Scale 1:96,000 (W 115°30´--W 114°45´/N 36°30´--N 36°00´). Series: Water-supply paper (Washington, D.C.)
1780. Originally published as plate 3 of Available water supply of the Las Vegas ground-water basin, Nevada, by Glenn T. Malmberg, published by the Geological Survey in 1965 as its Water-supply paper 1780.

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Map of part of Las Vegas Valley, Nevada, showing the piezometric surface in September 1955

Date

1965

Description

Relief shown by contours. Includes township and range lines. Scale 1:96,000 (W 115°30´--W 114°45´/N 36°30´--N 36°00´). Series: Water-supply paper (Washington, D.C.)
1780. Originally published as plate 4 of Available water supply of the Las Vegas ground-water basin, Nevada, by Glenn T. Malmberg, published by the Geological Survey in 1965 as its Water-supply paper 1780.

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Water truck at Ascaya development, Henderson, Nevada: digital photograph

Date

2017-08-05

Description

A work water truck sits in the landscaping area of Old Mesquite Court as seen from Cloudrock Court 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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Nevada-related trade magazines and publications: includes Las Vegas City Magazine, Las Vegas Israelite, Sagebrush, Forester, New American, Public Gaming, Casino Gaming, Elks Magazine, KNPR (Nevada Public Radio) newsletter, Nevada Historical Society Newsletter, Mobile Home News, Nevada Mining, and Nevada Builders’ Association, as well as other magazines and newspapers on topics such as education, Nevada business, and agriculture, 1986

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File

Archival Collection

John Vergiels Political Papers
To request this item in person:
Collection Number: MS-00283
Collection Name: John Vergiels Political Papers
Box/Folder: Box 010 (Restrictions apply), Box 011 (Restrictions apply), Box 012 (Restrictions apply)

Archival Component

Royal Nevada Hotel, approximately 1950-1959

Level of Description

File

Archival Collection

Neon in Nevada Photograph Collection
To request this item in person:
Collection Number: PH-00225
Collection Name: Neon in Nevada Photograph Collection
Box/Folder: Binder PB-005

Archival Component

Slide of protesters with crosses demonstrating near the Nevada Test Site, April 1986

Date

1986-04

Description

Color image of a crowd of protesters with the Lenten Desert Experience (also called the Nevada Desert Experience), a group demonstrating against nuclear testing. Some are holding wooden crosses.

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Wilson's placer plant in Ophir Canyon, Nevada: photographic print

Date

1974

Description

From the Nye County, Nevada Photograph Collection (PH-00221) -- Series VII. Other areas in Nye County -- Subseries VII.I. Wilson Family (Toiyabe Mountains, Nevada). The canvas covered structure was a darkened area for sorting scheelite with a black light during daylight hours.

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Drilling crews at the New Gold Mine, Nevada: photographic print

Date

1936

Description

From the Nye County, Nevada Photograph Collection (PH-00221) -- Series V. Smoky Valley, Nevada and Round Mountain, Nevada -- Subseries V.C. Lofthouse-Berg Families (Round Mountain). Written on the back of the image: “With some of my drilling crews, I’m second from the right at the collar of the New Gold Mine, the Porphyry Gold Mine shaft in 1936-37.” Individuals are unidentified except for the man second from the right, who may be Steve Dittman.

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Slide of the Primadonna Club sign, Reno, Nevada, circa 1970s

Date

1970 to 1979

Description

Primadonna Club, now Hilton's Virginia Street Casino, originally located on North Virginia Street in Reno, Nevada. Opened from 1964 to 1978, the Primadonna Club was marked by five, twenty-feet tall female sculptures which were located only feet away from the well known Reno Arch. Site Name: Primadonna Club (Reno, Nev.)

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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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