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Photograph of Pat McCarran, Henderson, Nevada, circa 1900-1910

Date

1900 to 1910

Description

Senator Pat McCarran checks over 141 tons of silver bullion borrowed from the U.S. Treasury for use as bus bars at Basic Magnesium Inc. plant.

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Photograph of Gilcrease brothers, Las Vegas, Nevada, circa 1920s

Date

1920 to 1929

Description

Ted and Bill Gilcrease playing with a toy town made of clay at Gilcrease Ranch. A weeping willow tree is in background.

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Photograph of railroad tunnel, Las Vegas, Nevada, circa 1927

Date

1927

Description

Widening a railroad tunnel between Las Vegas and Caliente. The plan was to double track the Union Pacific Railroad (U.P.R.R.), but the Great Depression occurred and work was never completed. Iowa civil engineer John Muceus is working on the project.

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Photograph of Mabelle Hancock Jean and family, Nevada, circa 1960s

Date

1960 to 1969

Description

Mabelle Hancock Jean sits with her husbad, Dr. Frank Jean, and his older sister Nellie.

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Photograph of a man hauling hay, Panaca, Nevada, circa 1970s.

Date

1970 to 1979

Description

Black and white picture of a man hauling hay on an International tractor in Panaca.

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Slide of men overlooking Cottonwood, Nevada, circa 1960s - 1983

Date

1960 to 1983

Description

Sherwin "Scoop" Garside, an unidentified man, and a boy overlooking Cottonwood.

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Slide of Old Spanish Trail, Nevada, circa 1960s - 1983

Date

1960 to 1983

Description

Sherwin "Scoop" Garside and fellow travelers on the old Spanish Trail.

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Photograph of James Cashman, Sr. and others in Searchlight, Nevada, 1910

Date

1910

Description

Handwritten description provided on back of image: "Cashman. Original Business, Searchlight, Nev. 1910; James Cashman, Sr. - far right."

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Photograph of Fred Wilson with a cat, Nevada, circa 1930s to 1940s

Date

1930 to 1949

Description

A picture of Fred Wilson posing with two cats.

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Photograph of a burned school house, Las Vegas, Nevada, 1910

Date

1910

Description

Photograph of a man standing beside a the remains of a burned school house. Handwritten description included with the photo: "Remains of old school house where R. R. Company room house was on. So. ? St. Burned about 1909."

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