Walter Bracken stands inside the Las Vegas Post Office, which had been moved to the interior of the First State Bank on Fremont Street in 1907. Bracken served as Las Vegas' postmaster from 1904-1914. Pigeon holes containing sorted mail surround the room. Desks, stools and office equipment, including a postage scale, are seen. Calendars hang from the wall and electric lights hang from the ceiling. Caption: Post Office, Las Vegas, 1908 Site Name: United States Post Office and Court House
Caption: Handwritten at top of photograph: "D. Hurry, Ray Jefferson & myself. Slept 3 in bed for 3 months in cor room X. This [red] worked 3 shifts daily. $20.00 a week for 7 hours." Site Name: Sunset Rooms (Goldfield, Nev.)
The Delamar Lode newspaper printing office during the letterpress era. Cast metal sorts, used to construct words for the paper, are in the background at the right. Examples of articles are posted on the wall in the upper left corner. This photograph is attributed to the Fred Steen Collection in Stanley W. Paher's book, Nevada Ghost Towns & Mining Camps, page 300. Mr. Steen, who lived in Delamar around the time of this photograph, moved with his family to Tonopah where he later worked as a mining bookkeeper.
Panaca School, 1893 Chad Ronnow, teacher. Top l to r Rex Matthews, Margaret Matthews, James Wadsworth, Olive Gentry, [Violet] Lee, Grace Heaps, May Wadsworth, [?] Hansen, Ruth Phillips, Carrie Lee, Minnie Matthews, Elvira Clark, Lizzie Davis. Second row l to r Jessie Matthews, Mell Porter, Dave Wadsworth, Leve Blod, Grace Heaps, Noma Enpry, Ivie Lee, Madline Wadsworth, Eva Matthews, Aggie Mathis.