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Earl, Samuel S., 1912-1999
Sam S. Earl was born February 9, 1912 in Virgin, Utah. He moved to Las Vegas, Nevada in 1928 for a few months, then returned home in Utah. He returned to southern Nevada in 1935 to work during the Hoover (Boulder) Dam days. Earl and his wife lived in a tent until he built a little two-room house for his young family to reside. Earl ended up moving to various cities around southern Nevada until 1945 when he moved to Henderson, Nevada. His career was filled with working as a building contractor, truck driver, and painter. Earl passed away January 4, 1997.
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Joe Carnial and others celebrate: photograph
Date
1952-05-07
Archival Collection
Description
Joe Cardinal, fourth person from the left, and unidentified persons "celebrate" by pouring liquid (coffee?) from an oversized motor oil underneath a tent sponsored by Golden Lion Motor Oil. Stamp on back of photo: "Please credit Art Strieb 955 South Hope St. Los Angeles Michigan 2338 with handwritten number 3635 on the stamp." Included in photo sleeve is a Xerox of the Las Vegas Review Journal article in The Nevadan, "Help Us Write History" Sunday, Sept. 9, 1948.
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Map of Goldfield, Nevada, April 25, 1907
Date
1907-04-25
Description
'Compiled by James H. Parks, U.S. Deputy Min. Sur., Box 655, Goldfield, Nev. April 25, 1907.' 'Nevada Press Company, Carson City, Nevada.' Scale: [ca. 1:4,800] 1 inch = 400 ft. Plat map. Library's copy has notes handwritten in pencil along right margin with arrows to locations on map: "Ramsey Street ended Columbia St." "MacMaskrs office." "Lived on Euclid ave in adobe house." " Lived in Tent House Sundog Ave."
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