View of the Goldfield Consolidated Mining Company, Goldfield, Nevada.

Several men pose outside of a tarpaulin-covered wood and tin structure near the Gold Reef Mine in Goldfield, Nevada. Signs on the front of the building say "Gold Reef," "Restaurant," "Saloon," "Groceries." Some of the men carry rifles or guns. A woman and man are behind an open service window in the front of the building. Caption: "Gold Reef. The first store. Oct. 11, 1908."

A small mining camp established by Jim Butler near the mountains in Tonopah, Nevada.

A group of schoolchildren pose with their teacher, Clarice Bateman (at right), in front the elementary schoolhouse in Tonopah, Nevada.

A group of schoolchildren pose with their teacher, Clarice Bateman (at left), in front the elementary schoolhouse in Tonopah, Nevada. An unidentified woman is seen in the second row. An African-American boy and and Native American Indian boy are seen in the back row; another Native American Indian boy is seen in the front row at the right.

University of Nevada, Las Vegas president Dr. Robert Maxson with Las Vegas businesswoman and civic leader Helen Mortenson at a University Library Society reception in Las Vegas, Nevada.

L-R: Las Vegas civic leader Ruth Vogliotti, artist and civic leader Flo Mlynarczyk and education advocate Blanche Zucker at a University of Nevada, Las Vegas Library Society reception.