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Beatty, Nevada, 1904-1989
Level of Description
Series
Scope and Contents
Materials contain photographs of families and ranches around Beatty, Nevada from 1904 to 1989. Materials include photographs of the Brockman, Lisle, Revert, Crowell, Lemmon, Palsgrove, and Reidhead families, documenting activities such as events on Main Street, construction of several buildings, protests against the Nevada Test Site, animal husbandry, railroad transportation (especially by the Tonopah and Tidewater Railroad), education, and mining and milling.
Archival Collection
Nye County, Nevada Photograph Collection
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Collection Number: PH-00221
Collection Name: Nye County, Nevada Photograph Collection
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Collection Name: Nye County, Nevada Photograph Collection
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Archival Component
Slide of protestors with signs blocking the highway leading to the Nevada Test Site, 1986
Date
1986
Archival Collection
Description
Color image of police approaching protesters from American Peace Test who were blocking the road leading to the Nevada Test Site. The group was protesting nuclear testing and had signs that read, "Test Site Closed for Good Friday."
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