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Newspaper clipping, GOP Blacks Anti-Knight, Las Vegas Sun, January 23, 1979

Date

1979-01-23

Archival Collection

Sarann Knight Preddy oral history interviews

Description

Newspaper article titled "GOP Blacks Anti-Knight," by Bob Palm in Las Vegas Sun, Tuesday, January 23, 1979. Palm reports opposition from a member of the Clark County Republican Central Committee to Sarann Knight's bid to unseat Las Vegas City Commissioner Roy Woofter.

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Hôtel d'Angleterre, dinner menu

Date

1870 to 1933

Archival Collection

Bohn-Bettoni Menu Collection

Description

Note: The Grand Hotel d'Angleterre was built in the 19th century across from Syntagma Square, Athens; it was demolished after World War II; the menu does not indicate the hotel location but "Athens Greece" is handwritten on the menu; Emblems have elements ( (lion, unicorn and motto) from the British royal family coat of arms. It is unclear whether this emblem is the hotel logo Restaurant: Grand Hôtel d'Angleterre (Athens, Greece) Location: Athens, Greece

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Photograph of Chief Tecopa and Della Fisk with others, Pahrump Valley or Ash Meadows, Nevada, circa 1880s-1910s

Date

1880 to 1919

Archival Collection

O. J. Fisk Photographs

Description

The man wearing the top hat is Chief Tecopa. Della Fisk is holding his arm. A group of unidentified people are surrounding them. Wagons and horses are visible in the background. The photograph was taken in either Pahrump Valley or Ash Meadows, Nevada. Chief Tecopa, leader of the Souther Paiute tribe, was born in Pahrump in 1815 and died in Pahnrump between 1904-1906. He is interred in the Chief Tecopa Cemetery, located on East Street next to the library Pahrump, Nevada.

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House of Savoy Royal Family residence, menu, February 8, 1886

Date

1886-02-08

Archival Collection

Bohn-Bettoni Menu Collection

Description

Note: Includes wine list. Illustration by Gino de Bini shows a boy and girl on a balcony decorated with flowers and grapevines. The boy is wearing a feathered cap and a tunic with a House of Savoy emblem of a white cross on a red background, and he holds a banner with the House of Savoy coat of arms on it. The girl is dropping roses from the balcony Menu insert: Wine lists Restaurant: House of Savoy Royal Family residence Location: Rome, Italy

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Picnic for returning veterans, North Twin River: photographic print

Date

1946-04-28

Archival Collection

Nye County, Nevada Photograph Collection

Description

From the Nye County, Nevada Photograph Collection (PH-00221) -- Series V. Smoky Valley, Nevada and Round Mountain, Nevada -- Subseries V.A. Carver, Carver-Duhme, and Carver-Book Families (Smoky Valley). Left to right: Noah Kaufman, Robert Lee, Karl W. Berg, R.W. Carver, Eugene Michels, William Streshley, Lee Streshley, Sylvia Michels, Ethan Pitts, Armando Francisco, R.J. “Dick” Benn. Most of the men pictured here served in the Armed Forces during World War II.

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