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Film transparency of an unidentified man camped in Las Vegas, Nevada, 1931

Date

1931

Description

An unidentified man camped in Las Vegas, Nevada hoping to find work on the Boulder Canyon Project, 1931.

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Photograph of cars in the desert, circa early 1900s

Date

1900 to 1930

Description

Cars at a camp in the desert.

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Photograph of two Nevada automobiles, circa late 1920s

Date

1927 to 1929

Description

Two Nevada automobiles and an unidentified person holding a dog at a campsite.

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Film transparency of campground, Las Vegas, 1931

Date

1931

Description

A campground for unemployed individuals in Las Vegas, Nevada.

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Unidentified People at Greenwater, California: photographic print

Date

1907 (year approximate)

Description

From the Nye County, Nevada Photograph Collection (PH-00221) -- Series VII. Other areas in Nye County -- Subseries VII.F. Lowe Family. Persons in the photo not identified. R.J. "Dad" Fairbanks hauled freight over from the Las Vegas and Tonopah Railroad's Amargosa Siding and Johnnie Siding to Greenwater during this period.

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Panorama of Beatty, Nevada: photographic print

Date

1987

Description

From the Nye County, Nevada Photograph Collection (PH-00221) -- Series III. Beatty, Nevada -- Subseries III.D. Crowell Family

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Unidentified man partaking in the “Oh Be Joyful” drink: photographic print

Date

1910 (year approximate) to 1950 (year approximate)

Description

From the Nye County, Nevada Photograph Collection (PH-00221) -- Series IV. Pahrump, Nevada -- Subseries IV.G. Brown Family (Tecopa-Pahrump)

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People gathered on railroad tracks: photographic slide

Date

1978-08

Description

From the Sister Klaryta Antoszewska Photograph Collection (PH-00352).

 

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The Fairbanks' home in the background in Shoshone, California: photographic print

Date

1910 to 1915

Description

From the Nye County, Nevada Photograph Collection (PH-00221) -- Series VII. Other areas in Nye County -- Subseries VII.F. Lowe Family. Shoshone, California, between 1910 and 1915. Herman Jones is second from the left. Fourth from the right is Celestia Fairbanks, grandmother of Celesta Lisle Lowe. Third from right is R. J. "Dad" Fairbanks, husband of Celestia Fairbanks and grandfather of Celesta Lisle Lowe. Shorty Harris, co-discoverer of Bullfrog, often stayed in one of the Fairbanks bedrooms. He was noted for his loud snoring, which often caused people to think he was snoring to death

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