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Photograph of ruined fence, Crucero (Calif.), 1900-1920
Date
1900 to 1920
Archival Collection
Description
A broken fence is partially buried under the sands of the desert. Telephone wires and trees line the background of the image. Inscription reads: "Ruined T&T sand-retaining fence at north side of Crucero, Calif."
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Letter from Walter R. Bracken to F. H. Knickerbocker, April 23, 1925
Date
1925-04-23
Archival Collection
Description
Letter concerns handling of paychecks to railroad employees.
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Correspondence, Levi Syphus to Sadie George
Date
1929-06
Archival Collection
Description
This folder is from the "Correspondence" file of the Sadie and Hampton George Papers (MS-00434)
Text
Murphy, Big Ed, 1914-1965
Born in 1914 in Buckhorn, Nevada with two siblings.
Murphy was a miner primarily in Silver Peak, Nevada.
He boxed against former Heavyweight World Champion, Max Baer, in 1939 and lost by Knock Out in the first round.
Person