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"Lost City" diorama exhibited at the Nevada State Museum, undated

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File

Archival Collection

Elbert Edwards Photograph Collection
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Collection Number: PH-00214
Collection Name: Elbert Edwards Photograph Collection
Box/Folder: Folder 18

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The Lost Weekend by Charles Jackson, 1946 February

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Item

Archival Collection

Beverly Rogers Collection of Armed Services Editions
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Collection Number: MS-00913
Collection Name: Beverly Rogers Collection of Armed Services Editions
Box/Folder: Box 11

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The Lost Weekend by Charles Jackson, 1944 November

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Item

Archival Collection

Beverly Rogers Collection of Armed Services Editions
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Collection Number: MS-00913
Collection Name: Beverly Rogers Collection of Armed Services Editions
Box/Folder: Box 25

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Photograph of water seeping into restored pit and dwellings of Lost City, Nevada, 1939

Date

1939

Description

Pithouse in the Lost City restorations undermined by rising Lake Mead water.

Transcribed Notes: Transcribed from photo sleeve: "(1939) Seeping water from rising Lake Mead undermines pit and dwellings."

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Lost City Restorations with rising Lake Mead in distance, 1938

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File

Archival Collection

Elbert Edwards Photograph Collection
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Collection Number: PH-00214
Collection Name: Elbert Edwards Photograph Collection
Box/Folder: Folder 06

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Photograph of a grinding slab metate at the Lost City, Clark County, before 1938

Date

1930 to 1938

Description

Grinding slab metate at the Lost City with numerous holes

Transcribed Notes: Notes on photo sleeve Los City, Nevada. Holes and stones were used to grind grains, etc. (Credit: W.A. Davis); 'Gypsum Cave, bedrock mortars near cave' - W.A. Davis

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Ruins of the lost city of Saint Thomas, Nevada: photographic print

Date

1910 (year approximate) to 1930 (year approximate)

Description

From the Chester R. Longwell Photograph Collection (PH-00311)

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Ruins in the lost city in Saint Thomas, Nevada: photographic print

Date

1910 (year approximate) to 1930 (year approximate)

Description

From the Chester R. Longwell Photograph Collection (PH-00311)

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Photograph of Bob Owens at the Lost City, Valley of Fire, circa 1933

Date

1932 to 1934

Description

Bob Owens looking at bees in Valley of Fire. (He had a ranch northwest of Las Vegas and later became sheriff.) (Credit: W.A. Davis; he says the location is 3-4 miles northwest of Las Vegas.)

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