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Photograph of Giles family's automobile, Bullfrog Hills (Nev.), early 1900s

Date

1900 to 1925

Description

back seat l-r Edith Giles, Joe Horton; front seat l-r Edwin Schofield Giles and wife Edith Corliss. Giles family's automobile named Geraldine
Caption: The Giles family in Geraldine, Beatty

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Photograph of Palmer general store, Beatty (Nev.), early 1900s

Date

1900 to 1925

Description

The Palmer Store, renamed the Amargosa Cattle Company Store was purchased by Albert Revert around 1929. It became known as Revert's Mercantile.
Caption: Palmer's store, Beatty, Nevada, where C.M.T. lives.
Site Name: E. E. Palmer General Store (Beatty, Nev.)

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Photograph of buildings, Rhyolite (Nev.), early 1900s

Date

1900 to 1925

Description

The three story building closest to the automobile is the Overbury Building. The three story building in the background is the John S. Cook and Company building. Auto drives past abandoned buildings in Rhyolite.
Caption: Deserted buildings on the main street of Rhyolite.

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Photograph of autos parked in downtown, Beatty (Nev.), early 1900s

Date

1900 to 1925

Description

Caption: Lorraine's daddy's store. Beatty.

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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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Photograph of Hotel Casey in business district, Goldfield (Nev.), early 1900s

Date

1900 to 1925

Description

Site Name: Hotel Casey (Goldfield, Nev.)

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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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Photograph of streets of after the boom, Beatty (Nev.), early 1900s

Date

1900 to 1925

Description

Per patron comment, the building on the far left is the Beatty Cash Store, also known as Mom and Pop Richings' Store, but is now called the Beatty Club. It has signs for Red Crown Gasoline, as well as one that reads "Welcome to Leadfield," and could be from the late 1920s.
Caption: Beatty after the boom. Awaiting another one.

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Photograph of the headframe and buidlings at the Revert Divide Mine, 1900

Date

1900

Description

Photograph of the headframe and buidlings at the Revert Divide Mine, 1900

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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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