#nv150

[cityofreno]

"Happy Birthday, #Nevada. 150 looks good on you. I'm half way there." - Mayor Cashell

[todaysdocument]

Nevada in 3D!

In celebration of #NevadaDay, and to highlight the 6th category of  digitalnz-dpla's GIF IT UP Challenge--stereoscopic images--here are a few stereographs featuring Nevada, all from the series of photographs from the King Survey (many taken by photographer Timothy O'Sullivan).  

(Of course if you're from Nevada, these could work for Category 4--GIFs of Home--as well!)

You can find more potential GIF source material in the National Archives’ Online Catalog (OPA) →

Looking for more stereographs?  They are not always identified as such, but you can find many in the series of photos from geological survey expeditions, such as the King Survey, Powell Survey, and Hayden Survey, and also in the series of Mathew Brady Civil War photographs.

To show only still photos, filter with Refine By: Type of Archival Materials: Photographs and other Graphic Materials 

Since the challenge is for public domain items only, be sure to check the “Use Restrictions" field in the Item Details.  Most, but not all of National Archives holdings are in the public domain.

Share your GIF with us and maybe we can use it for a future todaysdocument post!

More GIF IT UP ideas:  

Ideas for Category 1: AnimalGIFs

Ideas for Category 2: Planes, Trains & Autogyros (Transportation GIFs)

Ideas for Category 3: Get Back to NatureGIFs

Ideas for Category 4: There's no GIF like Home

[todaysdocument]

It's Nevada Day!

Telegram from Nevada Territory Governor Nye to President Abraham Lincoln , 10/30/1864

General Records of the Department of State, National Archives Identifier: 2642326

Nevada became the 36th state 150 years ago on October 31, 1864 after the entire 175 page State Constitution was hastily and expensively telegraphed to Washington, DC, in order for the state to be eligible to participate in the 1864 presidential election (and ensure Abraham Lincoln's re-election).

Constitution by wire

In the midst of the Civil War, President Abraham Lincoln eagerly sought the statehood of the pro-Unionist and largely Republican Nevada Territory. Certified copies of the Nevada Constitution, sent earlier by overland mail and by sea, had failed to arrive in Washington, DC, by October 24, 1864, so Governor Nye of the Nevada Territory ordered that it be sent by wire. This message, transmitted in Morse code, contains the entire text of the Nevada State Constitution. With no direct link from Carson City to Washington, DC, telegrapher James H. Guild worked seven hours to transmit the message to Salt Lake City, where it was resent to Chicago, then Philadelphia, and finally to the War Department’s telegraph office in Washington, DC, where this 175-page transcription was made. The final page shows the total word count (16,543) and cost ($4303.27—or $59,229 in today’s dollars) of the transmission. 

via DocsTeach

[cityofreno]

We were so proud to sing 'Home Means #Nevada' with our fellow Nevadans today.

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Ward 2 Councilwoman Sharon Zadra thinks home means #Nevada because of our unmatched University of Nevada, Reno and community spirit. Why do you think home means Nevada?

[cityofreno]

Hospitality, landscape and our thriving business community. Councilwoman Hillary Schieve shares why home means #Nevada

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Where a girl raised on a farm along the Truckee River can make it to the halls of city government, Councilwoman Neoma Jardon shares why home means #Nevada to her. Why does home mean Nevada to you?