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Postcard of donkeys and a prospector, circa early 1900s
Date
1920 to 1950
Description
An artistic rendering of two loaded burros and a prospector with the caption "Where the Real West Begins; The Land of Golden Sunsets."
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Photograph of people picnicking, circa early 1900s
Date
1920 to 1949
Description
People picnicking in the desert. Handwritten inscription given with photograph: "Aunt Alma, Earl, Mother, Floyd, Bessie, [Alley?] Lawson."
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Photographic prints, negatives, and slides, approximately 1900 to 1940
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File
Archival Collection
Virginia Logan Photograph Collection
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Collection Number: PH-00019
Collection Name: Virginia Logan Photograph Collection
Box/Folder: Folder 01, Folder 02, Folder 03, Folder 04, Folder 05, Folder 06, Folder 07, Folder 08, Folder 09, Folder 10, Folder 11, Box SH-017, Binder PB-001 (Restrictions apply)
Collection Name: Virginia Logan Photograph Collection
Box/Folder: Folder 01, Folder 02, Folder 03, Folder 04, Folder 05, Folder 06, Folder 07, Folder 08, Folder 09, Folder 10, Folder 11, Box SH-017, Binder PB-001 (Restrictions apply)
Archival Component
"Extreme Beam" searchlight at Stardust for New Years countdown: video, 1999 December 31
Level of Description
File
Scope and Contents
News segment with TV anchor Pete Ferryman on the "Extreme Beam" at the Stardust Hotel/Casino. Heralded as the largest searchlight in the world for the New Years Countdown 2000 in Las Vegas; and for a marketing element for the Wayne Newton Show at the Stardust. Original media VHS, color, aspect ratio 4 x 3, frame size 720 x 486.
Archival Collection
Stardust Resort and Casino Records
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Collection Number: MS-00515
Collection Name: Stardust Resort and Casino Records
Box/Folder: Digital File 00, Box 013
Collection Name: Stardust Resort and Casino Records
Box/Folder: Digital File 00, Box 013
Archival Component
Willie LeRoy McGonagill with his wife Lois, and his daughters Naomi Olney, age three years old (left) and Irma Blanche, one year old, approximately 1891
Level of Description
File
Archival Collection
Irma McGonagill Photograph Collection
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Collection Number: PH-00246
Collection Name: Irma McGonagill Photograph Collection
Box/Folder: Folder 01
Collection Name: Irma McGonagill Photograph Collection
Box/Folder: Folder 01
Archival Component
Postcard of Jessie Johnson Manor, Millers (Nev.), early 1900s
Date
1900 to 1925
Description
A full-length portrait of Jessie Johnson Manor, Ruth Roark's grandmother, in Millers, Nevada. Handwritten description provided with image: "Eva this is not a good picture but the features are better. The wind was blowing so hard when it was taken. - postcard, Jesse Johnson Manor (Ruth Roark's grandmother), at Millers. NV. I.D. R. Roard 06/29/77."
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Regional Transportation Commission of Southern Nevada: "Regional Transportation Plan Fiscal Years 2004-2025," "Transportation Improvement Program Fiscal Years 2004-2006", 2003 August 14
Level of Description
File
Archival Collection
Bruce Turner Collection on Transportation and Water in Southern Nevada
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Collection Number: MS-00648
Collection Name: Bruce Turner Collection on Transportation and Water in Southern Nevada
Box/Folder: Box 08
Collection Name: Bruce Turner Collection on Transportation and Water in Southern Nevada
Box/Folder: Box 08
Archival Component
Photograph of early Las Vegas, early 1900s
Date
1906 to 1929
Description
A view of downtown Las Vegas, looking towards 2nd Street and Fremont Street. A depot built circa 1906 can be seen in the distance. Street Address: 2nd Street and Fremont Street
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Photograph of surveyors, Manvel (Calif.), early 1900s
Date
1905 to 1910
Description
Surveyors on the railroad in the Manvel (now Barnwell), California area. L-R: Charles Whittemore, Judge Davis, and the person on far right is unidentified. They were surveying in preparation for the building of the San Pedro, Los Angeles, and Salt Lake Railroad, circa 1905
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Photograph of people in the desert, circa early 1900s
Date
1920 to 1949
Description
A group photograph in the desert. Handwritten identification inscribed on back of photograph: "[Rawhine?] Mosbach; Charlotte Mosbach; Margie; Leon, Jr.; Gil Mosbach; Roy Mosbach; Mother Rockwell; Mother Banfield; Bessie."
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