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| Title | Virginia Street and the Reno Arch |
| Image ID | UNRS-P1992-03-879 |
| Image Date | Ca. 1934 |
| Searchable date | 1929; 1930; 1931; 1932; 1933; 1934; 1935; 1936; 1937; 1938; 1939 |
| Summary/Description | Caption on image: At night. View of Virginia Street and the Reno Arch at night; postcard. Originally erected on Virginia Street in 1926 to promote the Transcontinental Highways Exposition of 1927, the arch originally included the words "Nevada's Transcontinental Highways Exposition" and the dates of the exposition. After the exposition, the Reno City Council decided to keep the arch as a permanent downtown gateway, and Mayor E.E. Roberts asked the citizens of Reno to suggest a slogan for the arch. No acceptable slogan was received until a $100 prize was offered, and G.A. Burns of Sacramento was declared the winner on March 14, 1929 with 'Reno, The Biggest Little City in the World'. |
| Subject | Reno Arch (Reno, Nev.)
Business districts -- Nevada -- Reno
Casinos -- Nevada -- Reno
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| Location | Reno (Nev.)
Washoe County
Nevada
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| Electronic Publisher | Special Collections Department, University of Nevada, Reno Library |
| Ordering and Permissions Information | Not to be reproduced without permission. For permissions information, please see http://knowledgecenter.unr.edu/materials/specoll/photos.aspx#order
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| Date Digital | 2003 |
| Format Use | image/jpeg |
| Digitization Specifications | These images exist as archived TIFF images and one or more JPEG versions for general use. They were scanned at 400 dpi, 24-bit from the original. |
| File Name | UNRS-P1992-03-879.tif |
| Resource Type | Image |
| Contributing Institution | University of Nevada, Reno |
