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Photograph of Francisco Rivero holding Margaret Rivero and Frankie Varel, 1930s
Date
1930 to 1939
Archival Collection
Description
On photo sleeve: "Francisco Rivero holding Margaret Merrujo and Frankie Varel (Gloria's child). "Adobes in the background. Rivero had fine gardens. Had pigs, peacocks, rabbits, ducks. Fed animals from restaurant in early days.""
Margaret Rivero was misidentified in the original description as Margaret Merrujo. This error was pointed out by a family member in 2020.
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Postcard of Francisco Rivero, 1940s
Date
1940 to 1949
Archival Collection
Description
On photo sleeve: "Francisco Rivero - tu papa ingordando parece coche."
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Photograph of Fransisco Rivero and helpers at the Hazzle Street adobe company, North Las Vegas (Nev.), 1948
Date
1948
Archival Collection
Description
Children with Francisco and helpers at the site of the adobe making company at Hazzle Street. Back row L-R: unidentified helper; Francisco Rivero; unidentified helper. Front row L-R; Gloria Varela, cousin; Francis Marujo, Celia's son; Frankis Varela, Gloria's son. On photo sleeve: "Hazzle Street site of Rivero's adobe making company (Vegas Heights, ca. 1948). Rivero's house on Hazzle and Hart Street was adobe." Street Address: Hazzle Street
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Photograph of Celia's parents, Francisco and Margarita Rivero, two aunts and a friend, 1930s
Date
1930 to 1939
Archival Collection
Description
Celia's parents, two aunts and the barber from across the street. On photo sleeve: "L-R: Francisco Rivero; Margarita Rivero; Carmen Rivero, Celia's aunt; Maria (Chui) Weber, aunt; Manuel ?, barber shop owner across from Block 16.""
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Photograph of Francisco and Margarita Rivero, Las Vegas (Nev.), 1917
Date
1917
Archival Collection
Description
Francisco and Margarita Rivero. A sign for the Village Inn Hotel is visible in the background. On photo sleeve: "Francisco and Margarita Rivero (father from Tepic, Mexico). Parents came to Las Vegas in 1917."
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Photograph of Francisco Rivero, 1920s
Date
1920 to 1929
Archival Collection
Description
Francisco Rivero standing next to an automobile. On photo sleeve: "Frank Rivero (before Celia was born in 1926).
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Photograph of Francisco Rivero with his five children, Las Vegas (Nev.), September 5, 1928
Date
1928-09-05
Archival Collection
Description
Francisco with his five children. On photo sleeve: "At site of present Mint Hotel, 1928. Front row L-R: Raymond (Ramon) Rivero; Gloria Rivero, sister; Alicia Rivero, little girl; Robert Rivero. Back row L-R: Francisco Rivero holding Celia on father's property. Las Vegas, Nev. Sep 5-28." "Mama, Raeibe esta cami un recudo de tus hijos. Pancho. huy te mendo ese P."
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Photograph of Key Pittman with Nevada politicians and southwestern railroad and mining magnates, late 1910s-early 1920s
Date
1915 to 1925
Archival Collection
Description
Front row, L-R: President Levy, Union Pacific Railroad Company; Emmet D. Boyle, governor of Nevada from 1915-1923; William Sproule of the Southern Pacific Railroad Company; U.S. Senator from Nevada Key Pittman. Second row, L-R: U.S. Senator from Nevada Charles B. Henderson; mining engineer Roy Hardy; Buckley Wells, president of the National Antimony Company (standing with left foot on lower step); Fred Shorfless. Upper row, L-R: Walter Reed; Walter C. Clark (wearing glasses), of the Bunker Hill and Sullivan Mining and Concentrating Company; John M. Fulton of the Southern Pacific Railroad Company; Walter C. Clark; Fred G. Farish, general manager of the Metals Exploration Company. Two unidentified men in the background. Photograph probably taken in Nevada.
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Photograph of John Nance Garner and Vail Pittman with others in the United States Capitol Building, Washington, D.C., 1940s
Date
1940 to 1949
Archival Collection
Description
Texas congressman and U.S. Vice President John Nance Garner (front left) and Nevada Governor Vail Pittman (front right), lead a group of unidentified men through the National Statuary Hall in the U.S. Capitol Building, Washington, D.C. Site Name: National Statuary Hall (Washington, D.C.)
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Photograph of Death Valley Scotty, Death Valley (Calif.), 1920-1935
Date
1920 to 1935
Archival Collection
Description
Inscribed on the front of the photo: "'The mystery man of the desert,' Death Valley Scotty." His real name was Walter Edward Perry Scott.
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