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Photograph of people outside of the First State Bank of Las Vegas (Nev.), 1905
Date
1905
Archival Collection
Description
Three buildings visible in McWilliams' Townsite. The center building is occupied by the First State Bank of Las Vegas and Kuhn's Mercantile. The building on the right is the U.S. Post Office. The building on the left is unidentified.
Site Name: First State Bank (Las Vegas, Nev.)
Site Name: First State Bank (Las Vegas, Nev.)
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Photograph of Clark County Courthouse, Las Vegas, Nevada, circa 1920s-1930s
Date
1920 to 1939
Archival Collection
Description
The exterior of the second Clark County Courthouse, a Beaux Arts style building designed by Nevada-born architect Frederic DeLongchamps, built in 1914.
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Photograph of schoolchildren and teachers, Clover Valley School, Lincoln County, Nevada, circa 1907-1909
Date
1907
Archival Collection
Description
A group of Clover Valley, Nevada schoolchildren and teachers. Front row: Ivan Empey, Clair Terry, Horald Woods, Fred Woods, Grant Woods, Marion Terry. Second row: Albert Woods, Erma Woods, Elsie Empey, Inez Empey. Third Row: Lamar Empey, Ada Woods, Ione Terry, Mary Jensen (teacher), Orilla Woods, Lyman Woods. Seated: Lyman Lafayette Woods ("Grandpa Woods"), who was the maternal grandfather of Elbert Edwards. Albert, Ada, Orilla, Erma,Lyman and Horald Woods and Elsie and Ivan Empey were cousins of Maribah Woods Edwards (mother of Elbert Edwards). Ione and Marion Terry were Elbert Edwards' cousins.
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Photograph of schoolchildren and teachers, Paradise School, Las Vegas, Nevada, circa 1924
Date
1924 (year approximate)
Archival Collection
Description
Schoolchildren and teachers at Paradise School, Las Vegas, Nevada. The teacher was Lillian Gentry Barnum (cousin of Mary Reid Edwards, who was the wife of Elbert Edwards). The class includes an African American girl and several Chinese American children.
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Photograph of Charlotte Terry, Roxa Terry and Lafeyette ("Lafey") Woods, April 1895
Date
1895-04
Archival Collection
Description
Portrait of Elbert Edwards' maternal aunts, Charlotte Malinda Woods Terry and Roxa Jane Woods Terry and maternal uncle, Joseph Lafeyette Woods. Handwritten by Elbert Edwards on back of photograph: "Mama gave this to me March 26, 1937. It is Aunt Wolinda [sic] Woods Terry, Aunt Roxa Woods Terry, Uncle Lafey [Lafeyette] Woods. My mother was Maribah Woods. Her other brothers were Carlos, Lyman, James, Lamond, Jasper, Albert and Lafayette."
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Photograph of George and Maribah Edwards, December 8, 1891
Date
1891-12-08
Archival Collection
Description
Ellbert Edwards's parents George Edwards and Maribah Woods Edwards. Probably a wedding portrait.
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Photograph of Lyman Lafayette Woods, circa 1860s to 1870s
Date
1860 to 1879
Archival Collection
Description
Portrait of Lyman Lafayette Woods, Elbert Edwards' maternal grandfather.
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Photograph of Maribah Edwards, circa 1920s to 1930s
Date
1920 to 1939
Archival Collection
Description
Portrait of Maribah Minerva Woods Edwards, mother of Elbert Edwards.
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Photograph of a hand-built steam engine, 1973
Date
1973
Archival Collection
Description
A steam engine, once used in a sawmill, sits outdoors, surrounded by overgrowth. The engine was built by George Lee Edwards (father of Elbert Edwards) and Lyman Lafayette Woods (George Edwards's father in law) in the 1890s. It was moved to Panaca, Nevada in July 1992.
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Photograph of cattle grazing in Clover Valley, Nevada, August 1966
Date
1966-08
Archival Collection
Description
Long shot of cattle grazing in Clover Valley, Nevada.
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