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Photograph of people standing on a porch in Rhyolite, Nevada, February 1925

Date

1925-02

Description

Identification given with photograph: "Rhyolite depot, in Rhyolite, Nevada February 1925. L-R: C. P. Squires, C. C. Boyer, Mrs. C. C. Boyer, James Cashman." Identification may be inaccurate.

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Photograph of Mt. Charleston, Nevada, circa 1925

Date

1925

Description

Black and white photograph of trees and landscape on Mt. Charleston.

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Photograph of Mt. Charleston, Nevada, circa 1925

Date

1925

Description

A black and white photograph of trees and grass with mountains in the distance on Mt. Charleston.

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Photograph of a Boy Scout camp, Las Vegas, Nevada, 1925

Date

1925

Description

Description included with photograph: "Fair - Boy Scout Camp - 1925"

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The Onoto Diary for 1925, 1925

Level of Description

Item

Archival Collection

Mavis Eggle "Books as They Were Bought" Collection
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Collection Number: MS-01144
Collection Name: Mavis Eggle "Books as They Were Bought" Collection
Box/Folder: Box 49

Archival Component

Photograph of Rioville, Nevada, circa 1900

Date

1900 (year approximate)

Description

Rioville, also known as Bonelli's Landing, Nevada.

Transcribed Notes: Notes on attached sheet: Rioville, Nevada (also known as Bonelli's Landing). It now lies at the bottom of Lake Mead, formed behind Hoover Dam. Rioville was founded by Daniel Bonelli, a Mormon pioneer sent by Brigham Young, about 1865 at the mouth of the Virgin River.

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Photograph of a man, woman and dog sitting outside a tent near the Las Vegas Creek, Las Vegas (Nev.), 1900-1925

Date

1900 to 1925

Archival Collection

Description

Date of photograph estimated between 1904-1905.

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Nevada Proclamation, "Family of the Year", 1978

Level of Description

File

Archival Collection

Edythe and Lloyd Katz Papers
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Collection Number: MS-00376
Collection Name: Edythe and Lloyd Katz Papers
Box/Folder: Oversized Box SH-077

Archival Component

Photograph of Nevada Hatch, Nevada, circa early 1900s

Date

1900 to 1939

Description

Handwritten description provided on back of image: "Nevada Hatch, family trad. That she was first Anglo-Saxon child born in Nevada." Included with the image is a copy of a typed letter which reads: "Miss Merle Irwin, Vista del Monte, #118 3775 Modoc Road Santa Barbara, California 93105. Jan. 10, 1978. University of Nevada, Library, Las Vegas. My dear Friends: A year ago my brother and I visited and talked to a lovely lady to whom I promised a photograph of a distant cousin in Michigan, named NEVADA HATCH, because it was said she was the first Anglo-Saxon child born in Nevada. I have now secured it from my brother, Warren Irwin, at 9457 Las Vegas Blvd., Paradise Spa #4, have had a copy made, and herewith send you the original. Sincerely, Merle Irwin." Individual Creator credit goes to H. B. Leckenby.

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Photograph of the road to Mt. Charleston, Nevada, circa 1925

Date

1925

Description

The road to Mt. Charleston through the Nevada desert.

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