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Transcript of interview with Francis E. Hughes by Mark E. French, February 23, 1977
Date
1977-02-23
Archival Collection
Description
On February 23, 1977, collector Mark E. French interviewed local farmer, Francis E. Hughes (born March 9th, 1917 in Mesquite, Nevada) in his home in Mesquite, Nevada. This interview offers an overview of the general lifestyle and culture in Mesquite. Mr. Hughes mother, Orilla Leavitt, was born in Bunkerville, Nevada. Members of Mr. Hughes’s family were amongst the first settlers in the Mesquite area.
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Photograph of Diamondfield Mine (Nev.), early 1900s
Date
1900 to 1925
Archival Collection
Description
Photograph of Diamondfield Mine (Nev.), early 1900s
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Photograph of Palmer general store, Beatty (Nev.), early 1900s
Date
1900 to 1925
Archival Collection
Description
The Palmer Store, renamed the Amargosa Cattle Company Store was purchased by Albert Revert around 1929. It became known as Revert's Mercantile.
Caption: Palmer's store, Beatty, Nevada, where C.M.T. lives.
Site Name: E. E. Palmer General Store (Beatty, Nev.)
Caption: Palmer's store, Beatty, Nevada, where C.M.T. lives.
Site Name: E. E. Palmer General Store (Beatty, Nev.)
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Film transparency of people on a stagecoach in Death Valley, California, circa 1942 to 1955
Date
1942 to 1955
Archival Collection
Description
An image of people in Western costume riding on a horse-drawn stagecoach in Death Valley. "Hotel Last Frontier" is painted on the stagecoach door.
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Photograph of stage coach, Las Vegas (Nev.), 1940s
Date
1940 to 1949
Archival Collection
Description
Old stage coach sits next to a bus headed for the Hoover Dam. The side of the coach reads "No. 1 Las Vegas Tonopah Reno Stage Lines," and the back advertising reads "THROUGH SERVICE FROM RENO NEV. TO PHOENIX ARIZ." The bottom of the coach's bumper reads "U.S. Mail." The written inscription with the photograph provided by the donor says "The Start---Pioneering LV Tonopah-Reno Stage"
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Photograph of men at the Yellowjacket Mine headframe and engine house, Pioneer (Nev.), 1912
Date
1912
Archival Collection
Description
Caption: General view of main shaft of the Yellowjacket Mine "Gold Note" claim. Pioneer, Nev. 1912.
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Photograph of January Mine, Goldfield (Nev.), early 1900s
Archival Collection
Description
Caption: January Mine No. 16.
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Photograph of packtrains with ore leaving mine, Tonopah (Nev.), early 1900s
Date
Unknown year in the decade of the 1900s
Archival Collection
Description
Photograph of packtrains with ore leaving mine, Tonopah (Nev.), early 1900s
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Photograph of a vagabond, Nevada, circa 1930s-1940s
Date
1930 to 1949
Archival Collection
Description
Black and white image of a desert vagabond traveling with his goats, ox, chickens, and dog. A vagabond is a person who travels because they have no stationary home.
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Panoramic view of Goldfield, Nevada: photographic print
Date
1900 (year approximate) to 1910 (year approximate)
Archival Collection
Description
From the Nevada Mining Photograph Collection (PH-00361).
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