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North end of the Hafen Ranch in Nevada: photographic print

Date

1980

Description

From the Nye County, Nevada Photograph Collection (PH-00221) -- Series IV. Pahrump, Nevada -- Subseries IV.F. Hafen Family. A display of some old farm machinery, including a manure spreader and a concrete mixer is shown. The mixer, a Rex model, was built in 1903. It was powered by a LeRoy engine with a water cooler around a cylinder.

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Hanson Family (Gabbs, Nevada), 1936-1941

Level of Description

Sub-Series

Scope and Contents

Materials contain photographs of the Hanson Family near Gabbs, Nevada from 1936 to 1941. Materials include primarily photographs of Norman Hanson working in the Basic Magnesium, Incorporated (BMI) camp.

Archival Collection

Nye County, Nevada Photograph Collection
To request this item in person:
Collection Number: PH-00221
Collection Name: Nye County, Nevada Photograph Collection
Box/Folder: N/A

Archival Component

Photograph of University of Nevada, Las Vegas, circa 1980s

Date

1980 to 1989

Description

Aerial view of a portion of the University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV) campus, looking south. The track is in the foreground, Thomas and Mack Center in the background.

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Sweet Tomatoes "Family Fun-raiser Night" benefitting Aid for AIDS of Nevada: flyer

Date

2000-12-05

Description

From the Dennis McBride Collection on LGBTQ Las Vegas, Nevada (MS-00802) -- Alphabetical research files -- AIDS: Organizations: Aid for AIDS of Nevada (AFAN) file.

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Front of a building in Warm Springs, Nevada: photographic print

Date

1937 to 1938

Description

From the Nye County, Nevada Photograph Collection (PH-00221) -- Series III. Beatty, Nevada -- Subseries III.B. Lisle Family. A bar stood to the left of the building pictured here, and a school stood to the right, near the present site of the big, stone corral. Mrs. Wilson ran a boarding house in the largest building pictured here.

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Nevada Test Site protest sign: photographic slide

Date

1977 to 1991

Description

From the Sister Klaryta Antoszewska Photograph Collection (PH-00352). Written on sign: "nuclear accidents: we PLAN them in NEVADA".

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Photograph of the Nevada spillway, Hoover Dam, May 1933

Date

1933-05

Description

Black and white image of the Nevada spillway at Hoover Dam under construction. Note: Boulder Dam was officially renamed Hoover Dam in 1947.

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Ed's Well, Railroad Valley, Nevada: photographic print

Date

1920 to 1923

Description

From the Nye County, Nevada Photograph Collection (PH-00221) -- Series VII. Other areas in Nye County -- Subseries VII.H. Reed Family (Kawich Mountains, Nevada). Named after Ed Reed, the well is on property originally owned by the 7-L Outfit, who sold it to the United Cattle and Packing Company. The Quinn Canyon Range is visible in the distance.

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Looking west of Boulder City, Nevada: photographic print

Date

1950 (year uncertain; year approximate) to 1955 (year uncertain; year approximate)

Description

From the Morgan Sweeney Photograph Collection (PH-00228). Aerial View of Boulder City, Nevada, looking west, 1950-55(?).

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The MGM Grand black jack in Reno, Nevada: postcard

Date

1940 (year approximate) to 1990 (year approximate)

Description

From the Harvey's Hotel and Casino Postcard Collection (PH-00367) -- MGM Grand Hotel's black jack tables in Reno, Nevada.

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