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Vail Pittman, Nevada governor, image 039 of 046: photographic print

Date
1896 to 1976
Description
Governor Vail Pittman and Captain J. S. Crenshaw tolling a replica Liberty Bell, concluding dedication ceremonies.

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Vail Pittman, Nevada governor, image 040 of 046: photographic print

Date
1896 to 1976
Description
Governor Vail Pittman with U.S. Postal Service employees carrying bags of mail.

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Postcard of Arrowhead Trails, Nevada, circa 1930s

Date
1930 to 1939
Description
Color image of Arrowhead Trails in Nevada. Written on back of postcard: "The great Southwestern deserts are strange and colorful regions, nothing like them elsewhere on the face of the globe, places of rare beauty--that overwhelm, fascinate and intrigue--and bring health and contentment beyond reckoning. The postcard is titled "The Desert from Arrowhead Trail, Nevada."

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Ascaya development without homes, Henderson, Nevada

Date
2017-06-13
Description
Ascaya touts its views of the Las Vegas Valley and its natural surroundings to sell its custom home lots. Carved into the McCullough Mountain range in Henderson, Nevada, Ascaya is a custom luxury home development within the City of Henderson. The project's infrastructure was built completely with materials mined on site.

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Postcard of mule teams, Belleville, Nevada, 1880s

Date
1880 to 1889
Description
Packed mules assembled after unloading cordwood to be transferred to wagons and hauled to provide fuel to operate the ore mill at Belleville, Nevada.

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University of Nevada, Las Vegas Institute for Security Studies Training Video on Terrorism

UA-00026
Abstract

University of Nevada, Las Vegas Institute for Security Studies Training Video on Terrorism includes copies of the institute's training video for resort employees called "7 Signs of Terrorism" that was produced in 2008. The collection includes English language and Spanish language versions of the video.

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Nevada Test Site, image 005: photographic print

Date
1963 (year approximate) to 1981 (year approximate)
Description
Nevada Test Site (Miscellaneous). Scene at the Nevada Test Site. Typewritten on photo sleeve: [Scene at Nevada Test Site.]

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Nevada/Arizona intake towers: photographic print

Date
1933
Description
From the Morgan Sweeney Photograph Collection (PH-00228). Nevada intake towers on the left and the Arizona intake towers on the right, 1933.

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Slide of four protesters near the Nevada Test Site, 1984

Date
1984
Description
Color image of activists who were part of the Lenten Desert Experience (also called the Nevada Desert Experience), a group demonstrating against nuclear testing.

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Letter and envelope from Mary Etta Syphus, Panaca, Lincoln Co., Nevada to John M. Bunker, Eldorado Canyon, Nevada

Date
1891-12-28
Description

From the Syphus-Bunker Papers (MS-00169). The folder contains an original handwritten letter, an envelope, a typed transcription of the same letter, and a copy of original letter attached.

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