Handwritten description provided on back of image: "Nevada Hatch, family trad. That she was first Anglo-Saxon child born in Nevada." Included with the image is a copy of a typed letter which reads: "Miss Merle Irwin, Vista del Monte, #118 3775 Modoc Road Santa Barbara, California 93105. Jan. 10, 1978. University of Nevada, Library, Las Vegas. My dear Friends: A year ago my brother and I visited and talked to a lovely lady to whom I promised a photograph of a distant cousin in Michigan, named NEVADA HATCH, because it was said she was the first Anglo-Saxon child born in Nevada. I have now secured it from my brother, Warren Irwin, at 9457 Las Vegas Blvd., Paradise Spa #4, have had a copy made, and herewith send you the original. Sincerely, Merle Irwin." Individual Creator credit goes to H. B. Leckenby.
Handwritten description provided on back of image: "Barbara Henry, Junior League President, 1977/78, making addition (?) to Lena Silvagni Couethand End. Junior (?)." Barbara Henry, Junior, the league president, is standing to the left, while Hal Erickson, the director of Dickinson Library, is to the right.
Handwritten description provided on back of image: "Reba McKinster, Librarian LV., public library (?) in her small office 1952 in the library in the old City Hall."