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Inside view of Control Point at the Nevada Test Site: photographic print

Date

1945-19-82

Description

Inside the Control Point at the Nevada Test Site the Test Controller (at table) prepares to conduct a nuclear test. Members of the Test Controller's Advisory Panel (at table) are experts in nuclear weapons, meteorology, radiation, and nuclear medicine.

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Carver's Station, Nevada: photographic print

Date

1950

Description

From the Nye County, Nevada Photograph Collection (PH-00221) -- Series V. Smoky Valley, Nevada and Round Mountain, Nevada -- Subseries V.A. Carver, Carver-Duhme, and Carver-Book Families (Smoky Valley). The facility was of modular construction. The Carvers purchased a building from Wallace Bird and moved it from Round Mountain to their ranch, where it served as the bar. Carver traded Bird hay for the building. Carver purchased another building in Monarch, located just south of Belmont. The building was moved to the Carver ranch by the Boni brothers, and it became the Carvers' living quarters. The dance hall was constructed in 1949 and is visible to the right of the porch. The Carvers tried to have dances on a regular basis, but holding them proved to be a lot of work.

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Dredge in Manhattan, Nevada: photographic print

Date

1938

Description

From the Nye County, Nevada Photograph Collection (PH-00221) -- Series VII. Other areas in Nye County -- Subseries VII.I. Wilson Family (Toiyabe Mountains, Nevada). In the center of the dredge the screw elevator can be seen. It brought the placer material from the bucket elevator on board the dredge where it was processed. It is said that it took 100 workers to assemble the dredge. The dredge could process between 500 and 1,000 tons of gravel per hour.

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Meeting minutes for Consolidated Student Senate University of Nevada, Las Vegas, September 16, 1996

Date

1996-09-16

Description

Includes meeting agenda and minutes, along with additional information about bylaws, leases, and judicial council majority opinion.

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Interior of new Bank of Nevada: photographic print

Date

1958-11-09

Description

Historic Events in Henderson's History. Interior of new Bank of Nevada, Henderson, Nevada. (Opened February 8, 1954.)

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Photograph of ruins at Goldfield, Nevada, 1973

Date

1973

Description

Printed behind the photograph: "Merry Christmas 1973, Ina and Tom Wilson, Reno." "The Glory that was Goldfield;" ruin in the heart of this Nevada ghost town memorializes the hopes and enthusiasm of 20,000 adventurers.

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University of Nevada, Las Vegas Physical Plant Planning and Development Committee Records

Identifier

UA-00087

Abstract

The University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV) Physical Plant Planning and Development Committee Records (1958-1985) contain meeting minutes, correspondence, reports, and budgets from the UNLV Physical Plant Planning and Development Committee. There are also proposals, project descriptions, architectural floor plan drafts, and reports for the creation of various campus buildings including Tonopah Residence Complex, Performing Arts Center, Chemistry Building, Archie C. Grant Hall, and Maude Frazier Hall.

Archival Collection

Slide of a kite flying near the Nevada Test Site, 1984

Date

1984-05-08

Description

Color image of a kite with the word "peace" on it, flown by the Lenten Desert Experience (also called the Nevada Desert Experience), a group demonstrating against nuclear testing.

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Map of metropolitan Las Vegas, Nevada area, circa 1957

Date

1955 to 1960

Description

Compiled and drawn by California State Automobile Association.--Panel ; "California State Automobile Association. Nevada Division." ; Includes indexes ; Includes inset maps of Nellis Air Force Base and area bounded on the north by Cheyenne Ave. and by Charleston Blvd. on the south. Signature of Elton M. Garrett of back of map. California State Automobile Association.

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Tourists using overpass on the Las Vegas Strip, Las Vegas, Nevada: digital photograph

Date

2017-02-28

Description

Providing security and access to both automobile and pedestrian traffic is handled differently along Las Vegas Boulevard and has changed over the years on the Strip. First installed in the 1990s, the pedestrian overpass has become commonplace along the Las Vegas Strip. Here, tourists ride an escalator near the Cromwell Las Vegas hotel and casino.

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