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Photograph of miners in Tonopah (Nev.), circa 1938
Date
1937 to 1939
Archival Collection
Description
A group of miners in Tonopah, Nevada. From left to right, the men are identified as: 1) unidentified; 2) Ed Slavin; 3) Blair Meldrum; 4) Frank LeFevre; 5) David Dunsdon; 6) Kendall; 7) Mitch Vuich; 8) Nick Banovich; and 9) unidentified. The seated man is also unidentified.
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Photograph of C. N. Cross' mining claim, Las Vegas (Nev.), January 26, 1929
Date
1929-01-26
Archival Collection
Description
C. N. Cross' mining claim of Solitary Mine in Clark County Nevada on January 26, 1929. Notes with photo read, "Claim on butte that now is an island in the lake. Wint has the claim papers. Called Solitary Mine - Clark County, Nev, 24th Jan., 1929. Wint, Emory's son, Ayers daughter, and others would ride burros up to this location and cook hot dogs and then return by moonlight."
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Postcard of mining boom on Main Street, Goldfield (Nev.), 1904
Date
1904
Archival Collection
Description
Stagecoaches and miners hustle down MainStreet in booming Goldfield, Nevada in front of the Hotel Esmeralda. Type at the bottom says: "When Goldfield was envy of mining world." Inscription on the back reads: "Goldfield, Nev., about 1904, looking north on Main St., with Columbia Mt. looming in the background. Peak boom population was 30,000, with fabulous gold strikes yielding $120,000,000." Print from Edwin Scofield Giles' collection
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Photograph album 4, Ferron-Bracken Collection, circa 1905-1935
Date
1905 to 1935
Archival Collection
Description
Photographs of early Las Vegas.
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Photograph album 1, Ferron-Bracken Collection, circa 1905-1935
Date
1905 to 1935
Archival Collection
Description
Photograph album of Walter Bracken and early Las Vegas.
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Photograph album 3, Ferron-Bracken Collection, circa 1905-1935
Date
1905 to 1935
Archival Collection
Description
Photographs of early Las Vegas and the Bracken and Ferron family.
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Photograph album 2, Ferron-Bracken Collection, circa 1905-1935
Date
1905 to 1935
Archival Collection
Description
Photograph album of early Las Vegas.
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Photograph of men at mine shaft, (Nev), 1930-1940
Date
1930 to 1940
Archival Collection
Description
Unidentified men stand at the entrance to the Old Turner (mine) Shaft.
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Photograph album 4, Charles P. Squires Collection, circa 1910-1920s
Date
1910 to 1929
Archival Collection
Description
Photograph album of Charles P. "Pop" and Delphine Squires, founding residents of Las Vegas. For more information about the Squires manuscripts and photographs held in UNLV Special Collections, please see: http://www.library.unlv.edu/speccol/special_collections_40th_anniversary/squires_papers_exhibit.html
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Photograph album 1, Charles P. Squires Collection, circa 1910-1920s
Date
1910 to 1929
Archival Collection
Description
Photograph album of Charles P. "Pop" and Delphine Squires, founding residents of Las Vegas. For more information about the Squires manuscripts and photographs held in UNLV Special Collections, please see: http://www.library.unlv.edu/speccol/special_collections_40th_anniversary/squires_papers_exhibit.html
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