The extensive collections at the Library of Congress contain historic artifacts and cultural materials from across the U.S. The list below is just a sample of the many Nevada resources available for free on the Library's Web site.
The tools at the end of the page can help teachers use these in the classroom. Teachers can find even more primary sources, along with the tools to help use them in the classroom, at www.loc.gov/teachers. They can also search the Library's American Memory or Prints and Photographs collections.

Virginia City, Nevada Territory, 1861 / drawn from nature by Grafton T. Brown ; C.C. Kuchel, lith.
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![Camp 100 - Humbolt [sic] River, 1859](images/camp.jpg)
Camp 100 - Humbolt [sic] River., 1859
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The basket maker / by C.D. Nichols, Reno Nev, c1904
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General view of the Mohawk Mine, Goldfield, Nevada, c1906
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96 Ranch Rodeo and Barbecue (1951) |
![[Letter from Woody Guthrie, ca. Fall 1940]](images/letter.jpg)
[Letter from Woody Guthrie, ca. Fall 1940] |
![Nevada State Capitol, Plaza at Carson Street, Carson City, Carson City County, NV [after 1933]](images/capitol.jpg)
Nevada State Capitol, Plaza at Carson Street, Carson City, Carson City County, NV [after 1933]
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First annual Nevada state industrial exposition and auto show at Reno Nevada June 2nd to 9th, 1923 |

The Goliah, at Wadsworth, Big Bend of Truckee River |

See Boulder Dam |

Phillips, Cyrus E. Diaries, 1852-1883 |
![Gov[ernor] Emmett D. Boyle of Nevada signing resolution for ratification of Nineteenth Amendment to Constitution of U.S. - Mrs. Sadie D. Hurst who presented the resolution, Speaker of the Assembly D.J. Fitzgerald and group of Suffrage Women, Feb. 7, 1920, Carson City, Nevada](images/boyle.jpg)
Gov[ernor] Emmett D. Boyle of Nevada signing resolution for ratification of Nineteenth Amendment to Constitution of U.S. - Mrs. Sadie D. Hurst who presented the resolution, Speaker of the Assembly D.J. Fitzgerald and group of Suffrage Women, Feb. 7, 1920, Carson City, Nevada |
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