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Painting titled "The Navajo Gamblers" by E.A. Burbank: photographic print
Date
1897 (year approximate) to 1911 (year approximate)
Archival Collection
Description
From the UNLV Libraries Single Item Accession Photograph Collection (PH-00171). Photograph of a painting titled "The Navajo Gamblers", by E.A. Burbank. For fifteen years he lived among 125 different tribes of North American Indians, painting their pictures and studying them at close range. This shows a group of Navajo men playing "Koon Can", a favorite pastime of the Navajo.
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Collage of scenes from Lake Tahoe: postcard
Date
1940 (year approximate) to 1990 (year approximate)
Archival Collection
Description
From the Harvey's Hotel and Casino Postcard Collection (PH-00367) -- A collage of casinos and sights at Lake Tahoe. Inscription with the image says, "Both the North Shore and South Shore of Lake Tahoe offer a fine selection of hotels, restaurants, casinos and fabulous floor shows on the Nevada shores, and scenery beyond compare on both Nevada and California shores, every season of the year."
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Transcript of interview with Shirley Faye Helmick by Lyle Helmick, May 12, 1978
Date
1978-05-12
Archival Collection
Description
On May 12, 1978, Lyle Helmick interviewed his mother, Shirley Helmick (born March 7, 1930 in Colorado), in her home in Las Vegas, Nevada. The two discuss Helmick’s personal history, occupational history, and reasons for moving to Nevada. The interview concludes with Helmick explaining events that the United Methodist Church hosts.
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