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Center Street in Reno, Nevada: postcard

Date
1940 (year approximate) to 1990 (year approximate)
Description
From the Harvey's Hotel and Casino Postcard Collection (PH-00367) -- Night time view of Center Street in Reno, Nevada. Shown are the Palace Club, Bank Club, and Hotel Golden.

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Film transparency of a view of Government Park and the Nevada Highway, Boulder City, Nevada, circa 1932-1940

Date
1932 to 1940
Description
A view of Government Park and the Nevada Highway from the Bureau of Reclamation in Boulder City. Government Park is now called Wilbur Square Park.

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Slide of protesters near the Nevada Test Site, 1984

Date
1984
Description
Color image of protesters involved with the Lenten Desert Experience (also called the Nevada Desert Experience), a group demonstrating against nuclear testing.

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Slide of protesters near the Nevada Test Site, 1983

Date
1983
Description
Color image of people involved with the Lenten Desert Experience (also called the Nevada Desert Experience), a group demonstrating against nuclear testing.

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Photograph of ruins at Goldfield, Nevada, 1973

Date
1973
Description
Printed behind the photograph: "Merry Christmas 1973, Ina and Tom Wilson, Reno." "The Glory that was Goldfield;" ruin in the heart of this Nevada ghost town memorializes the hopes and enthusiasm of 20,000 adventurers.

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Geologic map and sections of Muddy Mountains, St. Thomas Gap, and part of the Grand Wash Cliffs, 1928

Date
1928
Description
'Geology by C.R. Longwell.' At top of map: 'U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 798, plate 1.' Includes four colored cross-sections. 1:250,000 (W 115°00'--W 113°45'/N 36°45'--N 36°00'). Series: Bulletin (Geological Survey (U.S.)
no. 798. Originally published as plate 1 in: Geology of the Muddy Mountains, Nevada, with a sections through the Virgin Range to the Grand Wash Cliffs, Arizona / by Chester R. Longwell. Washington, D.C. : Government Printing Office, 1928. (Bulletin ((Geological Survey (U.S.)), no. 798).

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Carver's Station, Nevada: photographic print

Date
1950
Description

From the Nye County, Nevada Photograph Collection (PH-00221) -- Series V. Smoky Valley, Nevada and Round Mountain, Nevada -- Subseries V.A. Carver, Carver-Duhme, and Carver-Book Families (Smoky Valley). The facility was of modular construction. The Carvers purchased a building from Wallace Bird and moved it from Round Mountain to their ranch, where it served as the bar. Carver traded Bird hay for the building. Carver purchased another building in Monarch, located just south of Belmont. The building was moved to the Carver ranch by the Boni brothers, and it became the Carvers' living quarters. The dance hall was constructed in 1949 and is visible to the right of the porch. The Carvers tried to have dances on a regular basis, but holding them proved to be a lot of work.

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Letter to Board of Regents proposing University of Nevada, Las Vegas law school committee

Date
1979-09-21
Description

Folder contains a letter from Regent James L. Buchanan II to fellow Nevada System Regents proposing "a committee for the start-up of UNLV's Law School." From the University of Nevada, Las Vegas William S. Boyd School of Law Records (UA-00048).

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The Sundowner Hotel in Reno, Nevada: postcard

Date
1940 (year approximate) to 1990 (year approximate)
Description
From the Harvey's Hotel and Casino Postcard Collection (PH-00367) -- The Sundowner Hotel in Reno, Nevada. One of the area's largest, features complete hotel and casino facilities in the heart of downotwn Reno.

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Dredge in Manhattan, Nevada: photographic print

Date
1938
Description

From the Nye County, Nevada Photograph Collection (PH-00221) -- Series VII. Other areas in Nye County -- Subseries VII.I. Wilson Family (Toiyabe Mountains, Nevada). In the center of the dredge the screw elevator can be seen. It brought the placer material from the bucket elevator on board the dredge where it was processed. It is said that it took 100 workers to assemble the dredge. The dredge could process between 500 and 1,000 tons of gravel per hour.

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