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Map of Las Vegas Rancho, Lincoln County, Nevada, September 15, 1904

Date

1904-09-15

Description

'Being part of Township 20 S. R.61 E. MT. D. B.&.M, containing 1864.49 acres. Division engineer's office at the front, AMB, September 15th, 1904. A.L. Jones, Division Engineer. Surveyed by W.G. Watson, Assistant Engineer. Dwg. 30296.' Includes traverse table. Shows land owned by the San Pedro, Los Angeles & Salt Lake Railroad, its right of way and the right of way for the Las Vegas & Tonopah Railroad, land owned by the Las Vegas Land & Water Company including Clark's Las Vegas Townsite with the Bucks Addition and the Wardie Addition, and parcels sold from the Las Vegas Land & Water Company land. Scale: [1:9,600]. 1 in. to 800 feet. Library's copies 1 and 4 have land owned by the San Pedro, Los Angeles & Salt Lake Railroad hand-colored in pink and the rest of the Las Vegas Rancho not owned by the Las Vegas Land & Water Company hand-colored in green. Library's copy 2 has buildings of the Stewart Ranch drawn in and labeled in pencil. Library's copy 3 has addition and subtraction problems in pencil on the verso. Library's copy 4 has "Original purchase--1864.49 acres R.R.C. + L.V.L. + W. Co.--In colors." written in pencil on the verso followed by "(1904)" in red pencil. Library's copy 4 also has label on verson made of brown paper with "No 5 Las Vegas Ranch being part township ( 1904)" typed on it.

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Postcard showing view from Mount Whitney Highway across Owens Valley, Lone Pine, California, circa mid 1900s

Date

1920 to 1959

Archival Collection

Description

An image of the Mount Whitney Highway across Owens Valley in Lone Pine, California. Transcribed upon the bottom of the image: "View from new Mt. Whitney Highway across Owens Valley, Alabama Hills, oldest formations in U.S. middle distance, Lone Pine, California."

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Blueprint showing proposed pipeline for gravity water supply at Las Vegas, Nevada, February 16, 1905

Date

1905-02-16

Description

'Office of Chief Engineer, Los Angeles, Cal., Feb. 16, 1905.' '2-18-17' hand-printed in lower right corner. Proposed pipeline is printed in red. Scale [1:6,000]. 1 inch to 500 feet. San Pedro, Los Angeles & Salt Lake Railroad Company. Office of Chief Engineer

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Fire in Goldfield, Nevada: postcard

Description

Fire in Goldfield, Nevada, night of April 15th '09. There is a handwritten message on back. Photographer credit: Bertram.

Fire in Goldfield, Nevada: postcard

Description

Fire in Goldfield, Nevada, night of April 15th '09. There is a handwritten message on back. Photographer credit: Bertram.

Offsite Environmental Monitoring Report: Radiation Monitoring Around United States Nuclear Test Areas, Calendar Year 1991, EPA, 1992 January

Level of Description

File

Archival Collection

Yucca Mountain Site Characterization Office Collection
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Collection Number: MS-00091
Collection Name: Yucca Mountain Site Characterization Office Collection
Box/Folder: Box 48

Archival Component

Don Schuyler Sr., approximately 1-2 years old with his maternal grandfather Levi Schaefle in Los Angeles, California: photographic print, approximately 1906

Level of Description

Item

Archival Collection

Schuyler Family Photograph Collection
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Collection Number: PH-00038
Collection Name: Schuyler Family Photograph Collection
Box/Folder: Digital File 00

Archival Component

Topographic map of Goodsprings quadrangle, Nevada and California, 1919

Date

1919

Description

'R.B. Marshall, Chief Geographer; Geo. R. Davis, Geographer in charge; Topography by N.E. Ballmer and Roscoe Reeves; Control by J.E. Blackburn and L.F. Biggs. Surveyed in 1915-1916.' 'Edition of 1919.' Relief shown by hachures and spot heights. Title in lower right margin: Goodsprings. In center of top margin: Topography. Includes compilation diagram. Indicates location and density of cedar trees. Shows small portion of San Bernardino County, California. Published by U.S. Geological Survey. Scale 1:62,500 (W 115°35'00"--W 115°24'00"/N 36°02'30"--N 35°42'30"). 'Contour interval 50 feet. Datum is mean sea level.'

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New York: Volberg, Rachel A., "Gambling and Problem Gambling in New York: A 10-Year Replication Survey, 1986 to 1996" report, 1996 July

Level of Description

File

Archival Collection

Katherine A. Spilde Papers on Native American Gaming
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Collection Number: MS-00092
Collection Name: Katherine A. Spilde Papers on Native American Gaming
Box/Folder: Box 15

Archival Component

Architectural drawing of residential home in Boulder City, Nevada, preliminary elevation, 1962

Date

1962

Description

Preliminary drawing of front exterior elevation of a ranch-style residential home in Boulder City, Nevada.

Architecture Period: Mid-Century Modernist

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