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Photograph of a group of miners, Nevada, circa 1900s

Date

1900 to 1909

Description

A group of men, mostly miners, posing outside of a mining building, probably in Nevada. Many of the men are wearing cloth miner's caps. "Grandpa Oates" is written and marked at the bottom right of the photograph.

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Photograph of a group of miners, Nevada, circa 1900s

Date

1900 to 1909

Description

A group of men and boys posing outside of a mining building, probably in Nevada. "Grandpa J. H. Oates" is handwritten at the bottom.

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Photograph of the Fayle-Chilson family, 1900-1930

Date

1900 to 1930

Archival Collection

Description

Clarabelle Trask Fayle Chilson and family.

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Photograph of Margaret Brown Henderson, early 1900s

Date

1900 to 1915

Archival Collection

Description

Margaret Brown Henderson, mother of Jean Fayle Boggs, Annie, Archie, Donald, Lubin and Hinkley.

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Photograph of Palmer general store, Beatty (Nev.), early 1900s

Date

1900 to 1925

Description

The Palmer Store, renamed the Amargosa Cattle Company Store was purchased by Albert Revert around 1929. It became known as Revert's Mercantile.
Caption: Palmer's store, Beatty, Nevada, where C.M.T. lives.
Site Name: E. E. Palmer General Store (Beatty, Nev.)

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Photograph of streets of after the boom, Beatty (Nev.), early 1900s

Date

1900 to 1925

Description

Per patron comment, the building on the far left is the Beatty Cash Store, also known as Mom and Pop Richings' Store, but is now called the Beatty Club. It has signs for Red Crown Gasoline, as well as one that reads "Welcome to Leadfield," and could be from the late 1920s.
Caption: Beatty after the boom. Awaiting another one.

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Postcard: skeletal remains, Pueblo Grande de Nevada, approximately 1925-1930

Level of Description

File

Archival Collection

Fred and Maurine Wilson Photograph Collection
To request this item in person:
Collection Number: PH-00014
Collection Name: Fred and Maurine Wilson Photograph Collection
Box/Folder: Box SH-046 (Restrictions apply)

Archival Component

Photograph of Bill Tomiyasu and children standing in his wheat field, Las Vegas, circa 1925

Date

1925 (year approximate)

Description

Bill, Kiyu, and Nanyu Tomiyasu in their wheat field looking northwest

Transcribed Notes: Transcribed from photo sleeve: "Wheat fields on the Tomiyasu property, west side of Pecos Road (c. 1925) Bill Tomiyasu with his sons Kiyo and Nanyu (standing in front)"

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Panoramic photograph of Clark's Las Vegas Townsite, Las Vegas (Nev.), 1905-1925

Date

1905 to 1925

Description

Photo includes Union Pacific Railroad depot, Las Vegas Drug Store, laundry business and other buildings. The view is south-western with the intersection of Ogden Street and Main Street visible in the right center of the photograph. Approximate date 1909.

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Photograph of a vista near a ranch, Southern Nevada, circa early 1900's

Date

1900 to 1920

Archival Collection

Description

A desert vista near a ranch in Southern Nevada, circa early 1900's.

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