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Billie Mae Polson Photograph Collection
Identifier
PH-00063
Abstract
The Billie Mae Polson Photograph Collection, approximately 1948 to 1978, consists of fifty-one color postcards from Las Vegas, Nevada, the Hoover Dam, and surrounding areas. Also included in the collection are original black-and-white and color photographs of the Valley of Fire Nevada State Park, an Easter parade in Las Vegas, and the Las Vegas 5th Street School prior to demolition. There are also ten negatives included in this collection that correspond with select postcards and the photographs from the Valley of Fire Nevada State Park.
Archival Collection
Topographic map of the Las Vegas Valley and surrounding northern and western mountain ranges, 1943
Date
1943
Description
'Edition of Mar. 1908, reprinted 1943.' 'E.M. Douglas, Geographer in charge. Topography and triangulation by R.H. Chapman, B.D. Stewart, J.E. Blackburn and D.F.C. Moor. Surveyed in 1906-1907.' Scale 1:250,000 ; polyconic proj. (W 116°00´--W 115°00´/N 37°00´--N 36°00´). Relief shown by contours and spot heights. 'Contour interval 100 feet.' 'Datum is mean sea level.' Includes township and range lines. Text and illustrations from the Topographic maps of the United States series on verso. Series: The topograhic maps of the United States. Map includes the Desert Range; Sheep Range; Pintwater Range; Las Vegas Range; Spring Mountains; Indian Springs Valley; Spotted Range. United States, Dept. of the Interior, Geological Survey
Text
The Gateway to Las Vegas from Boulder City, image 002: photographic print
Date
1930 to 1939
Archival Collection
Description
Fremont Street decorated for Helldorado celebration, 1930's (This photo gives an excellent close-up of the "Welcome to Las Vegas: the gateway to Boulder Dam" arch). Inscription with the image reads, "The arch was built to welcome Sectratary of the Interior Ray Lyman Wilbur to Las Vegas. He came to town for the ceremony of driving to the silver spike for the railroad branch from Las Vegas to Boulder City, September 17, 1930. Governor Balzar declared to carry spectators and notables to Braken, juction 7 miles south of Las Vegas on the SLC-LA line. "
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Topographic map of the northeast quadrangle of the metropolitan Las Vegas, Nevada area, 1967
Date
1967
Description
Scale 1:24,000 ; polyconic proj. (W 115°730--W 115°0000/N 36°1500--N 36°730) ; 1 map : col. ; 58 x 47 cm ; 7.5 minute series (topographic) ; Relief shown by contours and spot heights ; Filing title: Las Vegas NE, Nev ; "AMS 2956 II NE--Series V896." ; Contour interval 20 feet ; "Topography by photogrammetric methods from aerial photographs taken 1965. Field checked 1967." ;Includes quadrangle location map ; Interior--Geological Survey
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Topographic map of the northwest quadrangle of the metropolitan Las Vegas, Nevada area, 1967
Date
1967
Description
Scale 1:24,000 ; polyconic proj. (W 115°1500--W 115°730/N 36°1500--N 36°730) ; 1 map : col. ; 58 x 47 cm ; 7.5 minute series (topographic) ; Relief shown by contours and spot heights ; Filing title: Las Vegas NW, Nev ; "AMS 2956 II NW--Series V896." ; Contour interval 10 feet ; "Topography by photogrammetric methods from aerial photographs taken 1965. Field checked 1967." ; Includes quadrangle location map ; Interior--Geological Survey
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Topographic map of the southeast quadrangle of the metropolitan Las Vegas, Nevada area, 1967
Date
1967
Description
Scale 1:24,000 ; polyconic proj. (W 115°0730--W 115°0000/N 36°0730--N 36°0000) ; 1 map : col. ; 58 x 47 cm ; 7.5 minute series (topographic) ; Relief shown by contours and spot heights ; Filing title: Las Vegas SE, Nev ; "AMS 2956 II SE--Series V896." ; Contour interval 20 feet ; "Topography by photogrammetric methods from aerial photographs taken 1965. Field checked 1967." ; Includes quadrangle location map ; Interior--Geological Survey
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Topographic map of the southwestern quadrangle of the metropolitan Las Vegas, Nevada area, 1967
Date
1967
Description
Scale 1:24,000 ; polyconic proj. (W 115°1500--W 115°0730/N 36°0730--N 36°0000) ; 1 map : col. ; 58 x 47 cm ; 7.5 minute series (topographic) ; Relief shown by contours and spot heights ; Filing title: Las Vegas SW, Nev ; "AMS 2956 II SW--Series V896." ; Contour interval 10 feet ; "Topography by photogrammetric methods from aerial photographs taken 1965. Field checked 1967." ; Includes quadrangle location map ; Interior--Geological Survey
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Geologic map of the Lathrop Wells quadrangle, Nye County, Nevada, 1970
Date
1970
Description
58 x 47 cm., on sheet 74 x 84 cm., folded in envelope 30 x 24 cm. Relief shown by contours and spot heights. "Bedrock geology mapped by B.C. Burchfiel, 1961, and by E.J. McKay and K.A. Sargent, 1965-66. Surficial geology mapped by A.T. Fernald, 1968." Includes cross sections, description of map units, and location map. "Prepared in cooperation with the U. S. Atomic Commission." Original publisher: Interior, Geological Survey, Series: Geologic quadrangle map GQ, Scale: 1:24 000.
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Geologic map of the Tippipah Spring quadrangle, Nye County, Nevada, 1963
Date
1963
Description
58 x 46 cm., on sheet 84 x 81 cm., folded in envelope 30 x 24 cm. Relief shown by contours and spot heights. "Geology by P.P. Orkild, 1959-60, paleotopography by D.L. Healey and C.H. Miller, 1959-60." Series statement from envelope. Includes description of map units, 2 col. cross sections, and quadrangle location map. "Prepared in cooperation with the U. S. Atomic Commission." Original publisher: Interior, Geological Survey, Series: Geologic quadrangle map GQ, Scale: 1:24 000.
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Geologic map of the Jangle Ridge quadrangle, Nye and Lincoln Counties, Nevada, 1965
Date
1965
Description
58 x 46 cm., on sheet 84 x 87 cm., folded in envelope 30 x 24 cm. Relief shown by contours and spot heights. "Contour interval 20 feet." "Prepared in cooperation with the U.S. Atomic Energy Commission." "Geology mapped in 1961. Limit of pluvial Groom Lake and faults from photographs mapped by R. B. Colton, 1962." Includes text, bibliography, location map, and 5 col. cross sections. Original publisher: Interior, U.S. Geological Survey, Series: Geologic quadrangle map GQ, Scale: 1:24 000.
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