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The Bonanza Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada: postcard

Date

1940 (year approximate) to 1990 (year approximate)

Description

From the Harvey's Hotel and Casino Postcard Collection (PH-00367) -- Buck Owens is advertised on the Opera House marquee for the Bonanza Hotel and Casino. The postcard reads, "Greetings from Las Vegas"

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Caesar's Palace in Las Vegas, Nevada: postcard

Date

1940 (year approximate) to 1990 (year approximate)

Description

From the Harvey's Hotel and Casino Postcard Collection (PH-00367) -- A night time view of the fountains and statues that adorn the entrance to the Caesar's Palace Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada.

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Howard Cannon posed with United States Air Force personnel at Kingsley Field, Klamath Falls, Oregon: photographic print

Date

1950 (year approximate) to 1983 (year approximate)

Description

From the Howard Cannon Photograph Collection (PH-00192)

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Gasoline tractor operated by Dave Fairbanks to haul gold ore from a mine in Death Valley, California: photographic print

Date

1910 to 1915

Description

From the Nye County, Nevada Photograph Collection (PH-00221) -- Series VII. Other areas in Nye County -- Subseries VII.F. Lowe Family. Dave Fairbanks, man standing on the right in the white shirt, is the uncle of Celesta Lisle Lowe. 

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John Quincy "Jack" Lisle (identified in the center) at a prospector's cab: photographic print

Date

1920 (year approximate) to 1939 (year approximate)

Description

From the Nye County, Nevada Photograph Collection (PH-00221) -- Series VII. Other areas in Nye County -- Subseries VII.F. Lowe Family

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Celestia Adelaide Johnson Fairbanks and her husband Ralph Jacobus Fairbanks in Shoshone, California: photographic print

Date

1920 (year approximate)

Description

From the Nye County, Nevada Photograph Collection (PH-00221) -- Series VII. Other areas in Nye County -- Subseries VII.F. Lowe Family.

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View of Death Valley Junction, California: photographic print

Date

1924

Description

From the Nye County, Nevada Photograph Collection (PH-00221) -- Series VII. Other areas in Nye County -- Subseries VII.F. Lowe Family. Shortly after the hotel was constructed, the Pacific Coast Borax Company constructed a swimming pool and planted a number of trees in the square. The building at the left end of the square is the company store. An infirmary was established at the right end of the square. Uppermost track going off to the left toward the middle of the photo is the narrow gauge to Ryan. Funeral Mountains are in the background.

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Joan Toles Turner playing on a boardwalk beside the home of her grandparents: photographic print

Date

1939

Description

From the Nye County, Nevada Photograph Collection (PH-00221) -- Series II. Ash Meadows, Nevada -- Subseries II.C. Toles-Turner Family. Joan Toles Turner playing on a boardwalk beside the home of her grandparents, Jess and Myrtle Toles at Clay Camp, Ash Meadows, Nye County, Nevada. 

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Foundation of the Mecca Club being laid: photographic print

Date

1962

Description

From the Nye County, Nevada Photograph Collection (PH-00221) -- Series I. Amargosa Valley, Nevada -- Subseries I.A. Fishel Family (T&T Ranch). The corner of what is currently Mecca Road and Highway 373, Amargosa Valley, Nevada.The foundation of the Mecca Club is being laid. A Packard automobile is visible in the background. The woman is dressed in black blouse with her back to the camera is Billie Bettles. Bob Fishel, Billie Bettles's son by a former marriage is visible on the far left.

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Photograph from Ferron-Bracken Collection photograph album 2, page 79

Date

1905 (year approximate) to 1935 (year approximate)

Description

Photograph of a person in a hat sitting on a rock in a creek. Boulders and desert plants surround the creek. A small tree and mountains are visible in the background.

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