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Photograph of Rockwell family members and others at a camp out, Las Vegas, circa early 1900s
Date
1910 to 1939
Archival Collection
Description
Early Las Vegans camp out: Gilda Mosbach (Earl in arms); Bessie Rockwell, Effie Rhodes.
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Unidentified group pose around an automobile, image 001: photographic print
Date
1900 (year approximate) to 1915 (year approximate)
Archival Collection
Description
Group of unidentified men pose in and around an automobile in town (location unknown).
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Unidentified group pose around an automobile, image 002: photographic print
Date
1900 (year approximate) to 1915 (year approximate)
Archival Collection
Description
Large motor group with men in and around automobiles - location unknown.
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Newspaper, Nevada State Journal June 2, 1918
Date
1918-06-02
Description
Articles demonstrate attitudes and activities of women during World War including home economics, fashion, want ads. "Hooverized" recipes Herbert Hoover head of Amercan Food Administration encouraged Americans to voluntarily reduce food consumption to avoid rationing. Michelin Man
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Automobile parked in the desert: photographic print
Date
1900 (year uncertain) to 1939 (year uncertain)
Archival Collection
Description
An automobile is parked at a mining camp in an unidentified desert, circa early 1900s.
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Letter from A. S. Halsted to N. A. Williams, October 26, 1922
Date
1922-10-26
Archival Collection
Description
Letter concerns purchase of automobiles for use by the governor and state police of Nevada.
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Letter from N. A. Williams to E. E. Calvin, October 24, 1922
Date
1922-10-24
Archival Collection
Description
Letter addresses the purchase of two vehicles for use by railroad employees in Las Vegas to deal with radicals during the strike.
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Letter from C. A. Earle Rinker to his mother, March 20, 1908
Date
1908-03-20
Archival Collection
Description
Letter from C. A. Earle Rinker to his mother, March 20, 1908
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Automobile parked by a tent in the desert: photographic print
Date
1900 (year uncertain) to 1939 (year uncertain)
Archival Collection
Description
An automobile is parked by a tent in an unidientified desert, likely at a mining camp sometime in the early 1900s.
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Letter from C. A. Earle Rinker to his family, October 25, 1906
Date
1906-10-25
Archival Collection
Description
Letter home from Earle. He arrived in Goldfield. The letter touches upon his trip, his first impressions, he speaks of women, dust, elevation, his new job at MacMaster & MacMaster, costs of living, wages, and a fight in the city, there is a particularly interesting paragraph about Goldfield being lively and the amounts of money changing hands.
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