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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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Slide of protesters holding hands near the Nevada Test Site, 1984

Date

1984

Description

Color image of activists known as the Lenten Desert Experience (also called the Nevada Desert Experience), a group demonstrating against nuclear testing, holding hands.

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Black and white compilation of Goldfield, Nevada: postcard

Date

1905-06

Description

Black and white postcard from Goldfield, Nevada composed of a compilation of images. The images on the postcard are as follows, Row One: Goldfield, Nev., Gold Hill, Nev., George WingField '06. Row Two: 20 mule team early days, Bacon and two unidentified men, a Northern bar. Row Three: Goldfield, Nev. From A. E. Livingstone. 1905-06.

Mixed Content

Slide of the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, circa 1980s

Date

1980 to 1989

Description

An aerial view of the University of Nevada, Las Vegas campus, looking south above the mall.

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Photograph of Nevada Southern University, circa early 1960s

Date

1960 to 1969

Description

Visible here is Frazier Hall, left, and Grant Hall at Nevada Southern University (NSU).

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

Date

1978

Description

The commencement ceremony for the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, including Dixon, Peccole, Morris and Buchanan.

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Photograph of house in Deer Lodge, Nevada, circa 1915

Date

1915

Description

First home of Everest and Sara Hackett in Deer Lodge, Nevada. Built in the summer of 1915.

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Photograph of William G. Bennett, Las Vegas, Nevada, 1984

Date

1984

Description

William G. Bennett, chairman of the Circus Circus Hotel and Casino, Las Vegas, Nevada, 1984.

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Merle Frehner Map of St. Thomas, Nevada

Identifier

MS-00047

Abstract

The Merle Frehner Map of St. Thomas, Nevada (1981) consists of a hand-drawn map by Frehner of St. Thomas, Nevada who lived there from 1914 to 1932. The town was abandoned in 1933 due to the construction of Hoover Dam and is now beneath the waters of Lake Mead. Also included are instructions to the Geography 135 class at University of Nevada, Las Vegas to reproduce the map, which became a student project.

Archival Collection

Equality Won! Day celebration at Equality Nevada Community Center, 708 South Sixth Street, Las Vegas, Nevada: digital image

Date

2011-10-01

Description

From the Dennis McBride Photograph Collection (PH-00263) -- LGBTQ+ events and organizations in Las Vegas, Nevada -- Digital images file. Notes from the donor, Dennis McBride: Equality Won! Day was a celebration of the successful passage of transgender-inclusive legislation at the Nevada State Legislature during the 2011 session. … In 2018 Horsford was elected to the U. S. House of Representatives from Nevada District 4. Individuals identified by the donor, Dennis McBride: right: Steven Horsford [Nevada State Senator, District 4, Democrat (African American)]

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