Search the Special Collections and Archives Portal

Search Results

Display    Results Per Page
Displaying results 2651 - 2660 of 49004

Photograph of Doris Hancock at about 31 years old, Las Vegas, circa 1924

Date
1924
Description
Doris Hancock portrait photo at about 31 years old; Handwritten note on back of photo: "Doris, about 1924".

Image

Photograph of a mountain top view of a city, location unknown, circa 1900s

Date
1900 to 1999
Description
An unidentified desert scene, probably near Las Vegas, Nevada Ca. mid 1900's

Image

Postcard of a Post Office surrounded by snow, Manhattan (Nev.), early 1900s

Date
1900 to 1910
Description
Photographic postcard of the Manhattan Post office blanketed in snow. The photo was taken in the early 1900s.

Image

Photograph of ancient salt miners, early 1900s

Date
1900 to 1920
Description
Transcribed from photograph, "Southern Paiute - 3. Southern Nevada's ancient salt miners at work in Salt Cave. Inter-Tribal Council of Nevada. Courtesy of Smithsonian Institution, National Anthropological Archives, Bureau of American Ethnology Collection." The items pictured in the photo are labeled.

Image

Photograph of Josephine Pete with baby, early 1900s

Date
1900 to 1920
Description
Transcribed from photograph, "Southern Paiute - 9. Josephine Pete, a Paiute from Cedar City, Utah, with baby in cradleboard. Inter-Tribal Council of Nevada. Courtesy of University of Nevada - Las Vegas Library Collection."

Image

Photograph of a small town, (Nev.), 1900-1920

Date
1900 to 1920
Description
Oversized image of an unidentified town nestled in a mountain valley in Nevada. Several buildings are situated next to one another and what looks like a mining structure is in the center of the valley.

Image

Photograph of a cathedral, Taxco (Mex.), 1900-1910

Date
1900 to 1910
Description
Giles' view from their upstairs windows in their residence in Taxco, Mexico. Inscription reads: " Taxco. View from up stairs- note magnificent old cathedral - am enclosing a close up of it cut from the St. Gorical also a street in Taxco- Mexico! E."

Image

Photograph of performers at a festival, (Mex.), 1900-1920

Date
1900 to 1920
Description
Mexican festival dancers in the city streets. Dancers wear head ornaments or masks. Inscription reads: "This only shows the clown who has a face of an evil spirit, also the boy child who has to be dressed as a girl to represent no sex."

Image

Joyce Straus, Clark County Creative Arts Mother of the Year: photographic print

Date
1978
Description
From the Fedora Bontempi Simpkin Photograph Collection (PH-00239). From left to right is Nevada Lieutenant Governor Bob Rose; Donna Eadie, 1978 Clark County Youngest Mother; Joyce Straus, 1978 Clark County Creative Arts Mother of the Year.

Image

Photograph of Jim Shaver, circa early to mid 1900s

Date
1925 to 1975
Description
A portrait of Jim Shaver standing in front of shrubs, probably near Las Vegas, Nevada.

Image