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Slide of neon signs for Nevada Club, Ely, Nevada, 1986

Date

1986

Description

A color image of the neon signs for the Nevada Club in Ely, lit up at night.

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Nevada Southern Campus Fund Collection

Identifier

UA-00144

Abstract

The Nevada Southern Campus Fund Collection (1955) consists of the Nevada Southern University Book of Donors. This oversized scrapbook contains the names of local businesses, politicians, and Las Vegans who donated over $50 to the Nevada Southern Campus Fund in 1955. Nevada Southern University later became the University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV). Some names include Elks Lodge, Rotary Club of Las Vegas, and Junior League of Las Vegas.

Archival Collection

Northumberland Mill, Nevada, image 004: photographic print

Date

1900 to 1940

Description

View of Northumberland Mill, Nevada.

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Heavy construction machinery in Nevada: photographic print

Date

1880 (year approximate) to 1990 (year approximate)

Archival Collection

Description

Unidentified construction site in Nevada shows heavy equipment.

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Cadastral map of Boulder City, Nevada, 1940

Date

1905-04-23

Description

A. M. S. Jan. 1940 in the lower left-hand corner. 1 map ; 61 x 30 cm. Cadastral map. "No. 40-1" in the lower right-hand corner. Shows block and lot numbers, buildings, water supply and sewage system, leased areas.

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Nevada Northern Railroad's old No. 40: postcard

Date

1900 (year approximate) to 1999 (year approximate)

Description

From the UNLV Libraries Single Item Accession Photograph Collection (PH-00171). Nevada's last short line railroad. Last serviceable steam locomotive in the region.

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Proposal submitted to the delegates representing the States of California and Nevada in reference to the development of the Colorado River

Date

1925

Description

Proposal submitted to the delegates representing the States of California and Nevada in reference to the development of the Colorado River

Text

Map of the state of Nevada, 1886

Date

1886

Description

'Compiled by John W. Parker, chief draughtsman of the U.S. Sur. General's Office, Reno, Nevada, from official maps on file on the office, War Department maps and other reliable data. 1886.' 'Entered according to act of Congress, in the year 1886, by John W. Parker, in the office of the Librarian of Congress at Washington.' Relief shown by hachures. Shows townships, including which townships are subdivided, roads, railroads, Indian reservations, etc. Shows range and township grid. Scale [1:760,320]. 1 in. to 12 miles (W 120°--W 114°/N 42°--N 35°).

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Landscape view of Kimberly, Nevada: postcard

Date

1907

Description

From the UNLV Libraries Single Item Accession Photograph Collection (PH-00171)

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Photograph of Governors of Nevada plaque, Boulder City, Nevada, circa 1960s-1970s

Date

1960 to 1979

Description

A plaque portraying the Governors of Nevada, acting and elected, in the Chamber of Commerce in Boulder City, Nevada. Description provided with image: "Pictured: 1. James W. Nye (1861-1864), 2. H.G. Blasdel (1864-1870), 3. L.R. Bradley (1871-1878), 4. John H. Kinkead (1879- 1882), 5. Jewett W. Adams (1883-1886), 6. C.C. Stevenson (1887-1890), 7. Frank Bell (1890), 8. R.K. Colcord (1891-1894), 9. John E. Jones (1895-1896), 10. Reinhold Sadler (1896-1902), 11. John Sparks (1903-1908), 12. Denver S. Dickerson (1908-1910), 13. Tasker L. Oddie (1911-1914), 14. Emmet D. Boyle (1915-1922), 15. Jas G. Scrugham (1923-1926), 16. Fred B. Balzar (1927-1934), 17. Morley Griswwold (1934), 18. Richard Kirman Sr. (1935-1938), 19. E.P. Carville (1939-1945), 20. Vail M. Pittman (1945- 1950), 21. Charles H. Russell (1951-1958), 22. Grant Sawyer (1959-1966), 23. Paul D. Laxalt (1967-)."

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