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Photograph of flooding in Carp, Nevada, 1905

Date
1905
Description

Flooding in Carp, Nevada, 1905.

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Photographs of early Las Vegas tent camps, wagons, first state bank, and other early permanent structures of Las Vegas; 1900s newspaper; Railroadmen's Ball ticket, 1905-1935

Level of Description
File
Archival Collection
Von Tobel Family Papers
To request this item in person:
Collection Number: MS-00589
Collection Name: Von Tobel Family Papers
Box/Folder: Oversized Box 07

Archival Component

Stone of Nevada's Birthplace: photographic print

Date
1880 (year approximate) to 1990 (year approximate)
Description
Nevada Centennial marker No. 12 that explains Nevada's Birthplace in Carson Valley.

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Nevada Desert Experience Records

Identifier
MS-00524
Abstract

The Nevada Desert Experience Records (1951-2009) are comprised of files from the anti-nuclear organization, the Nevada Desert Experience (NDE), as well as its predecessor, the Sagebrush Alliance, and those of earlier unincorporated protests at the Nevada Test Site (NTS). Materials include board of directors meeting minutes, financial records, scrapbooks, personnel records, event speeches, correspondence, newspaper clippings, cartoons and other artwork, newsletters, brochures, fliers, research files on nuclear issues and other anti-nuclear organizations, and congressional testimony. The records also contain audiovisual materials, photographic prints and slides, screenplays, manuscripts, and newspapers related to the NDE's media efforts.

Archival Collection

Nevada Wildlife Bulletin Collection

Identifier
MS-00729
Abstract

The Nevada Wildlife Bulletin Collection contains an incomplete run of bulletins that were published monthly in Reno, Nevada by the Nevada Fish and Game Commission from 1960 to 1965. The Nevada Wildlife Bulletin covered activities of fishing and hunting throughout the state of Nevada.

Archival Collection

Aid for AIDS of Nevada brochure

Date
1995
Description
From the Dennis McBride Collection on LGBTQ Las Vegas, Nevada (MS-00802) -- Alphabetical research files -- AIDS: Organizations: Aid for AIDS of Nevada (AFAN) file.

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Aid for AIDS of Nevada brochure

Date
2006 (year approximate) to 2009 (year approximate)
Description
From the Dennis McBride Collection on LGBTQ Las Vegas, Nevada (MS-00802) -- Alphabetical research files -- AIDS: Organizations: Aid for AIDS of Nevada (AFAN) file.

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Map of properties in the Tonopah Mining District, Nye County, Nevada, circa 1901

Date
1897 to 1905
Description
'Surveyed by S.K. Bradford, U.S. Deputy.' 'May Bradford, Draughtsman.' Includes locations of mines and their main shafts and drawings of the hoists of the Tonopah Extension, Golden Anchor and the Red Rock Consolidated. Scale [ca. 1:2,400] 1 in. to 200 feet.

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Postcard showing Searchlight, Nevada, circa 1930s

Date
1930 to 1939
Description
The view of a street passing through 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. Different shops and automobiles line the sides of the dirt road, while mountains and shrubs lie in the distance. Stores that reside on the left side of the street include The Big Store grocery and supply store, Arrowhead Garage, and a cafe. Buildings such as a garage and the Nevada Hotel stand on the opposing right side of the street. Transcribed onto the bottom of the postcard: "Searchlight, Nevada." The Frasher's Foto logo is also printed onto the bottom right corner.

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Mines at Milltown, Nevada: photographic print

Date
1905
Description
From the Frank Benham Photograph Collection on Goldfield, Nevada (PH-00288).

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