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Photograph of J.T. McWilliams in the back yard of his home in Las Vegas, September 30, 1934
Date
Archival Collection
Description
Transcribed from photo sleeve: "Mr. J.T. McWilliams with a friendship garden in the backyard of his home in westside Las Vegas (222 Wilson Ave.)"
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Photograph of Elbert Edwards and unidentified man standing in a dry canal bed, Moapa Valley, circa 1948
Date
Archival Collection
Description
Elbert Edwards and another man standing in the remains of an irrigation canal of the 1860's built by the members of the Muddy-Cotton Mission. The Muddy river can be seen in the distance.
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Photograph of remains of early canals of the 1860s built by members of the Muddy-Cotton Mission, circa 1948
Date
Archival Collection
Description
Elbert Edwards and another man standing in a dry irrigation canal in the Moapa Valley.
Transcribed Notes: Handwritten inscription on back
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Photograph of an irrigation pipe and the Muddy River, Moapa Valley, Nevada, 1948
Date
Archival Collection
Description
A drainage pipe from an irrigation project hanging out over the edge of the banks of the Muddy River.
Transcribed Notes: Transcribed from photo sleeve: "Remains of an irrigation project in Moapa Valley. (1948)"
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Photograph of an artesian well on the T & T Ranch, Nevada, 1953
Date
Archival Collection
Description
Artesian well used for irrigation on the T & T Ranch.
Transcribed Notes: Transcribed from photo sleeve: "Water flowing from a well on Gordon and Billie Bettles' farm, T& T Ranch, Amargosa Valley, NV, ca. 1953. The Bettles' home is visible in the background on the right. As of 1990, the house was occupied by Betty-Jo Boyd and her husband. The well and irrigation system were installed ca. 1920 by the T & T's original owners, executives of the Pacific Coast Borax Company."
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Photograph of an artesian well on the T & T Ranch, Nevada, 1949
Date
Archival Collection
Description
Artesian Well used for irrigation on the T & T Ranch.
Transcribed Notes: Transcribed from photo sleeve: "Home of Gordon and Billie Bettles, T & T Ranch, Amargosa Valley, Nevada, ca. 1949. This picture shows what the Bettles' homesite looked like prior to the growth of the many trees and shrubs the Bettles planted. The flagpole was set in place shortly after the house was moved onto the property."
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Photograph of farmland on the T & T Ranch, Nevada, circa 1953
Date
Archival Collection
Description
Men irrigating new alfalfa on the T & T Ranch in the Amargosa Valley.
Transcribed Notes: Transcribed from photo sleeve: "Irrigating land newly planted in alfalfa, T & T Ranch, Amargosa Valley, Nevada, about 1952 or 1954. Gordon Bettles is pictured with the shovel. The child pictured in the foreground is a niece of Bob Fishel and Betty Lou Kemp, daughter of M.P. Gless' Glessner. Note the profile of the sleeping old man silhouetted along the crest of the Funeral Mountains."
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Photograph of irrigated farmland on the T & T Ranch, Nevada, circa 1953
Date
Archival Collection
Description
Irrigating new alfalfa on the T & T Ranch in the Amargosa Valley.
Transcribed Notes: Transcribed from photo sleeve: "Irrigated land newly planted in alfalfa. T & T Ranch, Amargosa Valley, Nevada, Ca. 1954."
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Photograph of backhoe digging a trench for a water line, Amargosa Valley, Nevada, 1980
Date
Archival Collection
Description
A backhoe digging a trench for the installation of an irrigation water line.
Transcribed Notes: Transcribed from photo sleeve: "Digging a ditch for installation of a 10'' water line to supply a sprinkler system in the Amargosa Valley, Nye County, Nevada, 1980."
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Photograph of water flowing from a pump, Hank Record Ranch, Nevada, 1979
Date
Archival Collection
Description
Water flowing from a pump in the Amargosa Valley.
Transcribed Notes: Transcribed from photo sleeve: "Water flowing from a pump located on the property of Hank Records, Amargosa Valley, Nye County, Nevada, about 1979. the view is toward the west."
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