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May Bradford Photograph Collection
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The May Bradford Photograph Collection (1870-1976) consists primarily of black-and-white photographs depicting Bradford's life including her time in Tonopah, Nevada. The collection also includes images of her early life and her family in Missouri. Other photographs document her son as an infant, as well as the family's time spent living abroad.
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Ray W. Baldwin Photograph Collection
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The Ray W. Baldwin Photograph Collection (approximately 1940 -1981) consists of black-and-white photographic prints, negatives, and slides. The images depict architect Ray W. Baldwin's structures in the Las Vegas, Nevada area, as well as other central and southern Nevada locations.
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Minnie Perchetti Photograph Collection
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The Minnie Perchetti Photograph Collection (approximately 1902-1959) consists of black-and-white photographic prints and negatives of Tonopah, Nevada and documents Tonopah in the first half of the 20th century. The photographs depict mines, events, buildings, people, and landscapes in Tonopah, Nevada. Included in the collection are photographs of the 1923 fire in Goldfield, Nevada.
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Paul May Photograph Collection
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The Paul May Photograph Collection (1969) consists of black-and-white and color photographic prints. The images primarily depict Nevada Assemblyman Paul May alongside Nevadan senators and congressmen, including Senator Paul Laxalt. Other images are portraits of May.
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Joan D. Norris Photograph Collection
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The Joan D. Norris Photograph Collection, approximately 1960 to 1971, consists of black-and-white photographic prints depicting scenes from Atlantic City, New Jersey. Images portray the Atlantic City Boardwalk, storefronts, and hotels.
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Thomas J. Hickey Photograph Collection
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The Thomas J. Hickey Photograph Collection (1987-1989) contains color and black-and-white photographic prints of Thomas J. Hickey during his tenure as a Nevada State Senator. The collection also includes photographic prints of the Sparks, Nevada train yard and the Home of the Good Shepard church in Las Vegas, Nevada.
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Campbell Family Photograph Collection
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The Campbell Family Photograph Collection is comprised of nine black-and-white photographic reprints of Pioche, Nevada and two photographic reprints of Dr. Linwood Campbell, taken from approximately 1895 to 1929 and reprinted between approximately 1950 and 1969.
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Harold Minsky Photograph Collection
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The Harold Minsky Photograph Collection (1957-1977) contains photographic prints, negatives, and slides collected by Las Vegas burlesque show developer Harold Minsky. Subjects include performers in costume, showgirls, comedians, advertisements for shows, performances, and some of the venues at which Minsky's shows were held, including the Thunderbird Hotel and Casino, the Aladdin Hotel and Casino, and the Dunes Hotel in Las Vegas, Nevada.
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Theodore M. Parsons Photograph Collection
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The Theodore M. Parsons Photograph Collection (1936-1988) consists of photographic prints and negatives depicting Theodore M. Parsons and other Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) workers in Boulder City, Nevada between 1936 and 1942. There are individual images of Parsons as well as group photographs of workers at CCC camps and public gatherings.
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David Farnsworth Photograph Collection
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The David Farnsworth Photograph Collection, approximately 1900 to 1915, contains five black-and-white photographic prints and corresponding negatives of David Farnsworth with groups of people posing outside storefronts in Las Vegas and Caliente, Nevada.
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