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Slide of the MGM Grand, Reno, Nevada, circa 1980s

Date

1980 to 1989

Description

Night view of the MGM Grand in Reno, Nevada. Officially opened in May of 1978, the MGM Grand has been changed and remodeled into multiple other casinos, including the Bally's Reno, then the Reno Hilton, and finally the 2011 Grand Sierra Resort and Casino (GSR). Site Name: MGM Grand (Reno. Nev.)

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School picture at Beatty, Nevada: photographic print

Date

1938

Description

From the Nye County, Nevada Photograph Collection (PH-00221) -- Series III. Beatty, Nevada -- Subseries III.B. Lisle Family. Back row, far left, Mr. Dees, teacher of Grades 5 through 8. Chloe Lisle, second from the left in the back row, taught grades 1 thought 4. Ert Moore, principal and high school teacher, is the bald- headed man standing next to Chloe Lisle. Robert Revert is the tall boy with glasses in the back row. Johnny Cobb is the tall boy next to Revert. In the front row at far left is Dewey Ishmael; Jack Crowell (blond-haired boy in the striped shirt) is sitting in the middle of the front row. Several Indian children attended the school. All others not identified. 

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Ascaya develpment billboard, Henderson, Nevada: digital photograph

Date

2017-06-13

Description

Billboards tout Ascaya's custom home lots. Infrastructure for Ascaya, a high-end luxury home lot development cut into the McCullough Mountain range in Henderson, Nevada, was completed with materials mined from the site.

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Ascaya develpment billboard, Henderson, Nevada: digital photograph

Date

2017-06-13

Description

Billboards tout Ascaya's custom home lots. Infrastructure for Ascaya, a high-end luxury home lot development cut into the McCullough Mountain range in Henderson, Nevada, was completed with materials mined from the site.

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Ascaya develpment billboard, Henderson, Nevada: digital photograph

Date

2017-06-13

Description

Billboards tout Ascaya's custom home lots. Infrastructure for Ascaya, a high-end luxury home lot development cut into the McCullough Mountain range in Henderson, Nevada, was completed with materials mined from the site.

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Ascaya develpment billboard, Henderson, Nevada: digital photograph

Date

2017-06-13

Description

Billboards tout Ascaya's custom home lots. Infrastructure for Ascaya, a high-end luxury home lot development cut into the McCullough Mountain range in Henderson, Nevada, was completed with materials mined from the site.

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Ascaya develpment billboard, Henderson, Nevada: digital photograph

Date

2017-06-13

Description

Billboards tout Ascaya's custom home lots. Infrastructure for Ascaya, a high-end luxury home lot development cut into the McCullough Mountain range in Henderson, Nevada, was completed with materials mined from the site.

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Nevada Highway Patrol academy class: photographic print

Date

1997-05-10

Description

From the Florence McClure Photograph Collection (PH-00354). Handwritten on verso: "Nevada Highway Patrol Academy Class, May 29, 1984. Picture taken during break period of program on the crime of rape, Nevada laws and aid for victims. Sparks, Nevada. Florence McClure, presenter Community Action Against Rape."

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Nevada State Protection of Marriage Initiative Collection

Identifier

MS-00527

Abstract

The Nevada State Protection of Marriage Initiative Collection (2000) consists of Clark County, Nevada petition signatures in favor of the initiative to exclude gay and lesbian Nevadans from marriage. The "Protection of Marriage Initiative" was also known as Question Two on the ballot. Much of this material is photocopied from the Nevada State Archives and contains pages from Clark County, including Boulder City, as well as notable Southern Nevada signatures.

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