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Charles P. Squires Photograph Collection

Identifier

PH-00002

Abstract

The Squires Family Photographs document the Squires Family and the development of the Las Vegas Valley in Nevada from approximately 1860 to 1980, with a bulk of the photographs depicting people and events from 1900 to 1950. The photographs depict the Euro-American settlement and growth of Las Vegas, Nevada; traveling and exploration of Southern Nevada and the Southwestern United States; the Hoover (Boulder) Dam and the Colorado River; clubs and social groups; and the Squires Family, especially prominent newspaper editor and publisher Charles Pember (C. P. or “Pop”) Squires, Delphine “Mom” Anderson Squires, and their children.

Archival Collection

Photograph of people outside Gold Reef's first business (Nev.), 1908

Date

1908-10-11

Description

Gold Reef, Nevada, camp's first business, October 11, 1908. There is an inscription on the back of the image: "The camp's first business, a combination saloon, restaurant, barber shop and general store, October 11, 1908. Gold Reef was located 8 miles south of Tonopah in the Gold Mountain mining district. The camp was founded after rich gold outcrops were discovered nearby, but the deposits were small and the camp had vanished by 1910. The area came to life again during the Divide boom of 1919, but was abandoned again by 1925. E.W. Smith photo." There is a date stamp: 1984.

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W. I. Booth and A. Allen Photograph Album of Goldfield, Nevada

Identifier

PH-00355

Abstract

The W. I. Booth and A. Allen Photograph Album of Goldfield, Nevada (approx. 1900-1910) contains forty-five black-and-white photographs taken by photographers W. I. Booth and A. Allen. The images depict the Goldfield, Nevada townsite; mines, miners, camps, and equipment; horses pulling freight and carriages across the desert; and topographical features of Goldfield and outlying areas. The photographs document the mining boom in the Goldfield area during the early 20th century.

Archival Collection

Native Americans playing cards: photographic print

Date

1880 (year approximate) to 1915 (year approximate)

Description

Inscription with image reads: "Indians (tribe, place?) playing cards on blanket, n.d."

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Begole Mines Syndicate correspondence and records

Date

1906-11 to 1907-08

Description

From the Charles S. Sprague and Benjamin Gill Papers on Nevada Mining (MS-00570).

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Begole Mines Syndicate correspondence and records

Date

1907-09 to 1907-12

Description

From the Charles S. Sprague and Benjamin Gill Papers on Nevada Mining (MS-00570).

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Begole Mines Syndicate correspondence and records

Date

1908-01 to 1908-06

Description

From the Charles S. Sprague and Benjamin Gill Papers on Nevada Mining (MS-00570).

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Begole Mines Syndicate correspondence and records

Date

1908-07 to 1908-10

Description

From the Charles S. Sprague and Benjamin Gill Papers on Nevada Mining (MS-00570).

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