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Photograph of part of a road map of Southern California, circa 1920s
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Archival Collection
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Photograph of Jake Beckley, partner with Ed Von Tobel, Sr., next to supply wagon, LAs Vegas, circa 1900s
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Archival Collection
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A view of Pioneer, Nevada: photographic print
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Archival Collection
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From the Nye County, Nevada Photograph Collection (PH-00221) -- Series III. Beatty, Nevada -- Subseries III.G. Reidhead Family. Smoke can be seen rising from the chimney of the large house in the background and both it and the cabin in the foreground on the left appear to be occupied.
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Ford, Katie, 1929-
Katie Ford was born April 13, 1929 in Ely, Nevada. Her family lived in multiple cities in the state before moving to Beatty, Nevada when Ford was two years old. She worked at her family’s gas station and hotel while she was a teenager. When Ford moved to Las Vegas, Nevada in 1945, she continued her career as a waitress.
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View of Springdale: photographic print
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Archival Collection
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From the Nye County, Nevada Photograph Collection (PH-00221) -- Series III. Beatty, Nevada -- Subseries III.E. Lemmon Family. This photograph has not been authoritatively identified. Most likely Springdale, Nevada, possibly circa early 1900s.
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Cunningham, Erma, 1912-2003
Erma Cunningham (1912-2003) taught school throughout Southern Nevada. She was born October 26, 1912 in Granby, Missouri. Cunningham taught in one-room schools in Beatty and Nelson, Nevada and retired from Gordon McCaw Elementary School in Henderson, Nevada. She passed away on March 9, 2003, in Henderson, Nevada.
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"Obituary."
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