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Town of Searchlight, Nevada: photographic print
Date
1900 to 1940
Description
Town picture of Searchlight, Nevada.
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Map showing parts of eastern and southeastern Nevada and southwestern Utah, circa 1873
Date
1869
1872 to 1873
Description
Scale 1:506,880. 1 in. to 8 miles (W 117°30--W 114°45/N 37°20--N 40°00). Relief shown by hachures and spot heights. At top left: 'Explorations & surveys west of the one-hundredth meridian.' At top right: 'Parts of Eastern & Southeastern Nevada & Southwestern Utah. Atlas sheet number 66.' At bottom left: 'Expeditions of 1869, 1872 & 1873.' At bottom right: ' 1st Lieut. Geo. M. Wheeler, Corps of Engineers, com'd'g.' Seal of the War Department, Corps of Engineers, U.S. Army at top center of map. Originally published as part of the geological atlas which is an appendix to the Survey's Report upon United States geographical surveys west of the one hundredth meridian, published in 1876?
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Postcard showing Searchlight, Nevada, circa 1930s
Date
1930 to 1939
Description
The view of the small town of Searchlight, Nevada. Formed in 1897, Searchlight is an old boomtown that was made popular when George Frederick Colton discovered gold at the location where the town is now built. Unnamed buildings cluster together in the center of the postcard while rocky terrain decorated with small shrubs and mines surround the city's outskirts. Transcribed onto the bottom of the postcard: "Searchlight, Nevada; Duplex Mine In Foreground." The Frasher's Foto logo is also printed onto the bottom right corner.
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Dugout homes, Goldfield, Nevada: postcard
Date
1900 to 1909
Description
From the Frank Benham Photograph Collection on Goldfield, Nevada (PH-00288).
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Desert landscape in Nevada: photographic print
Date
1900 (year approximate) to 1930 (year approximate)
Description
Sagebrush and other shrubs somewhere in a Nevada desert.
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Hotel Nevada billboard, Ely, Nevada
Date
2016 (year approximate) to 2020 (year approximate)
Description
View of the Hotel Nevada billboard reading "Hotel Nevada Western Hospitality."
501 E Aultman St, Ely, NV 89301
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Plat of Tonopah, Nye County, Nevada, circa 1905
Date
1903 to 1907
Description
Plat of properties in downtown Tonopah, Nevada. Notes handwritten in pencil. Southern Nevada Mining Map Collection
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Map of Boulder Dam area and Las Vegas, Nevada, October 7, 1930
Date
1930-10-07
Description
'F.V. Owen, publisher ... Los Angeles, California. Topography by C.H. Fenner, C.E. Decorations by L.J. Bergère. Gov't. data, H.A. Shamberger, C.E. Copyright, 1930, by F.V. Owen.' At bottom right of map: 'Dated Oct. 7th, 1930.' Relief shown by contours and spot heights. Contour lines are 100 feet. Incudes six hand-colored illustrations showing local points of interest. Includes information on Hoover Dam, and chart of mileages from Las Vegas. Scale [ca. 1:63,360]. 1 inch to 1 mile
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Goldfield and Tonopah, Nevada: photographic prints
Date
1900 to 1902
Description
From the Nevada Mining Photograph Collection (PH-00361).
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