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Series IX. Photographic prints, negatives, slides, and glass plate negatives, approximately 1900 to 1974

Level of Description

Series

Scope and Contents

The photographic prints, negatives, slides, and glass plate negatives series (1900-1974) consists of black-and-white and color prints and negatives of geological features, predominately in southern Nevada, California, and Arizona but including other locations in the United States, Europe, and Asia. Also included are photographs taken of the moon by the Mt. Wilson Observatory telescope, numerous negative albums, photographic slides used for instructional purposes, glass plate negatives, and several letters and documents associated with the photographic prints.

Archival Collection

Chester R. Longwell Professional Papers
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Collection Number: MS-00017
Collection Name: Chester R. Longwell Professional Papers
Box/Folder: N/A

Archival Component

Map of Nevada, 1876

Date

1876

Description

'Compiled from the official records of the General Land Office and other sources by C. Roeser, principal draughtsman, G.L.O. Photo-lith & print. by Julius Bien, 16 & 18 Park Place, N.Y.' 'Department of the Interior, General Land Office, J.A. Williamson, Commissioner.' Scale [1:1,013,760]. 1 in. to 16 miles (W 120°--W 114°/N 42°--N 35°) .Relief shown by hachures. Shows township and range grid. Department of the Interior, General Land Office.

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Bill, Kiyo, and Nanyu, identified left to right, in wheat fields on Tomiyasu property: photographic print, 1925

Level of Description

File

Archival Collection

Tomiyasu Family Photograph Collection
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Collection Number: PH-00294
Collection Name: Tomiyasu Family Photograph Collection
Box/Folder: Folder 01, Box SH-032

Archival Component

Slide of The First State Bank, Las Vegas, circa early 1900s

Date

1905 to 1920

Description

Description given with photograph: "The interior of The First State Bank in Las Vegas, Nevada. It was built in 1905 on the northeast corner of First and Fremont. Chris Brown and John S. Park are pictured in the bank."

Image

Photograph of Louis Stern by a post office, Hiko (Nev.), circa 1900

Date

1899 to 1901

Description

Louis Stern stands outside of a local post office. He was the first post master and Justice of the Peace in Hiko, Nevada. This photograph is framed in a dark blue cardboard frame.

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Towers and suspensions, Jose Basin, Big Creek, Callfornia: photographic prints, negatives, and annotated envelopes, 1925

Level of Description

File

Archival Collection

Frank D. Rathbun Photograph Collection
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Collection Number: PH-00163
Collection Name: Frank D. Rathbun Photograph Collection
Box/Folder: Folder 099, Folder 100

Archival Component

Photograph of the Zabriskie Point, Death Valley, California, circa mid 1900s

Date

1935 to 1959

Archival Collection

Description

An image of Zabriskie Point in Death Valley, between Nevada and California. Residing within one of the hottest places on Earth, Zabriskie Point is surrounded by a labyrinth of wildly eroded and vibrantly colored badlands.

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Wilson's Mining Laws by Calvert Wilson, 1900 to 1909

Level of Description

Item

Archival Collection

Raymond Brooks Papers on Mining
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Collection Number: MS-01153
Collection Name: Raymond Brooks Papers on Mining
Box/Folder: Box 06

Archival Component

Photograph of first tent post office, Las Vegas, circa early 1900s

Date

1900 to 1939

Description

The first tent post office in Clark's townsite, Las Vegas, Nevada.

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