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Aerial view of Las Vegas, including the Union Pacific Railroad depot, approximately 1925-1930
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File
Archival Collection
Fred and Maurine Wilson Photograph Collection
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Collection Number: PH-00014
Collection Name: Fred and Maurine Wilson Photograph Collection
Box/Folder: Folder 05 (Restrictions apply)
Collection Name: Fred and Maurine Wilson Photograph Collection
Box/Folder: Folder 05 (Restrictions apply)
Archival Component
Postcard: Union Pacific Railroad train during Hoover Dam construction, approximately 1925-1935
Level of Description
File
Archival Collection
Fred and Maurine Wilson Photograph Collection
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Collection Number: PH-00014
Collection Name: Fred and Maurine Wilson Photograph Collection
Box/Folder: Folder 10 (Restrictions apply)
Collection Name: Fred and Maurine Wilson Photograph Collection
Box/Folder: Folder 10 (Restrictions apply)
Archival Component
Three men at the Quartette Mill in Searchlight, Nevada: photographic print and negative, approximately 1915 to 1925
Level of Description
Item
Archival Collection
James Cashman Sr. Photograph Collection
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Collection Number: PH-00013
Collection Name: James Cashman Sr. Photograph Collection
Box/Folder: Folder 07, Box SH-015
Collection Name: James Cashman Sr. Photograph Collection
Box/Folder: Folder 07, Box SH-015
Archival Component
Postcard of a wild jackalope, circa mid to late 1900s
Date
1950 to 1999
Archival Collection
Description
The view of a jackalope, a cross between a jackrabbit and an antelope, in the wild. The back of the postcard reads: "Wild Jackalope: Also often called the Antelabbit, this, the most amazing of all desert animals, is reputed to be a cross between a Jack Rabbit and an Antelope. Rumor has it that the Jackalope sings at night in a voice that sounds almost human." Individual Creator credit goes to Bob Petley.
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Photograph of children, circa late 1800s to early 1900s
Date
1880 to 1910
Archival Collection
Description
Description given with photograph: "Marjorie Rockwell's Birthday party." Some of the people in the photograph are identified as Rollene, Mosback, Marjorie Rockwell, Suzanne Dale, Norman Ullon, Bill Stinsm, George Von Tobel, Rondy [?], Make McNamse [?], Leon Rockwell, Eugenia Nausm, and lorraine Henry.
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Photograph of Captain Jim, a Washoe Spokesman, early 1900s
Date
1892
Archival Collection
Description
Transcribed from photograph, "Washo - 5. Captain Jim, A Washo spokesman. In 1892, he traveled to Washington, D.C. to plead with the U.S. Government to stop destroying the pine nut trees and the hunting and fishing rights of his people. Inter-Tribal Council of Nevada. Courtesy of Nevada Historical Society."
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Photograph of groundbreaking ceremony, late 1800s or early 1900s
Date
1890 to 1910
Archival Collection
Description
Groundbreaking ceremony including (left to right): 1) Al Coradetti, City Commissioner; 2) Rodney Colton, County Commissioner; 3) unidentified; 4) Ira Earl, County Commissioner; and 5) Frank Gusewelle, County Commissioner.
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Panorama of the southern site of Pueblo Grande de Nevada: photographic negative, approximately 1923 to 1925
Level of Description
File
Archival Collection
Nevada Division of State Parks Photograph Collection
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Collection Number: PH-00105
Collection Name: Nevada Division of State Parks Photograph Collection
Box/Folder: Box SH-021
Collection Name: Nevada Division of State Parks Photograph Collection
Box/Folder: Box SH-021
Archival Component
Photograph of George S. Nixon, Goldfield (Nev.), late 1800s to early 1900s
Archival Collection
Description
George S. Nixon (1860-1912)
Caption: Geo. Nixon Senator Goldfield Mining Man
Caption: Geo. Nixon Senator Goldfield Mining Man
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Photograph of gold bars stacked on table, Goldfield (Nev.), early 1900s
Archival Collection
Description
[Goldfield Consolidated Mining Co.]
Caption: Two weeks run, G. Con. Mill Value $534,500.00
Caption: Two weeks run, G. Con. Mill Value $534,500.00
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