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Atomic mushroom cloud from a test at the Nevada Test Site: photographic print
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Archival Collection
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Look closely toward the middle of the photograph, about an inch above the Mountain range, and you'll see an atomic mushroom cloud from a test at the Nevada Test Site. Photo was taken from the front yard of Harry Ford's home in Pahrump Valley, Nevada, looking north, a little east of Mount Sterling in 1952 or 1953. From the Nye County, Nevada Photograph Collection (PH-00221) -- Series IV. Pahrump, Nevada -- Subseries IV.E. Ford Family
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Harry "Button" Ford and his 1946 Ford convertible: photographic print
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Archival Collection
Description
From the Nye County, Nevada Photograph Collection (PH-00221) -- Series IV. Pahrump, Nevada -- Subseries IV.E. Ford Family. Eighteen-year-old Harry "Button" Ford and his 1946 Ford convertible, parked in front of his home in Pahrump Valley, Nevada, during the summer of 1955.
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View of First Pahrump Harvest Festival: photographic print
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Archival Collection
Description
From the Nye County, Nevada Photograph Collection (PH-00221) -- Series IV. Pahrump, Nevada -- Subseries IV.E. Ford Family. Looking northeast toward Mount Sterling.
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First Pahrump Harvest Festival: photographic print
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Archival Collection
Description
From the Nye County, Nevada Photograph Collection (PH-00221) -- Series IV. Pahrump, Nevada -- Subseries IV.E. Ford Family. he celebration was held approximately where the arena exists in 1988, near the Community Building.
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John Deere tractor purchased by Stanley Ford: photographic print
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Archival Collection
Description
From the Nye County, Nevada Photograph Collection (PH-00221) -- Series IV. Pahrump, Nevada -- Subseries IV.E. Ford Family. The tractor was purchased shortly after World War II, after Ford stopped using horses. Ford did not purchase the tractor new; at one time it had been used as a power plant for a sawmill.
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Head frame of the Johnnie Mine: photographic print
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Archival Collection
Description
From the Nye County, Nevada Photograph Collection (PH-00221) -- Series IV. Pahrump, Nevada -- Subseries IV.E. Ford Family.
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Remains of the home of Jack Longstreet: photographic print
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Archival Collection
Description
From the Nye County, Nevada Photograph Collection (PH-00221) -- Series IV. Pahrump, Nevada -- Subseries IV.E. Ford Family. Remains of the home of Jack Longstreet, long - time Nye County resident and renowned desert frontiersman. The home was located in Ash Meadows, Nye County, Nevada, near a large spring now known as Longstreets's Spring. Longstreet occupied the site in 1890s. This photo was taken in July 1983; in August 1984, floods destroyed the remains of the home.
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Remains of the home of Jack Longstreet: photographic print
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Archival Collection
Description
From the Nye County, Nevada Photograph Collection (PH-00221) -- Series IV. Pahrump, Nevada -- Subseries IV.E. Ford Family. Another view of the home of Jack Longstreet. The home was destroyed by a flood in the following year.
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Students at the Pahrump School: photographic print
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Archival Collection
Description
From the Nye County, Nevada Photograph Collection (PH-00221) -- Series IV. Pahrump, Nevada -- Subseries IV.E. Ford Family. Back row, left to right: Johnnie Franks, Glenn Brooks, Helen Ford (Ward), Frederick "Fraddy" Sharp, Angelina Sharp. Front row, left to right: Teacher Norma Schnerder, Harry S. Ford, Mary Sue Sawday, Carol Jean Wilson, Darlene Cayton, Alberta Sharp, Catherine Ann "Timynia" Sawday.
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Automobile used a school bus in Pahrump: photographic print
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Archival Collection
Description
From the Nye County, Nevada Photograph Collection (PH-00221) -- Series IV. Pahrump, Nevada -- Subseries IV.E. Ford Family.
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