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Pickhandle Gulch (Nev.), image 005: photographic print

Date
1880 (year approximate) to 1915 (year approximate)
Description
Mt. Diablo cul-de-sac in Pickhandle Gulch; Taken from approx. the top of Mt. Diablo dump. The mine on the far ridge is unidentified. Inscription with image reads: " n.d. L-R foreground: 1-lodging house; 2-stables; 3-mine office; 4-office, Supt.'s house (Shockley)"

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Harmon Family Photograph Collection

Identifier
PH-00182
Abstract

The Harmon Family Photograph Collection contains black-and-white and color photographic prints, negatives, postcards, and slides of the Harmon family in Las Vegas and Boulder City, Nevada between approximately 1900 and 1983. Las Vegas photographs depict the Harmon family in their home, at a ranch, and at Las Vegas High School. Boulder City photographs include a wedding and a view of Black Canyon, Nevada. Lastly, the collection also includes photographs of the Harmon family with various people, including the Wengert family and Howard Cannon, at receptions, ceremonies, and posing in front of Las Vegas buildings.

Archival Collection

Map of part of Las Vegas Valley, Nevada, showing the approximate piezometric surface in 1912

Date
1965
Description
'Base by U.S. Geological Survey, 1952.' 'Interior--Geological Survey, Washington, D.C.--1965--W63358.' 'Compiled from data published by Carpenter (1915), Kearney (1913), and McWilliams (1913).' Relief shown by contours. Includes township and range lines. Scale 1:62,500 (W 115°15´--W 115°00´/N 36°15´--N 36°00´). Series: Water-supply paper (Washington, D.C.)
1780. Originally published as plate 7 of Available water supply of the Las Vegas ground-water basin, Nevada, by Glenn T. Malmberg, published by the Geological Survey in 1965 as its Water-supply paper 1780.

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UNLV University Libraries Collection on Nevada Mining

Identifier
MS-00011
Abstract

The Nevada Mining Collection is comprised of records that document mining and mines in Nevada from 1842 to 1966. The majority of the collection includes records of various mines and mining companies located in the Esmeralda, Lincoln, Clark, White Pine, and Nye counties, dating from 1900 to 1928. The collection includes financial, administrative, and business related records; photographs of miners, mining camps, and towns; correspondence; maps; newspaper clippings, pamphlets, newsletters, and booklets.

Archival Collection

Photograph of Sammy Davis Jr. performing in the Copa Room, Sands Hotel, Las Vegas, circa late 1950s, early 1960s

Date
1955 to 1965
Description
An image of Sammy Davis, Jr. performing onstage for an audience in the Copa Room showroom at the Sands Hotel.

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