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Blueprint map showing proposed new 12" well and pipe line changes at water springs, Las Vegas, Nevada, circa 1920

Date

1916 to 1925

Description

Stamped : 'Approved (Signed) A. Maguire, Assistant Chief Engineer.' In lower right corner: '6-W-74.' Some annotations written over in yellow; black dotted line added between forebay and final spring in the northwest. Scale [ca. 1:6,000] 1 in.=500 feet

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Map of California, Utah, Nevada, Colorado, New Mexico and Arizona, circa 1867

Date

1865 to 1869

Description

39 x 56 cm. Relief shown by hachures. "Entered according to act of Congress in the year 1864, by A.J. Johnson in the Clerks Office of the United States for the Southern District of New York." Atlas page numbers in upper margin: 67-68. Primer meridians: Greenwich and Washington, D.C. On verso: History and statistical view of the West India islands or Columbian Archipelago and Historical and statistical view of Mexico and Central America. Shows proposed railroads, locations of Indian tribes, natural features, counties, mines, mail routes, trails and routes of exploring expeditions. Has decorative border. Southern part of Nevada was added to the state in 1867 and is part of Nevada on this map, but Lincoln County was established in 1867 and is not on this map. This map was still probably published in 1867 in spite of someone's having written "1864" in pencil in the lower right corner of the Library's copy. Original publisher: A.J. Johnson.

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Album 6: scenes in Southern Nevada, including the Kiel Ranch, Rhyolite, Nevada, and Thomas, Nevada: photographic prints

Date

1900 (year approximate) to 1939 (year approximate)

Description

From the Maurine and Fred Wilson and Dr. William S. Park Photograph Albums (PH-00222) -- Album 6

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Freighting in Manhattan, Nevada: postcard

Date

1900 (year approximate) to 1915 (year approximate)

Description

Freighting, Manhattan, Nevada. The Yosemite Feed Yard sign is visible in the background. There is a handwritten message on the back of the postcard.

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Stowell Whitney freighting out of Goodsprings, Nevada: photographic print

Date

1900 (year approximate)

Description

From the Relda Whitney Leavitt Photograph Collection (PH-00162) -- Stowell Edward Whitney freighting out of Goodsprings, Nevada. C. 1900.

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"Souvenir of Tonopah, Nevada" with photos from Goldfield, Tonopah, and Searchlight, Nevada: photograph album

Date

1900 to 1902

Description

From the Nevada Mining Photograph Collection (PH-00361).

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Topographic map of the Camp Mohave quadrangle in California, Nevada and Arizona, 1942

Date

1942

Description

Scale 1;250,000 ; polyconic projection (W 115°--W 114V/N 36V--N 35V) ; 1 map : col. ; 52 x 37 cm ; Relief shown by contours and spot heights. Contour interval 250 feet ; "Training map"--Center of upper margin of map ; "Base compiled from U.S. Geological Survey quadrangles. Control from U.S. Geological Survey. Revised from state highway maps for Arizona, Nevada and California" ; "Culture revisions shown in red based on reconnaissance by 67th Engr. Co. (Top.). May not be of same accuracy as base map." ; Map shows roads, trails, ponton sites, dam sites, possible air fields, possible landing fields, airports, water points, and impassable areas ; Map was originally restricted. "Classification cancelled by authority of Chief of Engineers letter of Jan. 22, 1946." ; Title at top of map: Nevada-Arizona-California : Camp Mohave quadrangle : grid zone F ; Army Map Service, U.S. Army.

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People in a Yosemite park area, "Selig moving picture outfit making 'The Rescue of Daniel Boone's Daughter'," (written on verso) Yosemite National Park, California: photographic print, approximately 1900 to 1909

Level of Description

Item

Archival Collection

Leon Rockwell Photograph Collection
To request this item in person:
Collection Number: PH-00008
Collection Name: Leon Rockwell Photograph Collection
Box/Folder: Folder 08

Archival Component

Havilah, Nevada: photographic print

Date

1900 (year approximate)

Archival Collection

Description

"Welcome" sign outside of Hawthorne, Nevada.

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Lincoln Davis, Chicago; R. J. Shoemaker, Rochester, New York; and J. R. Hubbard a mining engineer, Nevada (identified from left to right). Mohawk Ledge Mining Company, Goldfield, Nevada. Inscription reads "I worked for Davis & Shoemaker in office and later at mine after panic hit. This was last work in Goldfield. Shoemaker formerly owned and operated a correspondence school at Rochester, New York": photographic print, approximately 1900-1915

Level of Description

Item

Archival Collection

C. A. Earle Rinker Photograph Collection of Goldfield, Nevada
To request this item in person:
Collection Number: PH-00350
Collection Name: C. A. Earle Rinker Photograph Collection of Goldfield, Nevada
Box/Folder: Oversized Box SH-066 (Restrictions apply)

Archival Component