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Photograph of gold bullion bars, Goldfield (Nev.), 1900-1920
Date
1900 to 1920
Archival Collection
Description
Nineteen gold bullion bars are stacked atop one another for a photo. Inscription below reads: "Nineteen gold bullion bars having a value of more than $450,000 and taken from one of the Goldfield mines in its boom days are enough to excite anyone. These were the genuine article. Even to Goldfielders they created a sensation. It is every prospector's dream."
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Photograph of Emery Homestead, Cottonwood Island (Nev.), 1900-1920
Date
1900 to 1920
Archival Collection
Description
Emery Homestead, located at Cottonwood Island. This photograph came with the description: "Emery Homestead. At Cottonwood Island Pop Emery raised bees and alfalfa while running the Arivada Ferry. These products were taken to Chloride, Arizona for sale. The farm was located at the upper end of Cottonwood Island on the Arizona side and was abandoned in 1920 when the ferry was moved to Tristate, a few miles above Bullshead Rock. Emery Collection."
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Photograph of people in swimming hole at Ladd's Resort, Las Vegas (Nev.), early 1900s
Date
Unknown year in the century of the 1900s
Archival Collection
Description
Unidentified people play in the swimming hole of Ladd's Resort in Las Vegas, NV. A rope is tied along the water between two trees that swimmers are holding on to. [Taken in the early 1900s]
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Postcard of a truck and trailer hauling equiptment, circa early to mid 1900s
Date
1910 to 1950
Archival Collection
Description
A truck and trailer hauling equipment, likely in Las Vegas or Searchlight, Nevada.
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Photographic scrapbook: "Graven in Stone: petroglyphs of the Colorado River" by Frank D. Rathbun, approximately 1925 to 1940
Level of Description
File
Archival Collection
Frank D. Rathbun Archaeology Papers
To request this item in person:
Collection Number: MS-00209
Collection Name: Frank D. Rathbun Archaeology Papers
Box/Folder: Digital File 00 (Restrictions apply), Oversized Box 02 (Restrictions apply)
Collection Name: Frank D. Rathbun Archaeology Papers
Box/Folder: Digital File 00 (Restrictions apply), Oversized Box 02 (Restrictions apply)
Archival Component
Photograph of a group of women, Las Vegas, circa early to mid 1900s
Date
1900 to 1959
Archival Collection
Description
A group of women, including Mrs. Mereness and Mrs. Brockman, at Alta Mereness Ham's home, located at 2nd & Carson, in Las Vegas, Nevada.
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Paris 1900s/Old Fashioned Opening/Mademoiselle de Paris
Level of Description
File
Archival Collection
Jerry Jackson Papers
To request this item in person:
Collection Number: MS-00573
Collection Name: Jerry Jackson Papers
Box/Folder: N/A
Collection Name: Jerry Jackson Papers
Box/Folder: N/A
Archival Component
Photograph of Clark County High School play, early to mid 1900s
Date
1900 to 1959
Archival Collection
Description
Unidentified students in the Clark County High School play in Las Vegas, Nevada. (dup. Lake Eglington #27)
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Photograph of Buster Wilson, Las Vegas, circa mid 1900s
Date
1960 to 1972
Archival Collection
Description
Black and white image of Buster Wilson.
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Photograph of an unidentified man, circa late 1800s-early 1900s
Date
1880 to 1919
Archival Collection
Description
Portrait of an unidentified man.
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