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Photograph of men and a woman with burros near the Las Vegas Creek, Las Vegas (Nev.), 1900-1925

Date

1900 to 1925

Archival Collection

Description

Date of photograph estimated between 1904-1906. Two men and one woman with two burros near a tent at Las Vegas Creek. A well, wooden table, basin and cooking pot are visible.

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Photograph of power substation at Hoover Dam, circa 1934

Date

1933 to 1935

Description

View of completed power substation; Tents are for workers. Note: "Took all day to get from boat launch to power substation. Took your lunch and a canteen."

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Film transparency of Deputy Marshall H. J. Williamson and W. M. Cook in Williamsville, Nevada, circa early to mid 1930s

Date

1931 to 1936

Description

A black and white image of Deputy Marshall H. J. Williamson and W.M. Cook standing in front of an information tent in Williamsville (known to the residents as Ragtown), a makeshift community created near Black Canyon as construction began on the Hoover Dam.

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Photograph of Jim and Belle Butler with two unidentified men, Tonopah, Nevada, circa 1900s

Date

1900 to 1909

Description

Prospector Jim Butler and his wife Belle (on the right) with two unidentified men and a dog sitting outside of a tent with a stovepipe coming through the top, probably in Tonopah, Nevada. Jim Butler struck the first gold and silver ores in Tonopah and Belle Butler struck the Mizpah Mine claim in Tonopah.

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Photograph of Ruth McGonagill with neighbor, Kawich Range, Nevada, circa 1904

Date

1904 to 1905

Description

Photograph of Ruth McGonagill and a neighbor's baby at tent house with pipe from milk-can stove. The family lived here, in the Kawich Range, from about September 1904 through March 1905. (This camp was called Wheaton and was a couple miles up the gully from Silver Bow, Nevada.)

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Postcard of Clifford Lake talking on the telephone, Goodsprings (Nev.), March 13, 1913

Date

1913-03-13

Archival Collection

Description

[Cliff Lake on telephone?] with tent in distance (postcard) Handwritten inscription: Addressee: Cliff Lake, Goodsprings, Nev. c/o Y. P. [Yellow Pine] Mine, Nev. Message: Over to Chi other day - Steve wants to know - how about suit for masquerade - This is a very good picture of you trying to win Sadie. Do you know patersons address. The Bunch Postmark: Johnnie, Mar 6 10AM 1913?

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