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Photograph of Fleming Ballew Hubbard and others, Canon City, Colorado, circa early 1900s
Date
1900 to 1939
Archival Collection
Description
Fleming Ballew Hubbard and other members of the J. C. Penney Group in Canon City, Colorado. F. B. Hubbard can be seen standing in the center of the second row.
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Photograph of Mt. Charleston cabins, Mt. Charleston, Nevada, circa 1930s.
Date
1930 to 1939
Archival Collection
Description
Men walk in the middle of a dirt road, cabins on either side, with a snowcapped Mount Charleston shows in the distance.
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Postcard of Hoover Dam, circa 1935
Date
1935 to 1936
Archival Collection
Description
Photographic postcard showing the newly completed Hoover Dam and intake towers. Description given on bottom of photograph: "Boulder Dam upstream face and intake towers. Note newly constructed Highway which connects Kingman, Arizona with Boulder City, Nevada."
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Slide of protesters at a demonstration near the Nevada Test Site, March 25, 1990
Date
1990-03-25
Archival Collection
Description
Color image of Christina and Frank D. Buismato during a Franciscan weekend of peaceful demonstrations against nuclear testing.
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Photograph of Home Economics class, Panaca, Nevada, circa 1927
Date
1927
Archival Collection
Description
Black and white photo of girls of Home Economics class of 1927 in Panaca. Girls are wearing uniforms which they made. When boys came to town to play basketball, the Home Economics Class cooked and served dinner. They were graded on their work. Dated the boys later.
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Photograph of the ghost town in Rhyolite, Nevada, December 25, 1951
Date
1951-12-25
Archival Collection
Description
The ghost town of Rhyolite, Nevada with a handwritten inscription on back by Dortis Hancock: "Doris, Mabel, and Frank ate our Christmas picnic dinner in the car in front of the "bank" - the tall building in ruins - Dec. 25, 1951. We had a grand time. This card was purched in the bottle - house from an old resident who claimed to have arrived there in 1886 and declared he wouldn't want to live any place else".
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Postcard of Valley of Fire, Nevada, circa 1930s
Date
1930 to 1939
Archival Collection
Description
Color image of Valley of Fire. Written on the back of the postcard: "The Valley of Fire is a spectacular formation of red sandstone, so named because of atmospheric conditions, which bring out the brilliance of colors, resembling flames. It is also of interest for its Indian hieroglyphics and petrified forest."
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Postcard of Arrowhead Trails, Nevada, circa 1930s
Date
1930 to 1939
Archival Collection
Description
Color image of Arrowhead Trails in Nevada. Written on back of postcard: "The great Southwestern deserts are strange and colorful regions, nothing like them elsewhere on the face of the globe, places of rare beauty--that overwhelm, fascinate and intrigue--and bring health and contentment beyond reckoning. The postcard is titled "The Desert from Arrowhead Trail, Nevada."
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Postcard of an old prospector in the desert, Southern Nevada, circa 1930s
Date
1930 to 1939
Archival Collection
Description
Color image of "An Old Prospector on the desert, Southern Nevada," as written on the front of the postcard. Printed on the back of the postcard: "The old prospector and his burros are inseparably linked with the West's early history. These little fellows carry him over precipitous trails, where other transportation fails; he thrives and multiplies where other 'critters' starve, and whoever hears his musical bray echoing in the morning, appreciates the aptness of his sobriquet. 'Desert Nightingale.'"
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Photograph of Fred Holmes Wilson with his high school football team in Florence, Colorado, 1915
Date
1915
Archival Collection
Description
Fred Wilson's high school football team in Florence, Colorado. Top row L-R: Hart, Phillips, Simon, Cutting, Janes, Blunt, Pierce. Middle row: Lockard, Nix, Stout, Wilson. Bottom row: Howells, Durfer, McGuire, Gibson, McClelland, Roath, Smith.
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