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Automobile road map of the state of Nevada, circa 1930
Date
1930
Description
Insets of major roads in Reno, Carson City, Tonopah, Las Vegas, Winnemucca, and Ely at bottom left of map. 'Prepared by the Route and Map Service Department, Automobile Club of Southern California.' 'Copyrighted by the Automobile Club of Southern California.' Scale [ca. 1:1,013,760]. 1 in. to approx. 16 miles. Indexes on map verso.
Text
R.J. "Dad" Fairbanks at the age of 70, a month or so before moving to and establishing a community at Baker, California, 1925
Level of Description
File
Archival Collection
Nye County, Nevada Photograph Collection
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Collection Number: PH-00221
Collection Name: Nye County, Nevada Photograph Collection
Box/Folder: Folder 04
Collection Name: Nye County, Nevada Photograph Collection
Box/Folder: Folder 04
Archival Component
Photograph of feed troughs, Diamond Valley, California, circa early to mid 1900s
Date
1900 to 1959
Archival Collection
Description
Harvey Sewell and his daughter Dorothy's feeding troughs in Diamond Valley, California.
Image
Official road map of the State of Nevada, 1941
Date
1941
Archival Collection
Description
Compiled and published for free distribution by the Department of Highways, Carson City, Nevada. Board of Directors: Governor E.P. Carville, Chairman; Gray Mashburn, Member; Henry Schmidt, Member; Robert A. Allen, State Highway Engineer. Nevada Department of Highways
Image
Photograph of Mary Belle and Dr. William Park, circa early to mid 1900s
Date
1900 to 1959
Archival Collection
Description
Mary Belle and Dr. (William) Park posing together in an unknown location, possibly Las Vegas, Nevada.
Image
Photograph of man and women next to train, Panaca (Nev.), approximately 1900-1950
Date
1900 to 1950
Archival Collection
Description
Esther Free, Ed Deck, and Rachel Free pose together near a train outdoors in Panaca, Nevada.
Image
People looking at an early 1900s railroad engine that once hauled ore from the mines in Pioche, Nevada: photograph, approximately 1960 to 1989
Level of Description
Item
Archival Collection
Pearl Francis Neeley Photograph Collection
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Collection Number: PH-00091
Collection Name: Pearl Francis Neeley Photograph Collection
Box/Folder: Digital File 00
Collection Name: Pearl Francis Neeley Photograph Collection
Box/Folder: Digital File 00
Archival Component
Photograph of Northern Paiute handgame, Fort McDermitt Indian Reservation, early 1900s
Date
1900 to 1920
Archival Collection
Description
Transcribed from the image: "Northern Paiute - 4. The handgame competition is a psychological contest. Handgames, such as this on the Fort McDermitt Indian Reservation, are common to all Nevada tribes and are still played at many celebrations. Inter-Tribal Council of Nevada. Courtesty of Annie Barr."
Image
"Goldfield ore" many bags of ore stacked up, likely awaiting transport, Goldfield, Nevada: glass plate negative, approximately 1900 to 1909
Level of Description
Item
Archival Collection
E. W. Smith Glass Plate Negatives
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Collection Number: PH-00460
Collection Name: E. W. Smith Glass Plate Negatives
Box/Folder: Box 02
Collection Name: E. W. Smith Glass Plate Negatives
Box/Folder: Box 02
Archival Component
"Tonopah extension" mining operation buildings, railroad extension line, and surrounding buildings in Tonopah, Nevada: glass plate negative, approximately 1900 to 1909
Level of Description
Item
Archival Collection
E. W. Smith Glass Plate Negatives
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Collection Number: PH-00460
Collection Name: E. W. Smith Glass Plate Negatives
Box/Folder: Box 01
Collection Name: E. W. Smith Glass Plate Negatives
Box/Folder: Box 01
Archival Component