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Postcard of Boulder Canyon Dam site, Boulder Canyon (Ariz.), 1900-1920
Date
1900 to 1920
Archival Collection
Description
Proposed Boulder Canyon dam site pictured on a postcard. Written atop it reads: "Looking Down stream. Propsed Reservoir Site. Boulder Canon Colorado River: 40 miles East of Las Vegas, Nevada. J. F. Perkins Photo."
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#67784: President's Reception - 25 Year Club at Barrick Museum, 2010 September 23
Level of Description
File
Archival Collection
University of Nevada, Las Vegas Creative Services Records (2010s)
To request this item in person:
Collection Number: PH-00388-05
Collection Name: University of Nevada, Las Vegas Creative Services Records (2010s)
Box/Folder: Digital File 00
Collection Name: University of Nevada, Las Vegas Creative Services Records (2010s)
Box/Folder: Digital File 00
Archival Component
Rand-McNally new commercial atlas map of Nevada, 1912
Date
1912
Description
Original publisher: Rand, McNally & Co. Scale [ca. 1:1,203,840). 1 inch to 19 miles. Originally published as p. 316-317 of Rand McNally's commercial atlas of America. Title in right margin: Nevada : commercial atlas of America. Includes township and range grid. Includes index to Nevada railroads and index to principal cities with their populations. Index on verso to counties, towns and natural features in Oregon and Nevada.
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Map of Tonopah Mining District, Nevada, 1905
Date
1905
Description
In lower right corner: 'Copyrighed by Bradford & Bradford 1905.' Includes table of distances from Tonopah. Relief shown by hachures. Scale [ca. 1:15,600. 1 in. to approx. 1300 feet]. Library's copy has one section outlined in red pencil and 'Tonopah Victor' hand-printed on it in red pencil. Red pencil dots are on two other sections. '1905' and some illegible words written in pencil near title of map.
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Postcard of radio advertisement for KGZ-4488 Radio, approximately 1900s-1980s
Date
1900 to 1989
Archival Collection
Description
A postcard advertising station KGZ 4488 Poker Man Roger and Pinocchio Kathey
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Fedora Bontempi, Marie Ripps (Clark County Mother of the Year) and others at the Flamingo Hotel: photographic print
Date
1971
Archival Collection
Description
From the Fedora Bontempi Simpkin Photograph Collection (PH-00239). From left to right is Deon (niece of Marie Ripps), David London, Alfred Ripps, (Marie's husband), Marie Ripps (Clark County Mother of the Year), Daniel (nephew of Marie Ripps), and Fedora Bontempi at the Flamingo Hotel, 1971.
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Anna Louise Trapnell high school graduation portrait from the Los Angeles High School, 1925 June
Level of Description
File
Archival Collection
Fayle Family Photographs
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Collection Number: PH-00113
Collection Name: Fayle Family Photographs
Box/Folder: Folder 03
Collection Name: Fayle Family Photographs
Box/Folder: Folder 03
Archival Component
Film transparency of Maude Swartwood and three others in Las Vegas, circa early 1900s
Date
1910 to 1925
Archival Collection
Description
Black and white image of Maude Swartwood, a cousin of Earl Rockwell who was visiting Las Vegas from New York, in a group photo with three others. Note: Image is from a family photo album that was loaned to UNLV Libraries Special Collections and returned to the family on July 17, 1984.
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Union Pacific Railroad: contains architectural and civil drawings of railroad buildings, platforms, and grading work in Moapa, Nevada as well as topographic maps, 1925 January 20-1945 December 22
Level of Description
File
Archival Collection
Union Pacific Railroad Collection
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Collection Number: MS-00397
Collection Name: Union Pacific Railroad Collection
Box/Folder: Flat File 177
Collection Name: Union Pacific Railroad Collection
Box/Folder: Flat File 177
Archival Component
Photograph of Las Vegas Post Office, Las Vegas, circa mid 1900s
Date
1930 to 1969
Archival Collection
Description
An exterior view of a Las Vegas Post Office located on Convention Center Drive in Las Vegas, Nevada.
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