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George Mortimer Photograph Album of Searchlight, Nevada (PH-00429)

Abstract

The George Mortimer Photograph Album of Searchlight, Nevada dates between approximately 1900 and 1910, and contains black-and-white photographic prints illustrating various scenes and individuals in Searchlight, Nevada. Some images are captioned with initials or brief names.

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Date

1900 to 1910

Extent

0.20 Cubic Feet (1 box)
0.77 Linear Feet

Related People/Corporations

Scope and Contents Note

The George Mortimer Photograph Album of Searchlight, Nevada dates between approximately 1900 and 1910, and contains black-and-white photographic prints illustrating various scenes and individuals in Searchlight, Nevada. Some images are captioned with initials or brief names.

Access Note

Collection is open for research.

Publication Rights

Materials in this collection may be protected by copyrights and other rights. See Reproductions and Use on the UNLV Special Collections and Archives website for more information about reproductions and permissions to publish.

Arrangement

Material remains in original order.

Biographical / Historical Note

George Daniel Ellsworth Mortimer was born in Clifton, Ohio in 1876 and attended school in Ohio and Pennsylvania. In 1904 he married Charlotte W. Thompson of New Jersey. Mortimer worked as a mining engineer in California, Arizona, Nevada, and Canada before taking the position of president and CEO with Bolivian Mines Company, Inc. in La Paz, Bolivia in 1914. He died in La Paz in 1920.

Preferred Citation

George Mortimer Photograph Album of Searchlight, Nevada, approximately 1900-1910. PH-00429. Special Collections and Archives, University Libraries, University of Nevada, Las Vegas. Las Vegas, Nevada.

Acquisition Note

Material were received by UNLV Special Collections and Archives; accession number 2020-071.

Processing Note

In 2020, as part of an archival backlog elimination project, Melise Leech rehoused the materials, wrote the finding aid, and entered the data into ArchivesSpace.

Resource Type

Collection

Collection Type

EAD ID

US::NVLN::PH00429

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