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Postcard showing Scotty's Castle and Death Valley Scotty, Death Valley, California, circa mid 1900s
Date
1920 to 1959
Archival Collection
Description
An image composed of Scotty's Castle, Death Valley Scotty, and a stone covered in petroglyphs. Located within the far northern region of Death Valley in Grapevine Canyon, the Death Valley Ranch, more commonly known as Scotty's Castle, is a prime example of Spanish-Mediterranean styling during the Roaring 1920s and Depression of the 1930s. Death Valley Scotty was a prospector, performer, and con man who was made famous by his scams involving gold mining near Death Valley. The petroglyph-covered rock beside Death Valley Scotty was designed by Native Americans who inhabited the valley hundreds of years ago. Transcribed across the bottom of the image: "The world's most hospitable host, Death Valley Scotty," Scotty's Castle, Death Valley, Calif."
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People picnicking in the desert. Handwritten inscription given with photograph: "Aunt Alma, Earl, Mother, Floyd, Bessie, Alley Lawson": photographic print, approximately 1915 to 1925
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Archival Collection
Leon Rockwell Photograph Collection
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Collection Number: PH-00008
Collection Name: Leon Rockwell Photograph Collection
Box/Folder: Folder 10
Collection Name: Leon Rockwell Photograph Collection
Box/Folder: Folder 10
Archival Component
Birthday party for Eugenia Lawson at Sam Lawson's home on 3rd Street and Lewis Street, Las Vegas, Nevada: photographic print, approximately 1921 to 1925
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Archival Collection
Beckley Family Photograph Collection
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Collection Number: PH-00148
Collection Name: Beckley Family Photograph Collection
Box/Folder: Folder 02
Collection Name: Beckley Family Photograph Collection
Box/Folder: Folder 02
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Men working on a Union Pacific Railroad truck filled with wooden planks that tipped over in the mud, possibly near Mount Charleston, Nevada, approximately 1925-1940
Level of Description
File
Archival Collection
Charles P. Squires Photograph Collection
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Collection Number: PH-00002
Collection Name: Charles P. Squires Photograph Collection
Box/Folder: Folder 12
Collection Name: Charles P. Squires Photograph Collection
Box/Folder: Folder 12
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Postcard of Queen of Hearts playing card with a beach scene as the background, Atlantic City (N.J.), approximately 1900s-1980s
Date
1900 to 1989
Archival Collection
Description
A postcard illustrating the queen of hearts with a beach scene and a resort in Atlantic City, New Jersey in the center of the card.
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Country road in Eagle Valley, Nevada, approximately 1900 to 1920: photographic reprint and negative, approximately 1971 to 2004
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File
Archival Collection
John G. (Jack) Fogliani Photograph Collection
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Collection Number: PH-00136
Collection Name: John G. (Jack) Fogliani Photograph Collection
Box/Folder: N/A
Collection Name: John G. (Jack) Fogliani Photograph Collection
Box/Folder: N/A
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Personal photographs taken by C. E. Johnson, including locations in Southern California, Utah, and Nevada: photograph albums, approximately 1900 to 1920
Level of Description
File
Archival Collection
C. E. Johnson Photographs
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Collection Number: PH-00357
Collection Name: C. E. Johnson Photographs
Box/Folder: Box 01
Collection Name: C. E. Johnson Photographs
Box/Folder: Box 01
Archival Component
Postcard showing the robbery of a United States Mail coach en route to Bullfrog, Nevada, circa 1900s-1910s
Date
1900 to 1919
Archival Collection
Description
A picture postcard showing the robbery of a U.S. Mail coach in the mountains of Nevada. Captions:"A hold up. U.S. mail coach en route to Bullfrog, Nev.;" "Larson Pho. no. 333;" "Denver Eng. Co. "
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Film transparency of the girls basketball team for Clark County High School, Las Vegas, circa early 1900s
Date
1900 to 1920
Archival Collection
Description
Black and white image of the girls basketball team for Clark County High School playing a game of basketball, per the handwritten description above the image. 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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Film transparency of snow sheds covering railroad tracks in the Sierra Nevada Mountains, circa early to mid 1900s
Date
1900 to 1950
Archival Collection
Description
An undated black and white image of snow sheds covering Central Pacific Railroad tracks in the Sierra Nevada Mountains.
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