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May Bradford in the desert, image 007: photographic print
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Archival Collection
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Selena Broom, aunt of Norman "Curly" Coombs, in St. Ives, Cornwall, England: photographic print
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Archival Collection
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From the Nye County, Nevada Photograph Collection (PH-00221) -- Series VI. Tonopah, Nevada -- Subseries VI.B. Coombs Family. At the left is Selena Broom, aunt of Norman “Curly” Coombs. Selena Broom was born in Tonopah about 1903; not liking life in Tonopah, she returned to the “old Country” to live.
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"Jim Butler's Tent": postcard
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Archival Collection
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The Barrel House: postcard
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Archival Collection
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Parry Winters oral history interview, approximately 2012 to 2013
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Winters took EMT training in 1986 in Tonopah, Nevada, and began running on the ambulance service. In 2005 she became an EMS trainer in Nye County.
Archival Collection
Collection Name: History of Emergency Medical Services in Nevada Oral History Interviews
Box/Folder: Digital File 00
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Walter V. Long oral history interview
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Oral history interview with Walter V. Long conducted by Brenda Baechle on February 19, 1979 for the Ralph Roske Oral History Project on Early Las Vegas. In the interview, Long discusses his arrival to Las Vegas, Nevada from Tonopah, Nevada in 1930. Long also discusses his experiences as a teacher and principal in various Las Vegas schools. Other subjects Long discusses include his education, the Boulder (Hoover) Dam's construction, laws for obtaining a teaching certificate during the 1930s, his experiences with Las Vegas High School, and his early life in Tonopah.
Archival Collection