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Photograph of Tom Wilson with a water basket, early 1900s

Date

1900 to 1920

Description

Transcribed from photograph, "Shoshone - 10. Tom Wilson, a Death Valley Shoshone man, holding a 100 year old water basket. Also pictured are a sample of the beautiful baskets made by Death Valley Shoshone women. Inter-Tribal Council of Nevada. Courtesy of National Park Service, Bill Lethbridge."

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Photograph of a Paiute summer shade fort, Las Vegas, (Nev.), 1907

Date

1907

Description

Transcribed from photograph, "Southern Paiute - 6. The summer shade was used by the Southern Paiutes for shelter from the sun. This photo was taken in 1907 near Las Vegas. Inter-Tribal Council of Nevada. Courtesy of University of Nevada - Las Vegas Library Collection."

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Photograph of a Kahni (Paiute winter home), early 1900s

Date

1900 to 1920

Description

Transcribed from photograph, "Southern Paiute - 7. The Kahni or winter home of the Southern Paiute was constructed of branches placed over a frame as shown. Inter-Tribal Council of Nevada. Courtesy of University of Nevada - Las Vegas Library Collection."

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Photograph of Indian rugs and blankets, Pahrump Valley or Ash Meadows, Nevada, circa 1880s-1890s

Date

1880 to 1899

Archival Collection

Description

A line of rugs and blankets in front of an Indian karnee with a shade shelter. A wagon is visible behind a small bush. The location is either Ash Meadows, Nevada or Pahrump, Nevada.

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Photograph of an Indian woman making a basket, possibly Pahrump, Nevada, circa 1900s-1910s

Date

1900 to 1919

Archival Collection

Description

Indian woman is making a basket, with a crying child in a cradleboard next to her. The shelter behind them is possibly a karnee dwelling. There is a metal pie plate on ground next to the woman. The photograph was possibly taken at Manse Ranch or Hidden Ranch Camp in Pahrump Valley, Nevada.

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Photograph of an Indian woman with a burden basket on her back harvesting a crop, possibly in Pahrump, Nevada, circa 1900s-1910s

Date

1900 to 1919

Archival Collection

Description

An unidentified Indian woman with large burden basket on her back harvesting a crop. A Post-it note states "probably grape picking at Manse Ranch." Manse Ranch is located in Pahrump, Nevada.

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Photograph of a group of people seated on a hillside, possibly Pahrump, Nevada, circa 1880s-1910s

Date

1880 to 1919

Archival Collection

Description

Seven people (six women, one man) seated drinking from tin cups. A large basket with nuts is visible in the foreground. The Anglo woman (second from left) is possibly Della Fisk.

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Photograph of a group of Paiute/Shoshone with a dog, Pahrump Valley, Nevada, circa 1880s-1910s

Date

1880 to 1919

Archival Collection

Description

Two Paiute/Shoshone women, a man, and a dog inside a brush fence, in Pahrump Valley, Nevada.

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Photograph of excavations in process at the Lost City near St. Thomas, Nevada, circa 1925

Date

1925 (year approximate)

Description

Transcribed Notes: Transcribed from handwritten inscription by D. Hancock on back of postcard: "This shows some of the excavators at work at the Buried City or 'Lost City' as it is sometimes called. This is near St. Thomas if you wish to look up its approximate location on the map. It was here I went last Spring on one of my trips."

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Dora Lee Brown Papers

Identifier

MS-00045

Abstract

The Dora Lee Brown Papers (1904-1950) contain correspondence, notes, certificates of awards, report cards, birth announcements, wedding announcements, a sample ballot from 1936, and copies of photographs. The Brown family were American Indians who lived in Pahrump and Las Vegas, Nevada.

Archival Collection