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Map showing proposed annexation of Las Vegas Valley, Clark County, Nevada, January 1, 1929

Date
1929-01-01
Description
'Compiled by C. D. Baker, C.E., United States Mineral Surveyor, State Right Water Surveyor, Nevada. Las Vegas, Nev. January 1, 1929. Copyright applied for.' ; "Filed Dec. 10, 1936" and signed by Viola Burns, clerk, city of Las Vegas ; Hand-printed title at top of map: Proposed annexation to Las Vegas ; Map is stamped as Filed Dec 10, 1936 and signed by Las Vegas City Clerk Viola Burns. Library's copy has brown line hand-drawn around area to be annexed.

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Daily Mail "Large Scale Military Map of Franco-Belgian Theatre of War", no. 3. London: George Philip & Son, Ltd., approximately 1900 to 1909

Level of Description
Item
Archival Collection
Mavis Eggle "Books as They Were Bought" Collection
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Collection Number: MS-01144
Collection Name: Mavis Eggle "Books as They Were Bought" Collection
Box/Folder: Box 21

Archival Component

Lincoln County land patents for the Kiel Ranch property and the marriage contract between M. Sermon and E. Kiel (all documents are photocopies originals dating to late 1800s), 1884-1900

Level of Description
File
Archival Collection
Kiel Ranch Preservation Committee Records
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Collection Number: MS-00650
Collection Name: Kiel Ranch Preservation Committee Records
Box/Folder: Box 05

Archival Component

Southern Nevada Educators Photograph Collection

Identifier
PH-00185
Abstract

The Southern Nevada Educators Photograph Collection consists of reproduction black-and-white photographic prints and negatives that Donna Andress compiled. The majority of the images are portraits of educators in Southern Nevada, primarily educators who have schools in Clark County, Nevada named after them. Other portraits depict prominent Las Vegas citizens, including Leva and William Beckley.

Archival Collection

Las Vegas Valley map, Clark County, Nevada, June 1958

Date
1958
Description
'Compiled 1954. First revision - June 1958.' 'Area extends 9 miles north, 11 miles south, and 3 miles east, 3 miles west city limits of Las Vegas.' Original publisher: Campbell Realty. Scale [ca. 1:60,000. 1 in. to approx. 5,000 ft.]. Cadastral map. Hand-drawn red line around some sections on map.

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Hazel and Floyd Denton's daughter, Betty Jeanne Denton, at one and a half years old sitting in studio set for her portrait: photographic print, approximately 1900-1965

Level of Description
Item
Archival Collection
Hazel Baker Denton Photograph Collection
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Collection Number: PH-00312
Collection Name: Hazel Baker Denton Photograph Collection
Box/Folder: Folder 02

Archival Component

William V. Wright Collection of Nevada Postcards

Identifier
PH-00094
Abstract

The William V. Wright Collection of Nevada Postcards contains picture postcards of towns and buildings in Nevada from 1900 to 1975. The postcards primarily depict casinos, hotels, and other attractions in Las Vegas, Nevada and Reno, Nevada. The postcards also depict post offices, landscapes, mines, and the Hoover (Boulder) Dam.

Archival Collection

Map showing proposed new 12" well and pipe line changes at Water Springs, Las Vegas, Nevada, circa 1920

Date
1916 to 1925
Description
In lower right corner: '6-W-74.' Scale: 1" = 500'.

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Architectural drawing of residential home in Boulder City, Nevada, preliminary elevation, September 19, 1962

Date
1962-09-19
Description

Preliminary drawing of front exterior elevation of a ranch-style residential home in Boulder City, Nevada.

Architecture Period: Mid-Century Modernist

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General geologic map of Las Vegas, Pahrump, and Indian Spring Valleys, Clark and Nye Counties, Nevada, 1948

Date
1948
Description

At top of map: 'United States Department of the Interior, Geological Survey. State Engineer of Nevada. Water resources bulletin No. 5, Plate 1.' Relief shown by spot heights. Includes 3 inset maps of wells and springs in the vicinity of Pahrump, Manse Ranch and Indian Springs, Nevada. Scale [ca. 1:126,720. 1 inch to approx. 2 miles] (W 116°--W 115°/N 40°--N 36°). Originally published as plate 1 in Geology and water resources of Las Vegas, Pahrump, and Indian Spring Valleys, Clark and Nye Counties, Nevada by George B. Maxey and C.H. Jameson (1948), which is number 5 of the Water resources bulletin published by the Nevada Office of the State Engineer.

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