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Students at the Beatty School, Nevada: photographic print

Date

1930 to 1939

Description

From the Nye County, Nevada Photograph Collection (PH-00221) -- Series III. Beatty, Nevada -- Subseries III.F. Palsgrove Family. Chloe Lisle is in the front row wearing the dark jacket, and Robert Revert is in back on the far left. Philip Cottonwood is in back on the far right. Spike Cottonwood is in front, second from the right.

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Nevada/Arizona intake towers: photographic print

Date

1933

Description

From the Morgan Sweeney Photograph Collection (PH-00228). Nevada intake towers on the left and the Arizona intake towers on the right, 1933.

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Photograph of campsite at Coyote Springs, Nevada, 1923

Date

1923

Description

Description given with photograph: "Indian camp at Coyote Springs, Nevada (1923). Taken by Lynn Botts (Wadsworth) or Leon Rockwell, Sr."

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Harvey's Hotel and Casino in Stateline, Nevada: postcard

Date

1940 (year approximate) to 1990 (year approximate)

Description

From the Harvey's Hotel and Casino Postcard Collection (PH-00367) -- Harvey's Resort Hotel and Casino in Stateline, Nevada captured at sunset.

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Circus Circus in Las Vegas, Nevada: postcard

Date

1940 (year approximate) to 1990 (year approximate)

Description

From the Harvey's Hotel and Casino Postcard Collection (PH-00367) -- Carousel and tent of the Circus Circus Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada.

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Photograph of a man and horse in the Nevada desert, 1940s

Date

1940 to 1949

Archival Collection

Description

An unidentified man sitting next to his horse in the Nevada desert. Possibly a postcard. Caption on the picture reads: "Where the west begins. 329."

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Film transparency of Lake Mead, Nevada, 1947

Date

1947

Description

A view of Lake Mead, Nevada, taken from above Hoover Dam. The location is unknown, but the island visible is possibly near Boulder Beach.

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Exterior view of the State Building in Reno, Nevada: photographic print

Date

1950 (year approximate)

Description

From the UNLV Libraries Single Item Accession Photograph Collection (PH-00171). Photo credit: Nevada Historical Society.

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Holocaust Survivors Group of Southern Nevada Records

Identifier

MS-00741

Abstract

The Holocaust Survivors Group of Southern Nevada records (1965, 1972, 1999-2016) mainly consist of organizational records created by the board of directors and officers of the group, stories about the experiences of local Holocaust survivors, and ephemera related to the Holocaust Survivors Group and the local Jewish community. Organization records include meeting minutes, correspondence, by-laws, and a list of officers. Materials also include a video recording of a 2006 Yom Hashoah memorial service to remember the Holocaust at Temple Beth Sholom and the Spring 2016 issue of PRISM: An Interdisciplinary Journal for Holocaust Educators.

Archival Collection

Searchlight, Nevada City Council Meeting Minutes and Articles of Incorporation

Identifier

MS-00869

Abstract

The collection is comprised of city council meeting minutes, articles of incorporation, and other materials spanning 1907 to 1918 that document the incorporation of the city of Searchlight, Nevada. Included in this collection is a bound ledger containing city council meeting minutes from January 1908 to December 1911; the Articles of Incorporation for Searchlight and the Official Act of Incorporation for Searchlight, Nevada; and correspondence and other records documenting the establishment of Searchlight as an incorporated city, establishment of a municipal election to elect public officials, and the separation of Searchlight from Lincoln County and the establishment of Clark County, which was made official in 1909 by act of the Nevada Legislature.

Archival Collection