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Letter and envelope from Mary Etta Syphus, Panaca, Nevada to John M. Bunker, Eldorado Canyon, Nevada

Date

1891-12-03

Archival Collection

Description

From the Syphus-Bunker Papers (MS-00169). The folder contains an original handwritten letter, an envelope, a typed transcription of the same letter, and a copy of original letter attached.

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Las Vegas, Nevada Elected Officials Photographs

Identifier

PH-00298

Abstract

The Las Vegas, Nevada Elected Officials Photographs contains portraits of Las Vegas, Nevada elected officials from 1911 to 1995. The photographs primarily depict the mayors and city commissioners of Las Vegas, but they also include several city council members.

Archival Collection

Slide of protesters with a wooden cross near the Nevada Test Site, 1984

Date

1984

Description

Color image of activists erecting a wooden cross in the desert. They are part of the Lenten Desert Experience (also called the Nevada Desert Experience), a group protesting nuclear testing.

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Photographic slide of Tule Springs, Nevada, January 23, 1963

Date

1963-01-23

Description

Film transparency of landscape, Tule Springs, January 23, 1963

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Photograph of Boulder City, Nevada, March 28, 1937

Date

1937-03-28

Description

The grayscale, aerial view of Boulder City, Nevada. The prominent road of Nevada Way can be seen passing through the little town with the great reservoir of Lake Mead residing in the background. Bits of the actual plane from which the photo was taken can be seen alongside the right border of the image.

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Letter and envelope from Mary Etta Syphus, Panaca, Nevada to John M. Bunker, Eldorado Canyon, Nevada

Date

1892-06-09

Archival Collection

Description

From the Syphus-Bunker Papers (MS-00169). The folder contains an original handwritten letter, a typed transcription of the same letter, the original envelope with the stamp removed, and a copy of the original letter.

Text

Photographic slide of a log, Tule Springs, Nevada, January 1963

Date

1963-01

Description

Film transparency of what appear to be bones and a log, January 1963. The log is being burned to start a fire "to see what, if any, soil changes, e.g. coloring" as a result.

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

Date

1970 to 1979

Description

The night view of the 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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Photograph of University of Nevada, Las Vegas, circa 1980s

Date

1980 to 1989

Description

Aerial view of track and Physical Education buildings at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV) campus. Image is looking southwest.

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Photograph of commencement for the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, 1978

Date

1978

Description

Judge John Mowbray (left) and Dr. Brock Dixon (right) at a commencement ceremony at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV).

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