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Unidentified mining district and buildings: photographic print

Date

1900 (year approximate) to 1915 (year approximate)

Description

Mining district and building/machinery. Location unknown.

Image

Unidentified group pose around an automobile, image 001: photographic print

Date

1900 (year approximate) to 1915 (year approximate)

Description

Group of unidentified men pose in and around an automobile in town (location unknown).

Image

Unidentified group pose around an automobile, image 002: photographic print

Date

1900 (year approximate) to 1915 (year approximate)

Description

Large motor group with men in and around automobiles - location unknown.

Image

Brockett, Marilyn B., 1925-1993

Marilyn B. Brockett was born December 10, 1925, in Cedar City, Utah. Marilyn B. Brockett name before marriage was Marilyn B. Ballard. Brockett was a local store clerk. Brockett moved to Nevada in 1932.

Person

Taft, Robert W., 1925-

Robert W. Taft was born on November 1, 1925, in Sioux City, Iowa. Robert married Jean on January 22, 1957, and they had three children: Michael W. Taft, Rebecca T. Ashley, and Mary T. Clark.

Taft attended College Notre Dame. Taft also served in the United States Navy during World War II.

Taft was the assistant manager for plans, engineering, and budget for the Nevada Test Site.

Robert W. Taft passed away on June 17, 2006. Source: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/111485823/robert-warren-taft

Person

Transcript of interview with Lendon Kaye Barney by Kelly Adams, March 3, 1978

Date

1978-03-03

Description

Kelly Adams interviews Lendon Barney (b. 1925) about his experiences as an early resident of Bunkerville, Nevada. Barney also discusses his membership in the Mormon church, as well as his career as a music teacher for schools in Clark County. Barney also describes some of the early development and changes in Nevada, such as the population growth, changes in housing prices, and the building of highways.

Text

Gibson, James I., 1925-1988

Senator James Gibson was born March 22, 1925 in Golden Colorado, the youngest of six children. He graduated from Las Vegas High School and received a bachelor’s degree from the U.S. Naval Academy in Annapolis, Maryland.

Person

Rambo, Jean K., 1925-

Jean Rambo was born March 25, 1925 in Rutherford, North Carolina. She received her bachelor’s degree in anthropology at the University of New Mexico in 1947 and moved to New York. Rambo worked as a nurse instructor until 1955, when she moved to Las Vegas, Nevada. She was a cadet nurse, the nurse matron in a local jail in Las Vegas and associate director for nursing education at Southern Nevada Memorial Hospital. Rambo went back to school at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV) and graduated with a master’s degree in education administration in 1992.

Person

Searchlight Post office: photographic print

Date

1900 (year uncertain) to 1939 (year uncertain)

Description

A postoffice in the early 1900s, located in Searchlight, Nevada.

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