Front of the postcard depicts the city buildings of Searchlight, Nevada. The date the postcard was received is stamped in the middle of the image, reading "GOODSPRINGS SEP 14 P.M. 1907." Written at the bottom of the card is "Hobson Street, Searchlight, Nevada." On the right side of the postcard, "Searchlight Hotel" is written in cursive over the image of a building. The back of the postcard shows the date it was sent, stamped "SEARCHLIGHT SEP 13 2 PM 1907 NEV." Transcribed in cursive under "Correspondence Here" reads "How do this compare with your town This dont show (illegible) (illegible) will put a cross about the location Trusting you are all well Mother." Under the area reading "Name and Address Here" is written "Mr A J Robbins Goodsprings Nevada." In the right corner, there is a green postage stamp of Benjamin Franklin that reads "United States of America 1706 Franklin 1790 Postage One Cent" Street Address: Hobson Street
Handwritten on front of photograph: "Desert between Las Vegas and Goodsprings. Joshua tree in back." Description given with photograph: "Floyd, Earl, and mother, 1917"
Alice Woodward was born in Texas and graduated from University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) in 1930. she married Herbert Spencer Woodward in 1932 in Los Angeles, California. Herbert worked as a miner and the couple relocated to Nevada in 1935. She worked as a teacher in Sandy Valley from 1935 to 1940 and then in Goodsprings from 1945 to 1950. She lived in Goodsprings until her death in July 1972.
The visual materials series (1927-1991) contains photographs and transparencies of places such as Las Vegas, Nevada; the Hoover Dam; Sedona, Arizona; Oberlin, Ohio; and other states Robert Woodruff traveled to during cross-country road trips. The material documents city scenes, community events, landscapes and animal life, national and state parks, and Woodruff's family. Cities and places around Nevada include Goodsprings, Tonopah, Rhyolite, Boulder City, Mount Charleston, Valley of Fire, and Death Valley. Events pictured include Henderson's Industrial Days, Helldorado, and the construction of the Hoover Dam. Materials are comprised of formats including 4x5 photographic prints; 35 mm, 120 mm, and 4x5 negative and positive transparencies; and 35 mm and 120 mm projection slides. The series also contains audio reels, a cassette tape, two early cameras, and a slide viewer.
Archival Collection
Robert Woodruff Papers
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Collection Number: MS-00455 Collection Name: Robert Woodruff Papers Box/Folder: N/A