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Photograph of Helen Mortenson, Sylvia Maxson and others at a University Library Society reception, Las Vegas, Nevada, circa 1991-1992

Date

1991 (year approximate)

Description

L-R: Las Vegas businesswoman and civic leader Helen Mortenson, an unidentified member of the University Library Society, an unidentified man, and Sylvia Maxson (wife of University of Nevada, Las Vegas president Robert Maxson) at a University Library Society reception, Las Vegas, Nevada.

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Photograph of John Unrue, Betty Foley, Joseph Foley, Darlene Unrue, Blanche Zucker at a University Library Society reception, Las Vegas, Nevada, circa 1991-1992

Date

1991 (year approximate)

Description

L-R: John Unrue (University of Nevada, Las Vegas English professor), Betty Foley, Joseph Foley (University of Nevada Regent), Darlene Unrue (University of Nevada, Las Vegas English professor), Blanche Zucker (Las Vegas cicivc leader) at a University Library Society reception, Las Vegas, Nevada.

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Photograph of Duane Pierce, Mary Harrison, Shirley Hurt and an unidentified woman at a University Library Society reception, Las Vegas, Nevada, circa 1991-1992

Date

1991 (year approximate)

Description

L-R: Duane Pierce (Chairman of the University of Nevada, Las Vegas Department of Radiologic Technology), Mary Harrison (University of Nevada, Las Vegas Libraries librarian), Shirley Hurt, an unidentified woman at a University Library Society reception, Las Vegas, Nevada.

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Photograph of Harold Hind, his wife Betty Hind, and others at the Last Frontier, Las Vegas (Nev.), 1940s

Date

unspecified year in 194X

Archival Collection

Description

(Left to right) first row, seated: Harold Hind; Ruth Biggs; Teddy Jane Binion; unidentified; unidentified; Faye Merrill; Mrs. Collins. Second row, standing: Betty Hind; Ballard Barron; Benny Binion; Flanoy (spelling?); Mrs. Flanoy (spelling?) ; piano player at the Las Frontier; Freddie Merrill. Site Name: Frontier Hotel and Casino

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Jean Ford, Frances Saxton, Elizabeth "Liz" Warren, and Florence McClure: photographic print

Date

1997 (year approximate)

Description

From the Florence McClure Photograph Collection (PH-00354). Taken at UNLV where Ford was honored for all of her contributions. L-R, back row: Elizabeth "Liz" Warren, Florence McClure. L-R, front row: Jean Ford, Frances Saxton. Handwritten on verso: "Picture taken at UNLV, where an exhibit was on display and Jean Ford was honored for "all" her "works", as she had announced that she had inoperable pancreatic cancer.".

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Youth Conservation Corps building at the Corn Creek Field Station in Nevada: photographic print

Date

1972 (year approximate)

Description

From the UNLV Libraries Single Item Accession Photograph Collection (PH-00171). Located about 4.5 miles from Tonopah Highway at the Corn Creek Field Station. This photo shows the front of the building. Photo by Dave E. Morelli. (Photos 0171 0071 through 0171 0779 taken from Historic Building Survey Project of the YCC Hut done by Dave Morelli for Dr. Ralph Roske's Nevada History Class-Call # F849 L35 M69.)

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Howard Cannon cuts ribbon at an opening with E. Parry Thomas, W. W. Galloway, and two unidentified men: photographic print

Date

to 1983 (year approximate)

Description

From the Howard Cannon Photograph Collection (PH-00192). L-R: Parry Thomas, W. W. Galloway, ?, HWC, ?. Stamped on verso: "Edward J. Allen Associates, INC. Nevadas Largest Photographic Organization P.O. Box 4253 - Las Vegas Nevada 89106"

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Death Valley Junction with a mushroom cloud due to atomic testing nearby: photographic print

Date

1951 (year approximate)

Description

From the Nye County, Nevada Photograph Collection (PH-00221) -- Series II. Ash Meadows, Nevada -- Subseries II.C. Toles-Turner Family. Death Valley Junction in Nevada with a mushroom cloud resulting from open air atomic testing at the nearby Nevada Test Site rising in the background, probably 1951. The railroad station in the background was moved to Lathrop Wells, where it was used as a brothel. Prior to being moved, the station served as a schoolhouse.

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Don Finley and Jack Parsons obtaining water for Josiah Irving Crowell's mine at Chloride Cliff in the Funeral Mountains southwest of Beatty, Nevada: photographic print

Date

1914 (year approximate)

Description

From the Nye County, Nevada Photograph Collection (PH-00221) -- Series III. Beatty, Nevada -- Subseries III.D. Crowell Family.  Water is being taken from a well in a canyon east of Chloride Cliff.

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View of Gold Reed: photographic print

Date

1905 (year approximate)

Description

From the Nye County, Nevada Photograph Collection (PH-00221) -- Series VII. Other areas in Nye County -- Subseries VII.H. Reed Family (Kawich Mountains, Nevada). Gold Reed, Kawich Mountains, Nye County, Nevada, probably about 1905. It was with a mine in Gold Reed that O.K. Reed made the money to purchase the ranch at Hawes Canyon. The ore at the mine was so rich that a person could stand off 50 or 60 feet and see the gold in the original outcropping; some of the ore sold for $1,000 a ton. Reed was partners in the mine with Jack May and a Mr.Wardle, Tonopah resident Austin Wardle’s father. Jack May and Reed were married to sisters, Mabel and Maude Hanley. 

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