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Audio clip from interview with Susan Molasky, March 11, 2014

Date
2014-03-11
Description

Part of an interview with Susan Molasky on March 11, 2014. In this clip, Molasky talks about a fundraiser held for Nathan Adelson Hospice at MGM, in which community members participated in a show, replacing the regular performers.

Sound

Oakes Las Vegas Studio Photographs

Identifier
PH-00462
Abstract

The Oakes Las Vegas Studio Photographs (approximately 1930-1939) consist of a sample book of photographic postcards by Oakes Vegas Studio. The images depict the construction of Hoover Dam and creation of Lake Mead; early Las Vegas, Nevada building and street scenes; landscape photographs of national parks including Zion, Bryce Canyon, and Death Valley; scenes of the Nevada desert and mountains surrounding Las Vegas; and the Lost City in Moapa Valley, Nevada. This album was kept at the Overland Hotel on Fremont Street as a display of postcards available for purchase.

Archival Collection

Photograph of destruction after fire, Goldfield (Nev.), July 6, 1923

Date
1923-07-06
Description
Aftermath of the Goldfield Fire of July 6, 1923. The fire destroyed approximately 25 blocks of Goldfield's Main Street after starting early that morning, and two lives were lost. Remnants of buildings and exposed brick lots are visible, while some buildings stand in the background. Arrow-shaped sign near the debris reads "Garage." Included with the photograph is the description "Times-Bonanza, Tonopah."

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Monte Rore after a snowstorm: photographic print

Date
1948 to 1949
Description

From the Nye County, Nevada Photograph Collection (PH-00221) -- Series VII. Other areas in Nye County -- Subseries VII.C. Fallini Family (Twin Springs, Nevada). Rore is an employee of the Bureau of Land Management at Battle Mountain. The Fallinis lost over 600 heads of cattle that year. Rore is operating a radio set up in Helen Fallini’s living room.

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