Library, Reno, Nevada, 1913

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Library, Nevada Southern University, Las Vegas, Nevada

[LIB2212] Even before it had a campus, UNLV had a library. The first library was located in a section of the auditorium in Las Vegas High School in 1955 and had no official staff. The collection consisted of 1,800 volumes which had been donated from the University of Nevada, Reno, and from faculty and their friends. [Read more at UNLV Website}

1906 Public Library, Nevada, Iowa

[LIB0378] The first Nevada library was started in 1876, and was housed in the supervisor’s room at the courthouse, where 300 to 400 books were filed. In 1884, the library with its growing inventory was moved to rooms adjacent to City Hall. In 1893, talk began of increasing the facilities of the City Public Library and to provide a reading room. Thus was born the Nevada Public Library and Reading Room Association. In July 1894, it was voted to install electric lights in the library, and by July 1896, increased interest in the reading room was reported, showing that 2,500 people had taken advantage of the reading room privilege during the year. Talk began of the need for library expansion. [Website]
Pictures from the Past The City of Nevada, Iowa, and Surrounding "Suburbs"

Noble Getchell Library, University of Nevada, Reno

[LIB0362] - Named in honor of pioneer Nevada mining engineer, Noble H. Getchell, this modern structure serves the University of Nevada. [from the back of the card]

Library, Bowers Mansion, Nevada

The Bowers Mansion was built in 1863 by Lemuel "Sandy" Bowers and his wife, Eilley, and is the finest example of the homes built in Nevada by the new millionaires of the Comstock mining boom. [SOURCE] [LIB2411]