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Joyce Ruud shows her steer, Dynamite, at the J.C. Fair in Las Vegas: photographic print

Date

1970 (year approximate)

Description

From the Nye County, Nevada Photograph Collection (PH-00221) -- Series IV. Pahrump, Nevada -- Subseries IV.B. Ruud Family. The sign on the steer says, "PAHRUMP VALLEY 4-H". It also shows the sign that represents the 4-H Youth Development Program. 

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Philander Lee sitting in a buckboard with his daughter, Dora Lee Brown: photographic print

Date

1915

Description

Philander Lee sitting in a buckboard with his daughter, Dora Lee Brown, probably around 1915. Probably photographed at Resting Spring near Tecopa, California. From the Nye County, Nevada Photograph Collection (PH-00221) -- Series IV. Pahrump, Nevada -- Subseries IV.G. Brown Family (Tecopa-Pahrump)

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Poster of a map of the northeast of the United States showing radioactive hazard zones: photographic slide

Date

1977 to 1991

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From the Sister Klaryta Antoszewska Photograph Collection (PH-00352)

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New York Times articles: photographic slide

Date

1961-06-18

Description

From the Sister Klaryta Antoszewska Photograph Collection (PH-00352). From Slides #1550 through 1557. Newspaper title text: “U.S. Warns Soviets It May Drop Curb on Atomic Tests.”.

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Nevada Test Site protest sign: photographic slide

Date

1977 to 1991

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From the Sister Klaryta Antoszewska Photograph Collection (PH-00352). Written on sign: "Sagebrush Alliance Las Vegas Nevada".

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Cattle contained inside a fence at the United Cattle and Packing Company Operations at Pine Creek or Cedar, Nevada: photographic print

Date

1920 to 1923

Description

From the Nye County, Nevada Photograph Collection (PH-00221) -- Series VII. Other areas in Nye County -- Subseries VII.H. Reed Family (Kawich Mountains, Nevada)

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Girls who lived at O.K. Reed's ranch at Hawes Canyon: photographic print

Date

1920 to 1923

Description

From the Nye County, Nevada Photograph Collection (PH-00221) -- Series VII. Other areas in Nye County -- Subseries VII.H. Reed Family (Kawich Mountains, Nevada). Left to right, Lucille Reed, Catherine May, Florence Reed, and Helen Reed. The gloves the girls are wearing were made by Indians living in the Hawes Canyon area. 

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South Gold Hill above Eden Creek in the Kawich Mountains: photographic print

Date

1920 to 1930

Description

From the Nye County, Nevada Photograph Collection (PH-00221) -- Series VI. Tonopah, Nevada -- Subseries VI.D. Terrell Family. High-grade gold ore was found just below the top of the hill and a shaft was sunk. Note the windlass hoist, cranked by hand, and the pipe going down to the shaft to draw air into the hole for ventilation.

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Postcard of dead pack animal taken near Schurz: photographic print

Date

1918 (year uncertain) to 1943 (year uncertain)

Description

From the Nye County, Nevada Photograph Collection (PH-00221) -- Series VI. Tonopah, Nevada -- Subseries VI.D. Terrell Family. An old picture postcard (circa 1940) that asks the question, “What became of the driver?” A desert tragedy near Schurz, Nevada". 

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Four generations at the Locke Ranch in Railroad Valley: photographic print

Date

1951-04

Description

From the Nye County, Nevada Photograph Collection (PH-00221) -- Series VII. Other areas in Nye County -- Subseries VII.K. Miscellaneous. Sarah Locke, Madison Locke, and Sue Locke Holloway holding Jacque Holloway Lowery. The photo was taken at the lower, or original ranch. The old rock house, built in the late 1800s or early 1900s, was the second house built on the ranch.

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