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Photograph of Nevada Senator Sue Lowden at the WE CAN “Love Ya Child” benefit at the Union Plaza Hotel in Las Vegas, Nevada, 1984

Date

1984

Description

Nevada Senator Sue Lowden (behind podium) at the WE CAN “Love Ya Child” benefit at the Union Plaza Hotel in Las Vegas, Nevada. WE CAN (Working to Eliminate Child Abuse and Neglect) was a chapter of the National Committee to Prevent Child Abuse.

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The Fairview, furnished rooms, Seven Troughs mining district, Lovelock, Nevada: photographic print

Date

1906 (year approximate)

Description

From the Frank Benham Photograph Collection on Goldfield, Nevada (PH-00288). Written on the back of image: "Seven Troughs County Nevada. As the camp of Vernon started up-gold camp. This is out of Lovelock Nevada" - F.H. Benham.

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Postcard showing Searchlight, Nevada, circa 1930s

Date

1930 to 1939

Archival Collection

Description

The view of Duplex Mine in Searchlight, Nevada. Founded in 1897, Searchlight is an old boomtown that was made popular when George Frederick Colton discovered gold at the location where the town is now built. At the Duplex mine discovered in 1898, a windowed building lies to to left of some machinery used for mining. Transcribed across the bottom of the image: "Duplex Mine, Searchlight, Nev. Original Discovery 1898." The Frasher's Foto logo is printed on the bottom right corner.

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Meeting minutes for Consolidated Student Senate, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, July 11, 2003

Date

2003-07-11

Description

Includes meeting minutes. CSUN Executive Board Meeting Minutes and Agendas.

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Interior of the Ace Club, Tonopah, Nevada: photographic print

Date

1937 to 1943

Description

From the Nye County, Nevada Photograph Collection (PH-00221) -- Series VI. Tonopah, Nevada -- Subseries VI.F. Potts-Cirac Family. Louis Cirac, wearing the sweater, father of Jeanne Cirac Potts, is dealing roulette. The man to his right, ranking in chips, was named Palooka.

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Nevada Outdoors in the gay pride parade: photographic print

Date

1999-05-08

Description

Gay Pride 1999 at Sunset Park; Photographer: Dennis McBride. 3rd annual parade; Nevada Outdoors.

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Surficial geologic map of Las Vegas Valley, Nevada, circa 1981

Date

1977 to 1985

Description

'United States Department of the Interior, Geological Survey. Open-file report, 84-130, plate 1.' 'Prepared in cooperation with the Clark County Department of Comprehensive Planning.' 'Base from U.S. Geological Survey 1:100,000, Boulder City, Ariz.-Nev., Las Vegas, Nev.-Calif., Mesquite Lake, Nev.-Calif., 1978, Lake Mead, Nev.-Ariz., 1979.'Geology from Malmberg (1965); Longwell and others (1965); Haynes (1967); Bingler (1977); Bell and Smith (1980); Bell (1981); Matti and Bachhuber (1982); and Matti and Morton (1982a and b); modified by R. W. Plume, 1981.' Shows township and range lines. Scale [ca. 1:102,960. 1 in.=approx. 1.625 miles] (W 115°30´--W 115°00´/N 36°30´--N 36°00´). Series: Open-file report (Geological Survey (U.S.))84-130. Originally published as plate 1 of Ground-water conditions in Las Vegas Valley, Clark County, Nevada. Part I. Hydrogeologic framework / by Russell W. Plume, published by the U.S. Geological Survey in 1984 as Open-file report 84-130.

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Henderson Public Library Photograph Collection on Henderson, Nevada

Identifier

PH-00254

Abstract

The Henderson Public Library Photograph Collection on Henderson, Nevada (approximately 1940-1988) depicts life and growth in Southern Nevada. The collection documents the growth of Henderson, Nevada through images of Basic Magnesium Incorporated, housing throughout the area, and events. The documentation of Basic Magnesium Incorporated, its activites, personnel, and buildings from 1942 through 1944 is prominent in this collection.

Archival Collection

Louis Vitale and Julia Occhiogrosso at the Nevada Test Site: photographic slide

Date

1977 (year approximate) to 1991 (year approximate)

Description

From the Sister Klaryta Antoszewska Photograph Collection (PH-00352).

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Photograph of construction on the Hoover Dam, Nevada, June 1934

Date

1934-06

Archival Collection

Description

Downstream view of construction on the Hoover Dam near Boulder City, Nevada. The concrete dam wall is near completion.

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