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Map showing railroads in Nevada, 1911

Date

1911

Description

Relief shown by hachures. Title below scale: Rand McNally & Co.'s New business atlas map of Nevada. Shows railroads. Includes township and range grid. Includes index to principal cities with population statistics. Includes township and range grid. Index to Nevada counties, lakes, mountains, rivers, towns, etc. on verso. Published by Rand McNally & Co. Scale [ca. 1,710,720]. 1 in. = 27 miles (W 120°--W 114°/N 42°--N 35°). Published as page 321 of Rand-McNally indexed atlas.

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Photograph of the Devil's Golf Course, Death Valley, California, circa 1900s

Date

1900 to 1910

Description

Views of the salt flats in the Devil's Golf Course part of Death Valley National Park; Handwritten note on back of photo: "Death Valley, Salt Flats, Devils Golf Course".

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Film transparency of young women in Las Vegas, circa early 1900s

Date

1900 to 1939

Description

Black and white image of four young women with the following handwritten names underneath: Wanda, Gladys, Stevens, Marie(?). Note: Image is from a family photo album that was loaned to UNLV Libraries Special Collections and returned to the family on July 17, 1984

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Film transparency of Wilson's Ranch, Las Vegas, circa early 1900s

Date

1900 to 1939

Description

Black and white image of a page from an album with a photo of several people gathered around a watering trough at Wilson's Ranch. The photo itself is ripped around the edges. Note: Image is from a family photo album that was loaned to UNLV Libraries Special Collections and returned to the family on July 17, 1984.

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Photograph of ore sacks loading onto Tonopah freight yard, Tonopah (Nev.), early 1900s

Description

Mizpah mine in the distance on right
Caption: Goldfield Ore. Tonopah Freight Yard.

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