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Slide of guests at Barrick Museum, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, January 10, 1982

Date
1982-01-10
Description
L-R: Two unidentied guests, economist and author John Kenneth Galbraith, Marjorie Barrick, author and commentator William F. Buckley, Jr. and UNLV Regent Lilly Fong attending an event at the Marjorie Barrick Museum.

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"A typical prospector's outfit, Tonopah, Nevada": postcard

Date
1900 (year approximate) to 1915 (year approximate)
Description
Tinted postcard titled "A typical prospector's outfit, Tonopah, Nevada."

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Plat of H.F.M & M addition to city of Las Vegas, Clark County, Nevada, comprising the west 1/2 of N.W. 1/4 Sec. 27, Twp. 20 S., R. 61 E., M.D.B & M, March 8, 1924

Date
1924-03-08
Description
Blue-line print ; 74 x 36 cm on sheet 79 x 61 cm. Survey was competed on March 8, 1924. Signed by the owners of the piece of property for the addition Roy W. Martin, Forest R. Mildren, William E. Ferron, and A. W. Ham, signed by the surveyor J.T. McWilliams, and notarized on March 31, 1924. Approved by the Board of City Commissioners and signed by the major W. C. German and by Florence S. Doherty, city clerk, on April 1, 1924. Recorded in Book 1 of plats, page 47. Includes township and range grid.

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Emma and William N. Schuyler (left) and Jack and Caroline Heaton in Denver, Colorado. Caroline is Emma’s sister (Caroline Schaefle) and was prominent in the Las Vegas real estate market in 1930s and 1940s: photographic print, approximately 1900

Level of Description
Item
Archival Collection
Schuyler Family Photograph Collection
To request this item in person:
Collection Number: PH-00038
Collection Name: Schuyler Family Photograph Collection
Box/Folder: Digital File 00

Archival Component

Hydrogeologic map of Nevada Test Site and vicinity, southern Nevada, 1965

Date
1965
Description
At top of map: ' United States Department of the Interior, Geological Survey. Professional paper 712-C, plate 1. Prepared on behald of the U.S. Atomic Energy Commission.' At bottom of map: 'Base from U.S. Geological Survey, Caliente, Death Valley, Goldfield and Las Vegas, 1954. 100,00-foot grid based on Nevada coordinate system, central zone.' 'Hydrogeology by I. J. Winograd, 1965; geology by William Thordarson.' Relief shown by contours and spot heights. Shows township and range lines. Includes diagram of downward and upward cross-flow of water. Includes bibliographical references and index. Contour interval 200 feet. Scale 1:250,000 (W 117°--W 115°/N 38°--N 36°). Series: Professional paper (Geological Survey (U.S.), 712-C. Issued as plate 1 from Hydrogeologic and hydrochemical framework, south-central Great Basin, Nevada-California with special reference to the Nevada Test Site. Prepared on behalf of the U.S. Atomic Energy Commission by Isaac J. Winograd and William Thordarson. Published 1975 by U.S. Govt. Print. Off. in Washington.

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Stagecoach in Nevada, image 001: photographic print

Date
1900 (year uncertain) to 1939 (year uncertain)
Description
Unidentified individuals on a stagecoach ride through Nevada.

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Map of part of Las Vegas Valley, Nevada, showing the approximate altitude of the water table in the near-surface reservoir in February 1956

Date
1965
Description
Genre/Form: Thematic maps. Scale 1:62,500 (W 115°15´--W 115°00´/N 36°15´--N 36°00´). 1 map ; 45 x 36 cm. Series: Water-supply paper (Washington, D.C.) ; 1780. Relief shown by contours. Originally published as plate 8 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. Includes township and range lines. Interior, Geological Survey

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Photograph of Nevada governors, Nevada, 1973

Date
1973
Description
Nevada Governors from left to right: Charles Russell (seated), Mike O'Callaghan, Paul Laxalt and Grant Sawyer. Note provided on back of photo: "'I received appointments from each to Retirement Board -- and from Laxalt, O' Callaghan and List (not shown) to the State Historical Society Board of Trustees.' -- Elbert Edwards."

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Union Pacific Railroad: contains architectural and structural drawings of passenger and freight stations in Ontario, California and San Bernardino, California. Includes station yard layout plans, Ontario street maps (1939), and San Berdino tract maps (1928), 1925 December 31-1943 August 14

Level of Description
File
Archival Collection
Union Pacific Railroad Collection
To request this item in person:
Collection Number: MS-00397
Collection Name: Union Pacific Railroad Collection
Box/Folder: Flat File 192

Archival Component

Hotel Nevada Guest Register

Identifier
MS-00634
Abstract

The Hotel Nevada Guest Register (1910-1911) consists of one register from the Hotel Nevada, which opened on the southeast corner of Main Street and Fremont Street in Las Vegas, Nevada in 1906. This particular volume lists guest names and their home citieslocated on the corner of Fremont and Main Streets.

Archival Collection