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Lynch, Richard, and other protestors: photographic print
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Celebrities at the Riviera Hotel: photographic print
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Lake-Eglington Family Photograph Collection
The Lake-Eglington Family Photograph Collection contains photographs of the Lake-Eglington Family in and around Las Vegas, Nevada from 1900 to 1976. The materials include photographs of early Las Vegas resident Olive Lake-Eglington and her family shortly after they moved to Las Vegas in 1904, as well as her eventual husband Earle Eglington after he moved to Las Vegas in 1911. The materials also include photographs of Native American artifacts, schools in Clark County, Nevada, artesian wells, the Hoover (Boulder) Dam, the Colorado River, Mt. Charleston, the Mormon Fort, the Stewart (Kiel) Ranch, the Las Vegas Ranch, and many early residents of Las Vegas.
Archival Collection
Milt Palmer Photographs
The Milt Palmer Photographs (approximately 1950-1991) contain original and reproductions of photographic prints taken by Milt Palmer, a photographer who worked for the Las Vegas Chamber of Commerce, and later under the division known as the Las Vegas News Bureau. Palmer captured celebrities and entertainers performing their Las Vegas shows, athletes in various sporting events, and various political figures. The majority of photographs in the collection are from approximately the 1950s to 1960s and some are signed by entertainers. The collection also includes digital reproductions of approximately half of the images found in the collection.
Archival Collection
Geologic map of Clark County, Nevada, 1964
62. Relief shown by contours and spot heights. Includes two index maps and eight cross-sections.
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Photograph of commencement for the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, 1978
Description provided with image: "1.) Dr. Brock Dixon; 2) Artemus Ham, Jr.; 3) Lilly Fong, regent. Commencement 1978."
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Alain Richard and Sister Rosemary Lynch protesting: photographic print
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Photographs, autographed - Jerry Lewis, Eddie Fisher, Patti Page, Donald O'Connor, 1939-1959
Personal materials
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