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The Wheel of Rotary Las Vegas Rotary Club newsletter, December 15, 1949

Date

1949-12-15

Archival Collection

Description

Newsletter issued by the Las Vegas Rotary Club

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Letter from Walter R. Bracken (Las Vegas) to F. H. Knickerbocker (Los Angeles), February 15, 1937

Date

1937-02-15

Archival Collection

Description

Bracken informing Knickerbocker that if repairs are not done soon on their pipeline, it would fail catastrophically. If the water master was busy, he requested the authority to hire a local crew to do the repairs.

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Photograph of Oscar Ikonen and unidentified people (Nev.), 1914

Date

1914

Description

Ikonen family sitting in (possible 1914 REO) automobile after rabbit hunting. Handwritten inscription on back of image: "1914 Tonopah, Nev. or Round MT, Nev. Jackrabbit hunting. Rheo car? Note ties for jackrabbit hunting. Man next to driver is Oscar Ikonen." Accompanied by a Las Vegas Review-Journal article inquiring about the photo, "Back in 1914. date written on back of this old photo, did men wear neckties even to go rabbit hunting? If anyone can explain this photo -- perhaps from Tonopah or Round Mountain, Nev. -- please call UNLV Special Collections, 739-3252, 9 a.m-4:30 p.m. Monday-Thursday. Especially sought is information on auto."

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UNLV University Libraries Collection on Nevada Mining

Identifier

MS-00011

Abstract

The Nevada Mining Collection is comprised of records that document mining and mines in Nevada from 1842 to 1966. The majority of the collection includes records of various mines and mining companies located in the Esmeralda, Lincoln, Clark, White Pine, and Nye counties, dating from 1900 to 1928. The collection includes financial, administrative, and business related records; photographs of miners, mining camps, and towns; correspondence; maps; newspaper clippings, pamphlets, newsletters, and booklets.

Archival Collection