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Paseo Verde Drive, Henderson, Nevada: digital photograph

Date
2018-02-03
Description
Green Valley Ranch boasts a walkable, park and trail filled neighborhood feel even as Paseo Verde Parkway seen here at Desert Shadow Trail is a major thoroughfare serving its neighborhoods in Henderson, Nevada.

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Slide of the MGM Grand, Reno, Nevada, circa 1980s

Date
1980 to 1989
Description
Night view of the MGM Grand in Reno, Nevada. Officially opened in May of 1978, the MGM Grand has been changed and remodeled into multiple other casinos, including the Bally's Reno, then the Reno Hilton, and finally the 2011 Grand Sierra Resort and Casino (GSR). Site Name: MGM Grand (Reno. Nev.)

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Lenten Desert Experience, Police protestors on Good Friday, Nevada Test Site, Nevada: photographic slide

Date
1982-04-09
Description

From the Sister Klaryta Antoszewska Photograph Collection (PH-00352).

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Postcard of scenes in central Nevada, circa 1927-1930s

Date
1927 to 1939
Description
A picture postcard with photographs with the captions "Badger hole;" "Electric Gold Mines, Weepah, Nevada;" "Crowd looking at rich strike;" "Town of Weepah, Nevada where rich gold strike was made;" "Frank Horton, Geo. Wingfield;" "The rich strike;" "Traynor and Horton, boys who found the gold." Leonard Traynor and Frank Horton, Jr., found gold ore in Weepah, Nevada in early spring 1927; George Wingfield was a prominent banker and miner in Nevada in the early decades of the twentieth century. The "badger hole" was where Traynor and Horton reportedly made their first gold strike.

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Slide of a wooden cross near the Nevada Test Site, May 8, 1984

Date
1984-05-08
Description
Colors image of a wooden cross placed in the ground by the Lenten Desert Experience (also called the Nevada Desert Experience), a group demonstrating against nuclear testing. Police cars are also visible.

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Photograph of the Valley of Fire, Nevada, circa 1920s-1930s

Date
1920 to 1939
Description
The Stocker family car parked in the Valley of Fire located fifty miles northeast of Las Vegas, Nevada.

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Slide of Club Rio and Greg's Club, Ely, Nevada, 1986

Date
1986
Description
A color image of the exterior and neon signs for Club Rio and Greg's Club, located in Ely, Nevada.

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Slide of Hawthorne Casino, Hawthorne, Nevada, 1986

Date
1986
Description
A color image featuring the front exterior and neon sign for the Hawthorne Casino.

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Slide of downtown Reno, Nevada, circa 1913

Date
1912 to 1914
Description
A black and white image of downtown Reno at night. The illuminated neon sign bridging the two sides of the street together reads: "Reno, The Biggest Little City In The World." Signs from various cafes and clubs are also visible.

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Slide of downtown Reno, Nevada, circa 1913

Date
1912 to 1914
Description
A black and white image of downtown Reno. Multiple neon signs can be seen advertising different businesses, including: "Wall Paper;" "Sunderlands;" "Anheuser Restaurant;" and "Frederick's Millimery." Text on the phote reads: Copyrighted by [?] Reese" and "Virginia St. Reno, Nev 1913."

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