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Photograph of a mule team hauling borax from Death Valley (Calif.), 1883-1889

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Date

1883 to 1889

Description

Mules transporting borax through the deserts of Death Valley, California to Las Vegas, Nevada. A label at the bottom of the photo: "20 mule teams that hauled thousands of tons of borax from the bowels of Death Valley were also used during the infant years of Las Vegas to transport freight."

Digital ID

pho022221

Physical Identifier

0103_0004
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Citation

pho022221. Wayne Cronister Photograph Collection. PH-00103. Special Collections and Archives, University Libraries, University of Nevada, Las Vegas. Las Vegas, Nevada. http://n2t.net/ark:/62930/d17941040.

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Digital Provenance

Digitized materials: physical originals can be viewed in Special Collections and Archives reading room

Extent

6031 x 5504 pixels
10.05 x 9.17 inches
99,614,720 bytes

Language

English

Publisher

University of Nevada, Las Vegas. Libraries

Format

image/tiff