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Photograph of Captain Pete, early 1900s
Date
1900 to 1920
Archival Collection
Description
Transcribed from photo: "Washo - 1. Captain Pete was one of the early spokesmen for the Washo in their dealings with whites. He was often called upon to defend Lake Tahoe and the pine nut hills. Inter-Tribal Council of Nevada. Courtesy of Nevada Historical Society."
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Photograph of a group of men outside the Mount Diablo Mining Company, Candelaria (Nev.), 1900-1925
Date
1900 to 1925
Archival Collection
Description
Photograph of a group of men outside the Mount Diablo Mining Company, Candelaria (Nev.), 1900-1925
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Photograph of a man and boy at a desk in the Delamar Lode newspaper office, Delamar (Nev.), 1900-1925
Date
1898 to 1906
Archival Collection
Description
The Delamar Lode newspaper printing office during the letterpress era. Cast metal sorts, used to construct words for the paper, are in the background at the right. Examples of articles are posted on the wall in the upper left corner. This photograph is attributed to the Fred Steen Collection in Stanley W. Paher's book, Nevada Ghost Towns & Mining Camps, page 300. Mr. Steen, who lived in Delamar around the time of this photograph, moved with his family to Tonopah where he later worked as a mining bookkeeper.
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Photograph of a man holding burro, 1900-1925
Date
1900 to 1925
Archival Collection
Description
Photograph of a man holding burro, 1900-1925
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Photograph of a man on horseback, Pioche (Nev.), 1900-1925
Date
1900 to 1925
Archival Collection
Description
Photograph of a man on horseback, Pioche (Nev.), 1900-1925
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Photograph of a group of men and women standing in doorway, 1900-1925
Date
1900 to 1925
Archival Collection
Description
Photograph of a group of men and women standing in doorway, 1900-1925
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Photograph of a railroad surveyors camp, 1903
Date
1903
Archival Collection
Description
Photograph of a railroad surveyors camp, 1903
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Photograph of a group in covered wagon at Round Valley
Date
1900 to 1925
Archival Collection
Description
Photograph of a group in covered wagon at Round Valley
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Photograph of a crowd gathered for the Los [sic] Vegas Democratic delegation for county division, Las Vegas (Nev.), 1900-1925
Date
1900 to 1925
Archival Collection
Description
Undated photograph, approximate date 1908. A group of men, accompanied by two boys standing in front of a wooden hotel. Two signs pictured state, "For County Division" and "Los [sic] Vegas Democratic Delegation for County Division." The Lincoln County Division Club was formed in Las Vegas in July 1908 to convince the state government to separate the Las Vegas area from Lincoln County and make Las Vegas the new county seat. Lincoln County covered the entire southeastern portion of Nevada at this time and government administration was conducted from Pioche. Petitions for county division had started as early as 1905. Clark County was eventually founded on July 1, 1909.
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Photograph of men at building entrance, Goldfield (Nev.), early 1900s
Date
Unknown year in the decade of the 1900s
Archival Collection
Description
Photograph of men at building entrance, Goldfield (Nev.), early 1900s
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