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Roberts family: photographic print
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Archival Collection
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From the Nye County, Nevada Photograph Collection (PH-00221) -- Series VII. Other areas in Nye County -- Subseries VII.E. Hawkins Family (Duckwater, Nevada). L-R: Frank Roberts, father of Martha Roberts Hawkins; in front of Frank is Helen Roberts, Martha Roberts, Isabelle Roberts, Josephine Roberts (in hat), and Frances Roberts.
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Josephine Roberts holding Frances Roberts on the Irwin Ranch: photographic print
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Archival Collection
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Josephine Roberts holding Frances Roberts, pictured with Frank Roberts on the Irwin ranch, now a part of the Holstead ranch, Duckwater, Nevada, 1911. From the Nye County, Nevada Photograph Collection (PH-00221) -- Series VII. Other areas in Nye County -- Subseries VII.E. Hawkins Family (Duckwater, Nevada).
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Survey camp, Tonopah Tidewater Railroad in Railroad Valley: photographic print
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Archival Collection
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From the Nye County, Nevada Photograph Collection (PH-00221) -- Series VII. Other areas in Nye County -- Subseries VII.E. Hawkins Family (Duckwater, Nevada). An inscription on the back of this photo reads: "Survey camp taken in 1909" Tonopah Tidewater Railroad in Railroad Valley, Nye County. Grandfather Roberts with the hat in his hand on top of the pyramid was Grandma Roberts' husband. Grandma was an Irwin." Martha Roberts Hawkins indicates that this inscription is wrong, that The Tonopah Tidewater Railroad never came to Railroad Valley and the railroad's construction was completed prior to 1909. The man pictured on top waving a hat is Frank Roberts, born in 1886. Photo is believed to be a survey crew for the Tonopah and Tidewater Railroad.
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Camp in Railroad Valley: photographic print
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Archival Collection
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From the Nye County, Nevada Photograph Collection (PH-00221) -- Series VII. Other areas in Nye County -- Subseries VII.E. Hawkins Family (Duckwater, Nevada). A camp in Railroad Valley, Nye County, Nevada, in the vicinity of present-day (1990) oil fields where Isaac "Ike" Irwin drilled for potash. Seated in the wagon wearing a white shirt is Frank Roberts and beside him is Jess Hildebrandt, a resident of Duckwater, Nevada. This photograph is undated, but judging by Frank Robert’s age in the photo it appears to be circa 1915.
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Branding cattle on the Holstead Ranch: photographic print
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Archival Collection
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From the Nye County, Nevada Photograph Collection (PH-00221) -- Series VII. Other areas in Nye County -- Subseries VII.E. Hawkins Family (Duckwater, Nevada). On the back of this photo is written: "Around 1912 or 1911.". Branding cattle on the Holstead ranch, located about 4 miles north of the Irwin ranch, Duck Water, Nevada. Frank Roberts, dressed in a white shirt, is holding down the cow. Frank Vanover is branding the cow and Abe Collins is riding the white horse. Rider on the left is not identified.
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Roberts family on a visit to relatives in Pennsylvania: photographic print
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Archival Collection
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From the Nye County, Nevada Photograph Collection (PH-00221) -- Series VII. Other areas in Nye County -- Subseries VII.E. Hawkins Family (Duckwater, Nevada). Left to right are Uncle Clarence Roberts, a baby unidentified, Uncle Monroe Roberts, and Frank Roberts and his daughter Frances.
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Roberts' home on the Irwin Ranch: photographic print
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Archival Collection
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From the Nye County, Nevada Photograph Collection (PH-00221) -- Series VII. Other areas in Nye County -- Subseries VII.E. Hawkins Family (Duckwater, Nevada). Frank and Josephine Roberts are pictured with their children, Frances, Isabelle, baby Helen, Monoroe, and Martha (sticking her head out from under her father’s arm).
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Family in front of the Roberts' home: photographic print
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Archival Collection
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From the Nye County, Nevada Photograph Collection (PH-00221) -- Series VII. Other areas in Nye County -- Subseries VII.E. Hawkins Family (Duckwater, Nevada). The old man holding the baby is Charlie Irwin. The baby is Bobby Kitchen, who married Isabelle Roberts. Left to right are Helen Roberts, Mabel Roberts, Frank Roberts (the tall man in the back row), Isabelle Roberts, and Josephine Roberts, Charlie Irwin’s wife. The small boy is Monroe Roberts.
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Imogene Irwin Vanover's house in Duckwater: photographic print
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Archival Collection
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From the Nye County, Nevada Photograph Collection (PH-00221) -- Series VII. Other areas in Nye County -- Subseries VII.E. Hawkins Family (Duckwater, Nevada). On the front porch are Martha Hawkins' parents, Frank Roberts and Josephine Rogenteni Roberts, with their daughter Frances. The lady standing in the center is Louisa Irwin, wife of Isaac "Ike" Irwin. On the right are Edisel and Mary Caziar and their children Grace, Russell, and Elmer. The Caziars lived in Currant Creek and were visiting.
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