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Photograph of Shoshone women, Tonopah (Nev.), early 1900s
Date
1900 to 1920
Archival Collection
Description
Transcribed from the picture, "Shoshone - 5. Shoshone woman and daughter of Tonopah displaying willow water bottles. Inter-Tribal Council of Nevada. Courtesy of Nevada Historical Society."
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Photograph of an Indian handgame, Owyhee, (Nev.), early 1900s
Date
1900 to 1920
Archival Collection
Description
Transcribed from photograph, "Indian bone game, July 4, Owyhee, Nevada. Shoshone - 9. Indian handgames at the 4th of July encampment at Owyhee, Nevada. The handgames are common to all Nevada tribes and are played at social events. Inter-tribal Council of Nevada. Courtesy of Agnes Tybo."
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Photograph of a Kahni (Paiute winter home), early 1900s
Date
1900 to 1920
Archival Collection
Description
Transcribed from photograph, "Southern Paiute - 7. The Kahni or winter home of the Southern Paiute was constructed of branches placed over a frame as shown. Inter-Tribal Council of Nevada. Courtesy of University of Nevada - Las Vegas Library Collection."
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Photograph of a woman carrying a baby in a cradleboard, early 1900s
Date
1900 to 1920
Archival Collection
Description
Transcribed from photograph, "Washo - 9. The cradleboard of the Washo people was made from willows and the baby was kept secure with strips of buckskin. Inter-Tribal Council of Nevada. Courtesy of Nevada Historical Society."
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Photograph of festival dancers and spectators, (Mex.), 1900-1920
Date
1900 to 1920
Archival Collection
Description
Mexican festival dancers and spectators walking through the hilly streets. Description on the back, "Dancing up hill in front of our house, over forty of them. The picture is lacking without the color and strange throb of their music."
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Photograph of ruined fence, Crucero (Calif.), 1900-1920
Date
1900 to 1920
Archival Collection
Description
A broken fence is partially buried under the sands of the desert. Telephone wires and trees line the background of the image. Inscription reads: "Ruined T&T sand-retaining fence at north side of Crucero, Calif."
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Victoria Siegfried at around 8 years of age, Seattle, Washington: photographic print
Date
1917 (year approximate)
Description
From the Nan Doughty Photograph Collection (PH-00240)
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Photograph of a view looking east from Bonnie Claire Mill, Bonnie Claire (Nev.), early 1900s
Date
1900 to 1925
Archival Collection
Description
Caption: Looking due east from Bonnie Claire Mill. Montana Station under x taken from mill
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"Black History: Lost Stolen or Strayed -- Twenty Years Later": article draft by Roosevelt Fitzgerald
Date
1988 (year approximate)
Archival Collection
Description
From the Roosevelt Fitzgerald Professional Papers (MS-01082) -- Drafts for the Las Vegas Sentinel Voice file. On Black reality not significantly improved 20 years later.
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