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Map of plan and profile of Colorado River from Lees Ferry, Arizona to Black Canyon, Arizona-Nevada and Virgin River, Nevada, 1924

Date
1924
Description
1 map in 21 sheets (14 plans, 7 profiles): col. ; 46 x 64 cm. Notes Relief shown by contours. Each sheet includes a key map. Surveys for individual sheets conducted 1919-23. Library has: Sheets I (2 copies), J, K, L, M, and N only. "Contour interval on land 50 feet." "Contour interval on river surface 5 feet." "Datum is mean sea level." "Mileage is measured from U. S. G. S. concrete gauge well opposite mouth of Paria River." "Topography by U. S. Reclamation Service." "Surveyed in 1919-23." Original publisher: U.S. Geological Survey, Scale: 1: 81,680.

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"The Wandering Moses 40 years in the desert." The postcard shows a man with a pack mule and several men standing behind him: postcard, approximately 1900-1915

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Item
Archival Collection
C. A. Earle Rinker Photograph Collection of Goldfield, Nevada
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Collection Number: PH-00350
Collection Name: C. A. Earle Rinker Photograph Collection of Goldfield, Nevada
Box/Folder: Folder 03

Archival Component

Goldfield Consolidated Mine, a two-week ore run worth $534,500.00. Handwritten note on back: photographic print, approximately 1900-1910

Level of Description
Item
Archival Collection
C. A. Earle Rinker Photograph Collection of Goldfield, Nevada
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Collection Number: PH-00350
Collection Name: C. A. Earle Rinker Photograph Collection of Goldfield, Nevada
Box/Folder: Folder 06

Archival Component

Fire in Goldfield, Nevada: postcard

Date
1909-05-15
Description
Fire in Goldfield, Nevada, night of April 15th '09. There is a handwritten message on back. Photographer credit: Bertram.

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Effa Francis, David Francis, Jack Fogliani, Pearl Francis, Louise Fogliani, Willie Francis, Hazel Francis, and Olympia Fogliani (identified from left to right) holding flowers and a banner with a cross on it, Spring Valley, Nevada: photograph, approximately 1900 to 1909

Level of Description
Item
Archival Collection
Pearl Francis Neeley Photograph Collection
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Collection Number: PH-00091
Collection Name: Pearl Francis Neeley Photograph Collection
Box/Folder: Digital File 00

Archival Component

The Whitney Family Collection of Bunkerville, Nevada Photographs

Identifier
PH-00122
Abstract

The Whitney Family Collection of Bunkerville, Nevada Photographs (approximately 1900-1930) consists of black-and-white photographic prints and negatives depicting Agnes Murphy Neve, Luke Whitney, Julia Whitney, and Alfred Syphus near the Whitney family ranch in Bunkerville, Nevada. One image portrays an overflow drainage pipe connected to the St. Thomas pond near Bunkerville, Nevada.

Archival Collection

Plat of original townsite of Las Vegas, Clark County, Nevada, November 25, 1927

Date
1927-11-25
Description

Subtitle: 'On N 1/2 of SW 1/4 section 27, T 20 S, R 61 E, M.D. Mer. showing cast iron water mains. Including location and distances of valves, fire hydrants, house connections, etc. Constructed by Las Vegas Land &Water Company. Construction completed Nov. 25-1927. Cast iron pipe system throughout made at Provo, Utah by Pacific States Cast Iron Pipe Company. R.N. Clark, Construction Engineer. Map and survey made by J.T. McWilliams, C.E., Las Vegas, Nev.' Map shows ownership of some parcels of land. Scale [ca. 1:960]. 1 inch to 80 feet. Blueline print. Plat map.

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Architectural drawings of a residential home in Las Vegas, Nevada, November 2, 1962

Date
1963-11-02
Description

Exterior elevations and details for a residential home on Fifth Place in Las Vegas, Nevada. Sheet no. 4. "Drw. D.H."

Architecture Period: Mid-Century Modernist

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Map of Las Vegas and vicinity, Clark County, Nevada, April 15, 1951

Date
1951-04-15
Description
'2nd issue. 4/15/51.' 'Jack Asher, Reg. C.E. & Land Surveyor, Nev. #305.' Cadastral map..

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Topographic map of Lake Mead quadrangle, Nevada and Arizona, 1979

Date
1979
Description
'Edited and published by the Bureau of Land Management. Base map prepared by the U.S. Geological Survey.' 'Surface management status by BLM, 1981.Minerals management status by BLM, 1981.' Relief shown by contours and spot heights. Contour interval 50 meters. Compiled from USGS maps dated 1952-1970. Revised from aerial photographs taken 1972-73. Map edited 1979. Includes location map and index to 1:24,000 and 1:62,500-scale maps. Shows minerals owned by the federal government. 'N3600--W11400/30x60.' 'SE/4 Las Vegas (NJ 11-12) 1:250,000-scale map.' Scale 1:100,000
universal transverse Mercator proj. (W 115°00'--W 114°00'/N 36°30'--N 36°00'). Series: Surface-minerals management status. United States. Bureau of Land Management. Surface-minerals management status. Filing title: Lake Mead, Nev.--Ariz., 1979. Shows township and range lines. Published by United States, Dept. of the Interior, Bureau of Land Management
Denver, Colo. : For sale by U.S. Geological Survey,

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