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Photograph of Tonopah Railroad Carnival marching band, Tonopah (Nev.), early 1900s
Date
unspecified year in 190X
Archival Collection
Description
Photograph of Tonopah Railroad Carnival marching band, Tonopah (Nev.), early 1900s
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Photograph of advertisements on ore wagons at Tonopah Railroad Carnival, Tonopah (Nev.), early 1900s
Date
unspecified year in 190X
Archival Collection
Description
Photograph of advertisements on ore wagons at Tonopah Railroad Carnival, Tonopah (Nev.), early 1900s
Image
Photograph of Fraternal Order of Eagles Aerie Float at Tonopah Railroad Carnival, Tonopah (Nev.), early 1900s
Date
unspecified year in 190X
Archival Collection
Description
Photograph of Fraternal Order of Eagles Aerie Float at Tonopah Railroad Carnival, Tonopah (Nev.), early 1900s
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Photograph of Queen and Court of Tonopah Railroad Carnival, Tonopah (Nev.), early 1900s
Date
1904-07-25
Archival Collection
Description
[Miss Belle Pepper was crowned]
Caption: Queen of Tonopah R.R. Carnival
Caption: Queen of Tonopah R.R. Carnival
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Photograph of a double handed drilling contest in downtown Tonopah (Nev.), early 1900s
Archival Collection
Description
Drilling Contest Tonopah Railroad Carnival
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Photograph of people seated in stands at Tonopah Railroad Carnival, Tonopah (Nev.), early 1900s
Date
unspecified year in 190X
Archival Collection
Description
Photograph of people seated in stands at Tonopah Railroad Carnival, Tonopah (Nev.), early 1900s
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Photograph of people watching the driving of the silver spike at the Tonopah Railroad Carnival, Tonopah (Nev.), early 1900s
Date
unspecified year in 190X
Archival Collection
Description
Photograph of people watching the driving of the silver spike at the Tonopah Railroad Carnival, Tonopah (Nev.), early 1900s
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Binion's Horseshoe Second Floor Plan: architectural drawing
Date
1967-09-20
Archival Collection
Description
From the Homer Rissman Architectural Records (MS-00452). Written on the image: "2nd Flr. Plan. 3rd as noted. 1/8"=1'0". Rissman & Rissman Associates. Binion's Horseshoe as-built. Date 9-20-67. Sheet #2".
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Unidentified group of men at a dinner: photographic print
Date
1900 (year approximate) to 1915 (year approximate)
Archival Collection
Description
A dinner event with many men sitting and standing in a small room. The tables are covered with dinnerware - all men are unidentified and location is unknown.
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Transcript of interview with Robert L. Skaggs by Dr. David Emerson, May 06, 2006
Date
2006-05-06
Archival Collection
Description
Dr. Robert Skaggs grew up around the St. Louis area. His father was a teamster with a milk delivery route, tried his hand at the restaurant business, and during WWII worked tor U.S. Cartridge. Several members of Dr. Skaggs's family were teachers, including his grandmother and a couple of aunts. Robert graduated trom Normandy High School and afterwards attended the Missouri School of Mines and majored in metallurgical engineering. He graduated in 1954 and went to work tor DuPont tor two years. He went to graduate school at Iowa State on an Atomic Energy Commission scholarship, and afterwards was hired by Standard Oil of California. During this time he met and married Anna Pedersen (1961) and moved to Minneapolis to work for Honeywell. Around 1966, Bob started teaching at the University of Kentucky. After a couple of years, he got wind of teaching opportunities at the Southern Division of the University of Nevada (now UNLV), and interviewed with Herb Wells. He and his family moved to Boulder City (1969) and he began teaching at what is now UNLV. He was involved in the work bringing accreditation to the engineering department, establishing a chapter for Tau Beta Pi, the Engineering Honor Society, and building a master's and a PhD program. After a heart attack in 1975, Dr. Skaggs took a sabbatical from UNLV and did some team teaching at University of Arizona in Tucson with Ray Sierka. He returned to UNLV on a half time teaching basis, and also worked for the Bureau of Mines. He was again involved in accreditation preparations and stayed to graduate a PhD student in engineering. He looks upon his experiences at UNLV as very positive and delightful.
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