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Some of the Fairbanks and Lisle family at Green Water, California: photographic print
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Archival Collection
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From the Nye County, Nevada Photograph Collection (PH-00221) -- Series VII. Other areas in Nye County -- Subseries VII.F. Lowe Family. Second from left is Celesta Lisle, daughter of R.J. "Dad" Fairbanks. Next to her are her brother Vern, two small unidentfied children, and her mother, Celestia Fairbanks, wife of R.J. "Dad" Fairbanks and grandmother of Celesta Lisle Lowe. The man on the far left is unidentified.
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Los Angeles & Salt Lake Railroad Company lavatory and locker room at Caliente, Nevada: architectural drawing
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Archival Collection
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From Union Pacific Railroad Collection (MS-00397). The scales are noted in the drawing. The bottom of the drawing says "Floor Plan". The corner of the drawing says, "Union Pacific System L.A. & S.L.R.R. Lavatory & Locker Room. Plans Elevations & Details. Caliente Nevada".
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View of Gold Reed: photographic print
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Archival Collection
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From the Nye County, Nevada Photograph Collection (PH-00221) -- Series VII. Other areas in Nye County -- Subseries VII.H. Reed Family (Kawich Mountains, Nevada). Gold Reed, Kawich Mountains, Nye County, Nevada, probably about 1905. It was with a mine in Gold Reed that O.K. Reed made the money to purchase the ranch at Hawes Canyon. The ore at the mine was so rich that a person could stand off 50 or 60 feet and see the gold in the original outcropping; some of the ore sold for $1,000 a ton. Reed was partners in the mine with Jack May and a Mr.Wardle, Tonopah resident Austin Wardle’s father. Jack May and Reed were married to sisters, Mabel and Maude Hanley.
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Diesel pump located across the highway from Carver's Station: photographic print
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Archival Collection
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From the Nye County, Nevada Photograph Collection (PH-00221) -- Series V. Smoky Valley, Nevada and Round Mountain, Nevada -- Subseries V.A. Carver, Carver-Duhme, and Carver-Book Families (Smoky Valley). Looking west from Carver’s Station toward Broad Canyon.
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Jean Carver Duhme's first new car, a 1955 Mercury: photographic print
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Archival Collection
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From the Nye County, Nevada Photograph Collection (PH-00221) -- Series V. Smoky Valley, Nevada and Round Mountain, Nevada -- Subseries V.A. Carver, Carver-Duhme, and Carver-Book Families (Smoky Valley). She purchased the car from Red Douglas at Red Douglas’s Ford Dealership in Tonopah.
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Jean Carver Duhme working at the grill at Carver's Station: photographic print
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Archival Collection
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From the Nye County, Nevada Photograph Collection (PH-00221) -- Series V. Smoky Valley, Nevada and Round Mountain, Nevada -- Subseries V.A. Carver, Carver-Duhme, and Carver-Book Families (Smoky Valley). Items from the Carver’s menu are listed on a sign on the wall in the upper right-hand corner.
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Sawing wood using the rear wheel of a truck to power the saw: photographic print
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Archival Collection
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From the Nye County, Nevada Photograph Collection (PH-00221) -- Series V. Smoky Valley, Nevada and Round Mountain, Nevada -- Subseries V.C. Lofthouse-Berg Families (Round Mountain). Sawing wood using the rear wheel of a truck to power the saw, Round Mountain area. Man unidentified, date unknown, but possibly circa 1920s.
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Survey camp, Tonopah Tidewater Railroad in Railroad Valley: photographic print
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Archival Collection
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From the Nye County, Nevada Photograph Collection (PH-00221) -- Series VII. Other areas in Nye County -- Subseries VII.E. Hawkins Family (Duckwater, Nevada). An inscription on the back of this photo reads: "Survey camp taken in 1909" Tonopah Tidewater Railroad in Railroad Valley, Nye County. Grandfather Roberts with the hat in his hand on top of the pyramid was Grandma Roberts' husband. Grandma was an Irwin." Martha Roberts Hawkins indicates that this inscription is wrong, that The Tonopah Tidewater Railroad never came to Railroad Valley and the railroad's construction was completed prior to 1909. The man pictured on top waving a hat is Frank Roberts, born in 1886. Photo is believed to be a survey crew for the Tonopah and Tidewater Railroad.
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Petroglyphs in Currant Creek: photographic print
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Archival Collection
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From the Nye County, Nevada Photograph Collection (PH-00221) -- Series VII. Other areas in Nye County -- Subseries VII.E. Hawkins Family (Duckwater, Nevada). A beautiful example of Indian Petroglyphs located in the Currant Creek area of Nye County, Nevada. Local Indians are said to be able to decipher the markings and older Indians residing at Duckwater are said to place high value on the site.
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Native American writings near Moore's Station: photographic print
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Archival Collection
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From the Nye County, Nevada Photograph Collection (PH-00221) -- Series VII. Other areas in Nye County -- Subseries VII.E. Hawkins Family (Duckwater, Nevada). Photo taken by Martha Hawkins in 1986 of Indian writings near Moore’s Station, Nevada.
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