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Black-and-white photograph of two women in Stewart family ranch yard, Las Vegas (Nev.), 1908

Date

1908

Description

Photograph of two women in Stewart family ranch yard, Las Vegas (Nev.), 1908

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Louise Kirkwood interview, February 28, 1979: transcript

Date

1979-02-28

Description

On February 28th, 1979, collector Richard Probst interviewed Louise Kirkwood (born December 13th, 1925 in Kemmerer, Wyoming) at her residence in North Las Vegas, Nevada. In the interview, Mrs. Kirkwood discusses moving to Nevada and raising her family. She also discusses recreation in Nevada and her involvement in church activities.

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Keeler, Dorothy A., 1900-1976

Dorothy Keeler (1900-1976) served as the Chief Deputy County Clerk in Clark County, Nevada in the 1930s. In this position, she issued many marriage licenses to Hollywood celebrities and others who came to Las Vegas to get married. Born Dorothy Alice Vandewerkern in Otego, New York, she married Charles Keeler in Reno, Nevada in 1927. The couple relocated to Las Vegas where Charles Keeler worked for Frank Garside at the Las Vegas Review-Journal. The Keelers later moved to Washington, D.C.

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Mining equipment in Esmeralda County: photographic print

Date

1900 (year uncertain) to 1939 (year uncertain)

Description

Mining equipment stored inside a building at Revert Divide Mine in Esmeralda County, Nevada circa early 1900s.

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Letter from C. A. Earle Rinker to his family, October 25, 1906

Date

1906-10-25

Archival Collection

Description

Letter home from Earle. He arrived in Goldfield. The letter touches upon his trip, his first impressions, he speaks of women, dust, elevation, his new job at MacMaster & MacMaster, costs of living, wages, and a fight in the city, there is a particularly interesting paragraph about Goldfield being lively and the amounts of money changing hands.

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Letter from C. A. Earle Rinker to his mother, November 21, 1906

Date

1907-11-21

Archival Collection

Description

Letter to his mother. The last half of his letter discussed ordinances that passed because of the hotel fire including the use of oil stoves, which he uses in his room to keep warm. Also, there is an interesting comment on how people do not question authorities when they told them to leave town.

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Letter from C. A. Earle Rinker to his family, November 24, 1906

Date

1906-11-24

Archival Collection

Description

Letter to brothers and sisters. He explained how there are a rush of people coming into Goldfield. He addressed where they look for rooms, rent cots, sleep on saloon floors, the prices, how he could rent out his room to share but chooses not to. He also discussed the prices for coal oil, eggs, and butter in Goldfield.

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