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Slide of a convenience store with poker machines, Las Vegas, Nevada, circa 1970s-1980s

Date
1970 to 1989
Description
An unidentified woman shops in a convenience store with poker machines.

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Slide of the Churchill Downs Racecourse, Louisville, Kentucky, circa 2000

Date
2000 (year approximate)
Description
Spectators gather at the Churchill Downs Racecourse to view the horses prior to the Kentucky Derby race. The first Derby race was held in 1875.

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Photograph of power plant, Hoover Dam, February 23, 1939

Date
1939-02-23
Description
Black and white image of John Chatfield Page, Senator Harold L. Ickes, Mrs. Ickes, and I. C. Harris, in the Nevada wing of the Hoover Dam power plant. Note: Boulder Dam was officially renamed Hoover Dam in 1947.

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Photograph of cafeteria at Nellis Air Force Base, Nevada, circa 1950s

Date
1950 to 1959
Description
Black and white image of people sitting in a cafeteria at Nellis Air Force Base. Site Name: Nellis Air Force Base (Nev.)

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Film transparency of Native Americans in Las Vegas, circa 1900-1909

Date
1900 to 1909
Description
Black and white image of Native Americans and their tent homes in Las Vegas.

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Film transparency of a church group, Las Vegas, 1907

Date
1907
Description
Black and white image of a church group, possibly an Episcopal Ladies Aid group, in Las Vegas. Some of the people pictured include the following: Mary E. Lake (holding Emily Ball), Ada Lake, Lola May Ball, Harry Gray (Episcopal minister), and Margaret Tooly.

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Film transparency of Olive Lake-Eglington's family's second home in Las Vegas, May 1905

Date
1905-05
Description
Black and white image with the following handwritten description attributed to Olive Lake-Eglington: "Our second home in Las Vegas at, bend of the creek, near First and Bonanza [intersection]. May 1905." 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 several people posed for a picture, Las Vegas, 1908

Date
1908
Description
Black and white image of several people posing for a photograph. Handwritten text on the image indicates some of their names: 1. Tweed Wilson; 2. Mrs. Ball; 3. Joe McQuade; 4. Spud [Lake]: 5. Jim Wilson; 6. Olive [Lake]; 7. Wanda [Ball]; 8. Lois Ball; 9. Ada [Lake]. 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 five women sitting in a room, Las Vegas, circa early 1900s

Date
1904 to 1939
Description
Black and white image of several women with the following handwritten description: "Julia Russel, Grace Worrell, Olive, Wanda, our S.S. Teacher." 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 Olive Lake near Stewart Ranch, Las Vegas, circa early 1900s

Date
1900 to 1920
Description
A black and white image of a young woman (presumably Olive Lake-Eglington) with accompanying handwritten description: "Olive-near Stewart Ranch" Site Name: Las Vegas Ranch (Las Vegas, Nev.)

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