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Photograph album 2, Ferron-Bracken Collection, circa 1905-1935
Date
1905 to 1935
Archival Collection
Description
Photograph album of early Las Vegas.
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Photograph album 4, Ferron-Bracken Collection, circa 1905-1935
Date
1905 to 1935
Archival Collection
Description
Photographs of early Las Vegas.
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Photograph album 1, Charles P. Squires Collection, circa 1910-1920s
Date
1910 to 1929
Archival Collection
Description
Photograph album of Charles P. "Pop" and Delphine Squires, founding residents of Las Vegas. For more information about the Squires manuscripts and photographs held in UNLV Special Collections, please see: http://www.library.unlv.edu/speccol/special_collections_40th_anniversary/squires_papers_exhibit.html
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Photograph album 2, Charles P. Squires Collection, circa 1910-1920s
Date
1910 to 1929
Archival Collection
Description
Photograph album of Charles P. "Pop" and Delphine Squires, founding residents of Las Vegas. For more information about the Squires manuscripts and photographs held in UNLV Special Collections, please see: http://www.library.unlv.edu/speccol/special_collections_40th_anniversary/squires_papers_exhibit.html
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Photograph album 3, Charles P. Squires Collection, circa 1910-1920s
Date
1910 to 1929
Archival Collection
Description
Photograph album of Charles P. "Pop" and Delphine Squires, founding residents of Las Vegas. For more information about the Squires manuscripts and photographs held in UNLV Special Collections, please see: http://www.library.unlv.edu/speccol/special_collections_40th_anniversary/squires_papers_exhibit.html
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Photograph of men mining in the Bare Mountain Range, Nevada, circa early 1900s
Date
1900 to 1920
Archival Collection
Description
Men gather around mining equipment in the Bare Mountain Range in Nevada.
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Photograph of movie filming in Tonopah (Nev.), October 27, 1931
Date
1931-10-27
Archival Collection
Description
Movie crew filming off Tonopah Road near the base of Sheep Mountain in October of 1931. Note with photo says: "Taking a break during filming. Man seated at table is actor John Boles." W. A .Davis. See pho023271, Image 0123 0171 for another photo.
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Photograph of miners for movie production, Tonopah (Nev.), October 27, 1931
Date
1931-10-27
Archival Collection
Description
Miners' camp at base of Sheep Mountain where move crew is taking a lunch break during filming. (Oct. 27, 1931) Note with image reads "The five men on the left were miners, and next to them is Charlie Mason (movie producer), his wife, John Boles on right holding pick, and another woman. John Boles was a popular leading man in the 1930s and 1940s."
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Photograph of dam workers and miners, Tonopah (Nev.), circa 1933
Date
1932 to 1934
Archival Collection
Description
Conflicting descriptions of this image. One reads: "Men outside tents they lived in while waiting for jobs on the Dam." Another by W. A. Davis reads "Three miners out near Tonopah on road to Pioche... Man on the left named 'Jim'."
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Photograph of mine site, Sheep Mountain Range, October 25, 1931
Date
1931-10-25
Archival Collection
Description
Miners sit along the side of a mountain near a mine site in Nevada. Conflicting descriptions believe this to be Meyers Mine near Hoover Dam or the foothills of the Sheep Mountains next to a salt mine.
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