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Letter from John M. Bunker, St. Thomas, Nevada to Mary Etta Syphus, Panaca, Nevada

Date

1894-11-19

Archival Collection

Description

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

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Photograph of ruins at Goldfield, Nevada, 1973

Date

1973

Description

Printed behind the photograph: "Merry Christmas 1973, Ina and Tom Wilson, Reno." "The Glory that was Goldfield;" ruin in the heart of this Nevada ghost town memorializes the hopes and enthusiasm of 20,000 adventurers.

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Photograph of commencement for the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, 1981

Date

1981

Description

A picture of the commencement ceremony for the University of Nevada, Las Vegas. Pictured here is speaker Frank Waters.

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UNLV PEX instructors at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas: digital photographs

Date

2015-11-06

Description

Photographs from the University of Nevada, Las Vegas Creative Services Records (2010s) (PH-00388-05). Tyler Reece, Maijah Williams, Ruthie Thomas, Brian Van Gorder, Thomas Bruch, and Alena Dawn Schlumpf.

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Carver's Station, Nevada: photographic print

Date

1950

Description

From the Nye County, Nevada Photograph Collection (PH-00221) -- Series V. Smoky Valley, Nevada and Round Mountain, Nevada -- Subseries V.A. Carver, Carver-Duhme, and Carver-Book Families (Smoky Valley). The facility was of modular construction. The Carvers purchased a building from Wallace Bird and moved it from Round Mountain to their ranch, where it served as the bar. Carver traded Bird hay for the building. Carver purchased another building in Monarch, located just south of Belmont. The building was moved to the Carver ranch by the Boni brothers, and it became the Carvers' living quarters. The dance hall was constructed in 1949 and is visible to the right of the porch. The Carvers tried to have dances on a regular basis, but holding them proved to be a lot of work.

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Dredge in Manhattan, Nevada: photographic print

Date

1938

Description

From the Nye County, Nevada Photograph Collection (PH-00221) -- Series VII. Other areas in Nye County -- Subseries VII.I. Wilson Family (Toiyabe Mountains, Nevada). In the center of the dredge the screw elevator can be seen. It brought the placer material from the bucket elevator on board the dredge where it was processed. It is said that it took 100 workers to assemble the dredge. The dredge could process between 500 and 1,000 tons of gravel per hour.

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Jewish Community Center of Southern Nevada, item 03

Description

Board Meeting agenda for the Jewish Community Center of Southern Nevada, September 10, 1992

Photograph of Binion and others on the Merv Griffin show, Las Vegas, Nevada, approximately 1960 to 1979

Date

Unknown year in the decade of the 1960s to Unknown year in the decade of the 1970s

Description

L-R: Jack Klugman, Benny Binion, Merv Griffin on the Merv Griffin TV show. (1960s-70s)

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Slide of protesters near the Nevada Test Site, 1983

Date

1983

Description

Color image of people involved with the Lenten Desert Experience (also called the Nevada Desert Experience), a group demonstrating against nuclear testing.

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The Sundowner Hotel in Reno, Nevada: postcard

Date

1940 (year approximate) to 1990 (year approximate)

Description

From the Harvey's Hotel and Casino Postcard Collection (PH-00367) -- The Sundowner Hotel in Reno, Nevada. One of the area's largest, features complete hotel and casino facilities in the heart of downotwn Reno.

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