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Southern Nevada Photo Album, image 026
Description
26.1 The Great White Way; 26.2 The "N"; 26.3 Three unidentified women. Watching the "N" being painted.; 26.4 Manzanita Hall. /UNR/
Photograph of Martha Burgelen and Bootsie, Canon City Colorado, circa 1960s
Date
1960 to 1969
Description
Martha Burgelen and Bootsie the cat sit outside in Colorado.
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Photograph of Mary McKellan and Grandma, unknown location, circa 1940s
Date
1940 to 1949
Description
Mary McKellan sits with Grandma [Dunn?] in a yard.
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Photograph of Mrs. Curry, unknown location, June 20, 1935
Date
1935-06-20
Description
Mrs. Curry stands on her porch of her bungalow.
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Photograph of a woman and her dog, unknown location, circa July 1969
Date
1969
Description
Mom and Queenie could be Phylis (Ruhes) Kaiser.
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Photograph of Rosaline Burr, unknown location, circa 1960s
Date
1960 to 1969
Description
Rosaline Burr poses in a garden.
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Photograph of Betty Lois Baker, circa 1950s
Date
1950 to 1959
Description
Portrait of Betty Lois Baker.
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Photograph of Betty Lois Baker, circa 1960s
Date
1960 to 1969
Description
Portrait of Betty Lois Baker wearing an elaborate gown.
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Maria Burston Wheeler Papers
Identifier
MS-00062
Abstract
The Maria Burston Wheeler Papers date from approximately the 1850s to 1933 and record Maria Walker's childhood and voyage from Liverpool, England to Salt Lake City, Utah in the United States through her manuscript "My History." The manuscript details her and her family's trans-Atlantic journey as well as her own journey as a married woman, Maria Burston Wheeler, to Las Vegas, Nevada to establish the Mormon Fort located there. Her manuscript details daily life at the fort.
Archival Collection
Photograph of people at the pavilion during Clark's Las Vegas townsite sale, Las Vegas (Nev.), 1905
Date
1905
Archival Collection
Description
An auction held May 15-16, 1905 to sell lots within Clark's Las Vegas Townsite. A group of men and women stand on and around a covered wooden platform outdoors. The auctioneer stands to the left of center at the front of the platform. The decision to auction lots within Clark's Las Vegas Townsite was not made until May 10, 1905. Auctioneer C.O. Whittemore was the president of the Las Vegas Land and Water Company.
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