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Aerial photograph of Basic Magnesium Inc. plant site, Henderson, Nevada, and Pittman, Nevada, October 8, 1941

Date
1941-10-08
Description

Air view looking north showing the Basic Magnesium Inc. plant site temporary administration building, temporary water tanks and railroad siding.

Transcribed Notes: Transcribed from front of photo: "McNeil construction Co. Magnesium plant, Las Vegas, Nevada, 10-8-41"

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The Exchange Club in Beatty, Nevada: postcard

Date
1940 (year approximate) to 1990 (year approximate)
Description
From the Harvey's Hotel and Casino Postcard Collection (PH-00367) -- The Exchange Club in the colorful "old west" town of Beatty, Nevada, is a 3-way fun, food, and refreshment stop with its popular casino and bar and the adjoining family restaurant, the Amargosa Grill. In the center of Beatty, the Exchange Club is between Tonopah and Las Vegas and at the Eastern gateway into Death Valley National Monument.

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Photograph of Charles Russell, Nevada, 1951-1958

Date
1951 to 1958
Description
Nevada Governor Charles Hinton Russell from 1951-1958.

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NPC (Nevada Power Company), 1997, Nevada Power Company 1997 Resource Plan, Executive Summary, Volume 1, Las Vegas, Nevada, 1997

Level of Description
File
Archival Collection
Environmental Radiation Protection Standards for Yucca Mountain, Nevada
To request this item in person:
Collection Number: MS-00603
Collection Name: Environmental Radiation Protection Standards for Yucca Mountain, Nevada
Box/Folder: Box 14

Archival Component

Latinx Voices of Southern Nevada Community Collection

Identifier
MS-00935
Abstract

The Latinx Voices of Southern Nevada Community Collection (approximately 1973-2020) consists of artwork, memorabilia, ephemera, event fliers, and event photographs donated by members of the Latinx community in Las Vegas, Nevada and collected by staff members of the Oral History Research Center at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV). Materials were donated and collected as part of the Latinx Voices of Southern Nevada oral history and community engagement project hosted by UNLV University Libraries. Some of the materials in this collection are related to oral history interviews for Lidia Bonilla, Horacio Lopez, Krystal Ramirez, and Gustavo Ramos. This collection also includes fliers and posters advertising events in the Latinx community, campaign signs for Latinx candidates running for office, and Spanish language campaign signs.

Archival Collection

Photograph of Nevada desert, circa 1940s

Date
1940 to 1949
Description
Collage of a mule in the Nevada desert. Possibly a postcard. Caption on the top reads: "O, Dont [sic] you remember the desert old pal, the desert with scenery like this, a Joshua Palm and a lonesome old Jack, the fortunes you dream of but miss." Caption on the bottom left reads: "40 miles from wood, 50 miles from water, 10 feet from hell, God bless our home."

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University of Nevada, Las Vegas Solar Decathlon Records

Identifier
UA-00075
Abstract

The University of Nevada, Las Vegas Solar Decathlon Records (2013-2021) are comprised of records documenting the University of Nevada, Las Vegas's participation in the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Solar Decathlon collegiate competition. The collection includes records created by the 2013, 2017, and 2020 UNLV teams (Team Las Vegas) in designing and building their respective competition entries: DesertSol, Sinatra Living, and Mojave Bloom. Records include competition application files, working project files, As-Built submittal packets, and promotional and marketing files for the competition. The majority of records in this collection represent the 2017 competition. Archived websites and social media accounts associated with Team Las Vegas and the Solar Decathlon competition are also included in the collection. The records document Team Las Vegas's efforts in designing and building energy efficient homes for the Solar Decathlon competition.

Archival Collection

Damaged Royal Nevada sign at a neon sign boneyard: photographic print

Date
1991
Description
Royal Nevada hotel sign resides broken at a "Bone yard" for neon signs in Las Vegas. (1991)

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Teddy Bears of Southern Nevada booth at Gay Pride: photographic print

Date
1998-04-25
Description
Gay Pride at Sunset Park, 1998. Photographer: Dennis McBride. Teddy Bears of Southern Nevada booth.

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Paiute village in what is now known as southern Nevada: photographic print

Date
1870 (year approximate)
Description
From the UNLV Libraries Single Item Accession Photograph Collection (PH-00171). Paiute Indian village in the Virgin River area (now in southern Nevada).

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