Skip to main content

Search the Special Collections and Archives Portal

Search Results

Display    Results Per Page
Displaying results 3351 - 3360 of 576966

Photograph of Indian children, circa late 1800s - early 1900s

Date

1870 to 1939

Description

Two unidentified Indian children by a tent probably in Southern Nevada.

Image

Photograph of an Indian child, circa late 1800s - early 1900s

Date

1870 to 1939

Description

A small Indian child posing in what is probably Southern Nevada.

Image

Photograph of a train station, Las Vegas, circa early 1900s

Date

1900 to 1939

Description

The view of a Las Vegas train station with a SP, LA & A1 switcher engine (0-6-0) and caboose in early Las Vegas, Nevada. Handwritten onto the back of the image: "Original U. P. Depot."

Image

Postcard of a wild jackalope, circa mid to late 1900s

Date

1950 to 1999

Description

The view of a jackalope, a cross between a jackrabbit and an antelope, in the wild. The back of the postcard reads: "Wild Jackalope: Also often called the Antelabbit, this, the most amazing of all desert animals, is reputed to be a cross between a Jack Rabbit and an Antelope. Rumor has it that the Jackalope sings at night in a voice that sounds almost human." Individual Creator credit goes to Bob Petley.

Image

Photograph of groundbreaking ceremony, late 1800s or early 1900s

Date

1890 to 1910

Description

Groundbreaking ceremony including (left to right): 1) Al Coradetti, City Commissioner; 2) Rodney Colton, County Commissioner; 3) unidentified; 4) Ira Earl, County Commissioner; and 5) Frank Gusewelle, County Commissioner.

Image

Photograph of Colorado Club, Las Vegas, circa early 1900s

Date

1900 to 1940

Description

From left to right, Frank Duncan, Jake Holcourt, John Baldwin, Laff Holcourt, Billy Dole, and an unidentified man posing in front of the Colorado Club in Las Vegas, Nevada.

Image

Photograph of an airplane possibly near Las Vegas, circa early to mid 1900s

Date

1925 to 1950

Description

A view of an airplane possibly located in Las Vegas, Nevada.

Image

Map showing railroads in Nevada, 1904

Date

1904

Description

Relief shown by hachures. Added title: Rand McNally's new business map of Nevada. Shows range and township grid. Shows railroads. Color used to show boundaries of counties. Includes index to cities. On verso: Indexes to counties, lakes, mountains, rivers, towns, etc. Published by Rand McNally & Co. Scale [ca. 1:1,710,720]. 1 in. equals 27 miles (W 120°--W 114°/N 42°--N 35°). Originally published as pages 263 and 264 of Rand-McNally indexed atlas.

Text

Photograph of George S. Nixon, Goldfield (Nev.), late 1800s to early 1900s

Description

George S. Nixon (1860-1912)
Caption: Geo. Nixon Senator Goldfield Mining Man

Image

Photograph of entryway to the Tonopah Club, Tonopah (Nev.), 1900-1920

Date

1900 to 1920

Archival Collection

Description

Sidewalk view of a man leaving the "Tonopah Club, Cafe, Bar, & Kendall Rooms." In the distance you can see the "Ace Club" and "Nevada Cafe" on the same street. Site Name: Tonopah Club

Image