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Joe W. Brown's one million dollar horseshoe located in Las Vegas, Nevada: postcard

Date
1900 (year approximate) to 1999 (year approximate)
Description
From the UNLV Libraries Single Item Accession Photograph Collection (PH-00171). Was on display at Joe W. Brown's Horseshoe Club in downtown Las Vegas.

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Essays on the Nevada MX Missile Project

Identifier
MS-00040
Abstract

Essays on the Nevada MX Missile Project collection is dated to 1980 and is comprised of essays by various authors predicting the damage the MX Missile Project, a plan for a new intercontinental ballistic missile system, could do to Nevada. The majority of the essays were published in the book MX in Nevada: A humanistic perspective. The additional essay is an annotated draft by James W. Hulse.

Archival Collection

Album 4: the Wilson and Park families camping, possibly near Mt. Charleston, Nevada: photographic prints

Date
1900 (year approximate) to 1939 (year approximate)
Description
From the Maurine and Fred Wilson and Dr. William S. Park Photograph Albums (PH-00222) -- Album 4

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Maps of flood-prone areas in Las Vegas, Nevada, 1973

Date
1973
Description
'Prepared by the U.S. Department of the Interior, Geological Survey, in cooperation with the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Federal Insurance Administration. 1973.' Sheet 1: Las Vegas NE, Nev.; Sheet 2: Las Vegas SE, Nev.; Sheet 3:Las Vegas SW, Nev.; Sheet 4: Las Vegas NW, Nev. Published by Geological Survey (U.S.). Scale 1:24,000. [1 in. to approx. 2,000 ft.]. Relief shown by contours. Flood information overprinted on U.S. Geological Survey 7.5 minute topographic quadrangles: [sheet 1] Las Vegas NE quadrangle, [sheet 2] Las Vegas SE quadrangle, [sheet 3] Las Vegas SW quadrangle, [sheet 4] Las Vegas NW quadrangle, 1967. Shows areas subject to flooding by a flood that has 1 in 100 chance on the average of occurring in any one year. "Flood boundaries were estimated from: regional stage-frequency relations." Includes notes.

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Cattle belonging to the United Cattle and Packing Company, Nevada: photographic print

Date
1920 to 1929
Description

From the Nye County, Nevada Photograph Collection (PH-00221) -- Series VII. Other areas in Nye County -- Subseries VII.H. Reed Family (Kawich Mountains, Nevada). One year, the company had one herd with 4,000 head in it.

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University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV) 38th commencement program

Date
2001-12-01
Description

Commencement program from University of Nevada, Las Vegas Commencement Programs and Graduation Lists (UA-00115).

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University of Nevada, Las Vegas Lists of Authorized Positions

Identifier
UA-00130
Abstract

The University of Nevada, Las Vegas Lists of Authorized Positions (1964-1996) include lists of professional and faculty positions at UNLV, including name, salary, tenure status, and the position's corresponding division and department.

Archival Collection

Slide of University of Nevada, Las Vegas, circa 1976

Date
1976
Description
The aerial view of the University of Nevada, Las Vegas campus, looking northwest.

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Caesar's Palace in Las Vegas, Nevada: postcard

Date
1940 (year approximate) to 1990 (year approximate)
Description
From the Harvey's Hotel and Casino Postcard Collection (PH-00367) -- Artistic rendition of Caesar's Palace Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada. The postcard reads, "I, Caesar, present my palace of pleasure..."

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Southern Nevada Water Authority General Manager Pat Mulroy poses September 8, 2011 at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas: digital photographs

Date
2011-09-08
Description
Photographs from the University of Nevada, Las Vegas Creative Services Records (2010s) (PH-00388-05). Client: Marketing and Public Relations

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