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Photograph of Jill Salsbury and Valda Boyne Esau posing at the new tennis courts at the Desert Inn Hotel, Las Vegas, July 1961
Date
1961-07
Archival Collection
Description
Black and white image of (L-R): Jill Salsbury and Valda Boyne Esau in a publicity photo for new tennis courts, at the Desert Inn Hotel, Las Vegas.
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Photograph of Valda Boyne Esau and some of the Bluebell girls for a mini- reunion at the Stardust Hotel, Las Vegas, Oct 18, 2006.
Date
2006-10-18
Archival Collection
Description
Color image of (L-R): Rosalind (Sydney, Aus), Annette (Nice, France), Julie (House hostess), Valda Boyne Esau (Sedona, Az), Penny Parfitt (California) posing at a mini-reunion for the Bluebell Girls.
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Photograph of Eugene Tom and Dalton Tom at the Moapa Indian Reservation, Moapa, Nevada, circa late 1940s/early 1950s
Date
1945 to 1955
Archival Collection
Description
Eugene Tom (left) and his nephew Dalton Tom (right) on the Moapa Indian Reservation in Nevada . The Tom house is visible in the background. Circa late 1940s/early 1950s. (Photograph identified by Janet Myers August 12, 2011).
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Photograph of a Paiute/Shoshone woman holding an infant in a cradleboard, and a young child standing in front of shelter, possibly Pahrump, Nevada, circa 1880s-1890s
Date
1880 to 1899
Archival Collection
Description
A Paiute/Shoshone woman holding an infant in a cradleboard, and a young child standing in front of a possible karnee dwelling. A small wagon is visible in the foreground, and a cooking pot is on the fire. Note: this child and the wagon are also found in the Kiel-George collection (per Liz Warren). Possible location is Pahrump Valley, Nevada.
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Photograph of two Anglo women and three Indian women, possibly Pahrump, Nevada, circa 1900s-1910s
Date
1900 to 1919
Archival Collection
Description
Two Anglo women and three Indian women. The Indian women are seated on wicker chairs. The Indian woman at left turned away from the camera; second Indian woman in center, back row, hides her face with her arm. The photograph was possibly taken at Manse Ranch in Pahrump, Nevada. A Post-it note identifies the Indian woman in front, right, as "probably Maude Yount." This is a different woman from the Maude Yount identified on photo Image ID:0096 0020.
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Photograph of three men, including Chief Tecopa, Pahrump Valley, Nevada, circa 1880s-1890s
Date
1880 to 1899
Archival Collection
Description
Three men in Pahrump Valley. Note saying, "Same photo in Yount Collection identifies man on left as Dr. Blackburn and Uncle Bill Morris on right." Chief Tecopa is in the center. Chief Tecopa, leader of the Souther Paiute tribe, was born in Pahrump in 1815 and died in Pahnrump between 1904-1906. He is interred in the Chief Tecopa Cemetery, located on East Street next to the library Pahrump, Nevada.
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Photograph of Della White Fisk with two Indian women and a small child, Pahrump Valley or Ash Meadows, Nevada, circa 1880s-1910s
Date
1880 to 1919
Archival Collection
Description
Della White Fisk is seated (at right) with two Indian women, one holding a child drinking from a glass bottle in Pahrump Valley or Ash Meadows, Nevada. A chair and other household items are visible behind the women.
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Photograph of two Indian women and a young blond Anglo female child, Pahrump Valley or Ash Meadows, Nevada, circa 1880s-1910s
Date
1880 to 1919
Archival Collection
Description
Two Indian women with a blond Anglo child, standing in front of a well-built wooden building. One woman is carrying a bundle. The photograph was taken in either Pahrump Valley or Ash Meadows, Nevada.
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Photograph of the railroad yards for the San Pedro, Los Angeles, and Salt Lake Railroad, Las Vegas, Nevada, circa 1910s
Date
1910 to 1919
Archival Collection
Description
The railroad yards for the San Pedro, Los Angeles, and Salt Lake Railroad, and is now the Union Pacific Railroad. The roundhouse is on the left, and the machine shop is on the right. Photo identification was provided by Donald S. Palmer. The Union Pacific Depot was built in 1906, and by 1920 has five through passenger trains running daily to Los Angeles, California. In the late 1920s, the building where the western part of the Pioneer Club is today was operated as a smokehouse.
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Photograph of the Adcock & Ronnow Department Store, Las Vegas, circa 1925
Date
1922 to 1927
Archival Collection
Description
The Adcock & Ronnow Department Store about 1925. The store building was located on the south side of Fremont Street between First & Second Streets. On the light pole is the sign B.P.O.E. 1948. designating the lodge rooms of the Las Vegas Elks, organized in Las Vegas on June 7, 1923, with the late Harley A. Harmon as the first Exalted Ruler. The second floor of the building was occupied by the Elks for many years. Physical object has an insert containing additional biographical information.
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