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Sketch map of Nevada and the southeastern portion of California, 1906

Date
1906
Description
34 x 24 cm. Relief shown by hachures. Map may be a reprint of a map by George S. Clason, published by the Clason Map Co. in Denver, Colo., in 1906. Map is printed on blue paper. "OPHIR" and a star printed near Pueblo in Nye County. Shows railroad routes.

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Sketch map of Nevada and the southeastern portion of California, 1906

Date
1906
Description
42 x 29 cm. Relief shown by hachures. Copyright held by George S. Clason. "Compliments of the Patrick Investment Co. ... Denver, Colorado." Includes index. Shows railroad routes. "We have offices, representatives and properties in every camp marked in red on this map." Original publisher: Clason Map Co..

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Nevada State Society, 1952 to 1985

Level of Description
Series
Scope and Contents

Materials consist of scrapbooks from the Nevada State Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution from 1952 to 1985.

Archival Collection
Southern Nevada Daughters of the American Revolution Records
To request this item in person:
Collection Number: MS-00292
Collection Name: Southern Nevada Daughters of the American Revolution Records
Box/Folder: N/A

Archival Component

Inside view of Control Point at the Nevada Test Site: photographic print

Date
1945-19-82
Description
Inside the Control Point at the Nevada Test Site the Test Controller (at table) prepares to conduct a nuclear test. Members of the Test Controller's Advisory Panel (at table) are experts in nuclear weapons, meteorology, radiation, and nuclear medicine.

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Photograph of Dexter Mill, Tuscarora, Nevada, 1911

Date
1911
Description
Two men standing beside a horse-drawn sagebrush wagon at Dexter Mill in Tuscarora, Nevada.

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Photograph of Wahmonie, Nevada, circa 1928-1929

Date
1928 to 1929
Description
The view view from a distance of Wahmonie, Nevada. Handwritten on back of image: "Wahmonie; Fred Wilson."

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Letter and envelope from Mary Etta Syphus, Panaca, Nevada to John M. Bunker, St. Thomas, Nevada

Date
1894-10-04
Description

From the Syphus-Bunker Papers (MS-00169). The folder contains an original handwritten letter, an envelope, a typed transcription of the same letter, and a copy of original letter attached.

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Photograph of a man and mule in the Nevada desert, 1940s

Date
1940 to 1949
Description
Collage of a man and a mule in the Nevada desert. Possibly a postcard. Caption on the right reads: "40 miles from wood, 50 miles from water, 10 feet from hell, God bless our home." Bottom of photograph reads: "'Nevada' 561."

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Eureka, Austin, and Hawthorne, Nevada, 1986

Level of Description
Series
Scope and Contents

Materials contain photographic slides of neon signs in the towns of Eureka, Austin, and Hawthorne in central Nevada from 1980 to 1989.

Archival Collection
Neon in Nevada Photograph Collection
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Collection Number: PH-00225
Collection Name: Neon in Nevada Photograph Collection
Box/Folder: N/A

Archival Component

Nevada Burial Records of Stewart Ranch

Identifier
MS-00031
Abstract

The Nevada Burial Records of Stewart Ranch date from 1905 to 1913 and consist of a ledger recording those buried at Stewart Ranch in Las Vegas, Nevada. The entries in the ledger document the names of the deceased and where they died. Some entries have additional information explaining how the person died and their height and weight.

Archival Collection