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Havilah, Nevada: photographic print

Date

1900 (year approximate)

Archival Collection

Description

"Welcome" sign outside of Hawthorne, Nevada.

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Blueprint map showing proposed new 12" well and pipe line changes at water springs, Las Vegas, Nevada, circa 1920

Date

1916 to 1925

Description

Stamped : 'Approved (Signed) A. Maguire, Assistant Chief Engineer.' In lower right corner: '6-W-74.' Some annotations written over in yellow; black dotted line added between forebay and final spring in the northwest. Scale [ca. 1:6,000] 1 in.=500 feet

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Topographic map of the Camp Mohave quadrangle in California, Nevada and Arizona, 1942

Date

1942

Description

Scale 1;250,000 ; polyconic projection (W 115°--W 114V/N 36V--N 35V) ; 1 map : col. ; 52 x 37 cm ; Relief shown by contours and spot heights. Contour interval 250 feet ; "Training map"--Center of upper margin of map ; "Base compiled from U.S. Geological Survey quadrangles. Control from U.S. Geological Survey. Revised from state highway maps for Arizona, Nevada and California" ; "Culture revisions shown in red based on reconnaissance by 67th Engr. Co. (Top.). May not be of same accuracy as base map." ; Map shows roads, trails, ponton sites, dam sites, possible air fields, possible landing fields, airports, water points, and impassable areas ; Map was originally restricted. "Classification cancelled by authority of Chief of Engineers letter of Jan. 22, 1946." ; Title at top of map: Nevada-Arizona-California : Camp Mohave quadrangle : grid zone F ; Army Map Service, U.S. Army.

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Photograph of Henry Blasdel, Nevada, circa 1861-1870

Date

1861 to 1870

Description

First elected Governor of Nevada Henry Goode Blasdel.

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People in a Yosemite park area, "Selig moving picture outfit making 'The Rescue of Daniel Boone's Daughter'," (written on verso) Yosemite National Park, California: photographic print, approximately 1900 to 1909

Level of Description

Item

Archival Collection

Leon Rockwell Photograph Collection
To request this item in person:
Collection Number: PH-00008
Collection Name: Leon Rockwell Photograph Collection
Box/Folder: Folder 08

Archival Component

Map of California, territories of New Mexico, Arizona, Colorado, Nevada and Utah, circa 1863

Date

1861 to 1865

Description

40 x 62 cm. Relief shown by hachures and spot heights. Prime meridians: Greenwich and Washington. "Historical and statistical view of the United States, 1860"--Verso. Atlas page numbers at top: 58-59. Arizona became a territory in 1863, and Nevada became a state on October 31, 1864, so this map was either published in 1863 or in 1864 before the end of October. Original publisher: Johnson and Ward.

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Lincoln Davis, Chicago; R. J. Shoemaker, Rochester, New York; and J. R. Hubbard a mining engineer, Nevada (identified from left to right). Mohawk Ledge Mining Company, Goldfield, Nevada. Inscription reads "I worked for Davis & Shoemaker in office and later at mine after panic hit. This was last work in Goldfield. Shoemaker formerly owned and operated a correspondence school at Rochester, New York": photographic print, approximately 1900-1915

Level of Description

Item

Archival Collection

C. A. Earle Rinker Photograph Collection of Goldfield, Nevada
To request this item in person:
Collection Number: PH-00350
Collection Name: C. A. Earle Rinker Photograph Collection of Goldfield, Nevada
Box/Folder: Oversized Box SH-066 (Restrictions apply)

Archival Component

Jewish Nevada Records

Identifier

MS-00602

Abstract

The Jewish Nevada Records document the organization's philanthropic activities in Las Vegas, Nevada from 1978 to 2018. The majority of the collection represents the organization's activities under the name the Jewish Federation of Las Vegas. The collection includes administrative files, annual reports, marketing materials, donation records, video recordings of interviews and events, and audio recordings of board meetings. The collection also includes photographic prints and negatives of events hosted by Jewish Nevada.

Archival Collection

Map of approved mineral surveys in the Goldfield Mining District, Esmeralda and Nye Counties, Nevada, 1911

Date

1911

Description

'Compiled from records of the U.S. Surveyor General and other authentic sources by Davis and Byler, Mining Engineers, Goldfield, Nevada. Copyright 1908 by Davis and Byler. 1911.' Scale [ca. 1:9,600]. 1 in. to 800 feet. (W 117°14'--W 117°09'/N 37°46'--N 37°41'). Blueline print. Includes township and range grid. Library's copy has upper-left corner torn off and has circles drawn around and diagonal lines drawn on certain claims.

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University of Nevada Board of Regents: photographic print

Date

1979

Description

From the UNLV Libraries Single Item Accession Photograph Collection (PH-00171). University of Nevada Board of Regents. Back row, L-R: John Tom Ross, Louis Lombardi, Molly Knudtsen, Lily Fong, James "Bucky" Buchanan. Front row, L-R: Robert Cashell, Brenda Mason, John McBride, Chris Karamanos.

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