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Film transparency of the boys basketball team for Clark County High School, Las Vegas, circa early 1900s

Date

1900 to 1910

Description

Black and white image of the boys basketball team for Clark County High School posing for a picture.

Image

Film transparency of the girls basketball team for Clark County High School, Las Vegas, circa early 1900s

Date

1900 to 1920

Description

Black and white image of the girls basketball team for Clark County High School posing together with their ball. Note: Image is from a family photo album that was loaned to UNLV Libraries Special Collections and returned to the family on July 17, 1984.

Image

Film transparency of a Las Vegas and Tonopah Railroad Company train car, Las Vegas, circa early 1900s

Date

1900 to 1910

Description

Black and white image of a railroad engineer inside of a train car for the Las Vegas and Tonopah Railroad Company.

Image

Photograph of a young child seated in front of a small shelter, Ash Meadows or Pahrump, Nevada, circa 1900s-1910s

Date

1900 to 1919

Archival Collection

Description

A young child seated on the ground in front of a tipi-shaped shade shelter. Ash Meadows or Pahrump, Nevada.

Image

Postcard showing Scotty's Castle and Death Valley Scotty, Death Valley, California, circa mid 1900s

Date

1920 to 1959

Archival Collection

Description

An image composed of Scotty's Castle, Death Valley Scotty, and a stone covered in petroglyphs. Located within the far northern region of Death Valley in Grapevine Canyon, the Death Valley Ranch, more commonly known as Scotty's Castle, is a prime example of Spanish-Mediterranean styling during the Roaring 1920s and Depression of the 1930s. Death Valley Scotty was a prospector, performer, and con man who was made famous by his scams involving gold mining near Death Valley. The petroglyph-covered rock beside Death Valley Scotty was designed by Native Americans who inhabited the valley hundreds of years ago. Transcribed across the bottom of the image: "The world's most hospitable host, Death Valley Scotty," Scotty's Castle, Death Valley, Calif."

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Postcard of Queen of Hearts playing card with a beach scene as the background, Atlantic City (N.J.), approximately 1900s-1980s

Date

1900 to 1989

Description

A postcard illustrating the queen of hearts with a beach scene and a resort in Atlantic City, New Jersey in the center of the card.

Image

Personal photographs taken by C. E. Johnson, including locations in Southern California, Utah, and Nevada: photograph albums, approximately 1900 to 1920

Level of Description

File

Archival Collection

C. E. Johnson Photographs
To request this item in person:
Collection Number: PH-00357
Collection Name: C. E. Johnson Photographs
Box/Folder: Box 01

Archival Component

A sixteenth century anthology by Symons, Arthur (edited by). Blackie & Son Limited, approximately 1900 to 1909

Level of Description

Item

Archival Collection

Mavis Eggle "Books as They Were Bought" Collection
To request this item in person:
Collection Number: MS-01144
Collection Name: Mavis Eggle "Books as They Were Bought" Collection
Box/Folder: No Container 00

Archival Component

A Millionaire of Yesterday by Oppenheim, E. Phillips . London: Ward, Lock, & Co., Limited, approximately 1900 to 1909

Level of Description

Item

Archival Collection

Mavis Eggle "Books as They Were Bought" Collection
To request this item in person:
Collection Number: MS-01144
Collection Name: Mavis Eggle "Books as They Were Bought" Collection
Box/Folder: No Container 00

Archival Component

A Dead Certainty by Gould, Nat. London: George, Routledge & Sons, Ltd., approximately 1900 to 1909

Level of Description

Item

Archival Collection

Mavis Eggle "Books as They Were Bought" Collection
To request this item in person:
Collection Number: MS-01144
Collection Name: Mavis Eggle "Books as They Were Bought" Collection
Box/Folder: No Container 00

Archival Component