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Edward Joseph Deck Photograph Collection
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The Edward Joseph Deck Photograph Collection (approximately 1870-1920) consists of photographic prints and negatives of Edward Joseph Deck and other miners in Pioche, Nevada and various locations around the townsite. There are also images of ranches, mills, and mill workers both in and outside of the Pioche townsite.
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Geneva Stark Merwin Photograph Collection
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The Geneva Stark Merwin Photograph Collection features photographic prints and negatives of locations throughout Pahrump, Nevada between 1941 and 1942. Primary locations include a Pahrump school and Pahrump Ranch, as well as locations in local fields and mountains. The photographs capture candid scenes of people walking to school and feeding animals.
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Photographs and negatives
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The visual materials date from 1928 to 2011 and contain photographic negatives and prints documenting Paul Lavern Cumming's time working at Finocchio's in San Francisco, California, and as a cast member in Jewel Box Revue. Notable figures present in this series include Elton Paris, David de Alba, Ricky Renee, Reggie Dahl, Caroll Wallace, Holly White, Florencia de los Santos, J. J. Van Dyke, and Stormé DeLarverie. Several professional headshots were photographed by Bill Cogan, Emilie Romaine, Marc Troy, Concetta Jorgensen, and Robert Eklund.
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Collection Name: Paul Lavern Cummings Papers
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Indoor photograph of Siegfried family: photographic print
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Jeanne Russell Janish Photograph Collection
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The Jeanne Russell Janish Photograph Collection (1918-1974) consists of 48 black-and-white and color photographic prints that feature Janish's family, her husband Carl Janish, family homes and pets, and travel photographs from the United States, China, and South America.
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Morgan Sweeney Photograph Collection
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The Morgan Sweeney Photograph Collection (approximately 1922-1969) consists of black-and-white photographic prints of Boulder City, Nevada, and Lake Mead and Hoover Dam areas, located on the border between Arizona and Nevada. The images depict the interior, exterior, and construction stages of Hoover Dam (Boulder Dam). There is also an aerial photograph of Boulder City, Nevada.
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Wanda Ball Moser Photographs
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The Wanda Ball Moser Photographs depict Wanda Ball Moser and her family in Southern Nevada in the early-twentieth century. The photographs primarily depict Moser and her family at Mt. Charleston, Nevada or at home in Las Vegas, Nevada.
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Professional photograph of Rex Bell: photographic print
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Dorothy Bell Scans UNLV-Public Lands Institute. Professional photograph of Rex Bell (George Francis Beldam). Copyright notice on back of image: "Give Credit Line Please - F Collier Lankford Portraits."
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Signed photograph of Dorothy Janis: photographic print
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Dorothy Bell Scans UNLV-Public Lands Institute. Signed professional photograph of film star Dorothy Janis. Written on the image is: "To George - Love Dorothy." Copyright notice on back states Lansing Brown Portrait.
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Index to aerial photographs of Caliente, Nevada: photographic print
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