Photograph of a man walking through Death Valley's sand dunes.

'Johnson's California, with Utah, Nevada, Colorado, New Mexico, and Arizona, published by Johnson and Ward.' 'Entered according to Act of Congress in the Year 1864 by A.J. Johnson in the Clerks Office of the District Court of the United States for the southern district of New York.' Atlas page numbers in upper margin: 66-67. This is probably plate 67 from Johnson's New Illustrated Family Atlas, published in New York by Johnson & Ward in 1864. Shows natural features, locations of Indian tribes, proposed railroad routes, routes of explorers, trails, county boundaries and populated places ; "." ; Relief shown by hachures ; Prime meridians: Greenwich and Washington ; In top margin: 66-67 ; Hand colored ; On verso: Historical and statistical view of Mexico and central America (p. 79) and Historical and statistical view of the United States, 1860 (p. 78) Scale [ca. 1:3,484,800]. 1 in. to ca. 55 miles (W 124°--W 102°/N 42°--N 32°)

Jake Beckley, partner with Ed Von Tobel, Sr., is shown next to supply wagon on its way to one of the mining camps of the Rhyolite or Beatty Districts. Physical object has an insert containg additional biographical information.

Cadastral map. "Las Vegas Plat Book 1, page 42 --Lower left hand corner. "Survey completed March 27th, 1920, J. T. McWilliams, O. E." "Inset plat showing fractional areas adjacent to section corner sections = 12-13 Tp16S.R.67E, 7-18 Tp16S.R68E." Signed by the surveyor on March 28, 1920, and notarized. Includes an inset plat showing fractional area adjacent to section corner, sections 12-13 Tp. 16 S. R. 76 E., 7-18 Tp. 16 S. R. 6 8 E. Includes table of areas of tracts and table of reference ties to scribe marked objects. Recorded in Book 1, page 42 in the County Recorder of Deed's office. Includes township and range grid. Original publisher: Clark County, State of Nevada : D.H. Livingston, 1920, Scale: 600, blue, 82 x 68 cm.

'Mapped, edited and published by the Geological Survey in cooperation with the Atomic Enegry Commission. Control by USGS, USC&GS, USCE, and Atomic Energy Commission. Topography from aerial photographs by photogrammetric methods. Aerial photographs taken 1959. Field check 1961.' Scale 1:24,000 polyconic projection (W 116°07'30"--W 116°00'00"/N 36°52'30"--N 36°45'00"). Series: 7.5 minute series (topographic). Relief shown by contours and spot heights. Contour interval 20 feet. Includes quadrangle location map. Interior--Geological Survey
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