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Josephine Johnson Foster Photograph Collection
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The Josephine Johnson Foster Photograph Collection depicts the Manor, Howard, Johnson, and Foster families in Nevada from approximately 1906 to 1946. The photographs depict family members and miners in the towns of Tonopah, Millers, and Goldfield, Nevada. The photographs also include family photographs taken in Oregon.
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Photograph of C. N. Cross' mining claim, Las Vegas (Nev.), January 26, 1929
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Correspondence, Thomas Toland to Levi Syphus
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Correspondence, Levi Syphus to Sadie George
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Correspondence, Levi Syphus to Sadie George
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Sidney R. Whitmore Photograph Album
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The Sidney R. Whitmore Photograph Album contains photographs dating from approximately 1920 that document the Colorado River and mining in El Dorado Canyon, Nevada.
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Postcard of mining boom on Main Street, Goldfield (Nev.), 1904
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Robbins Family Photograph Collection
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The Robbins Family Photograph Collection is comprised of eighteen black-and-white photographic reprints and five postcards that depict the Robbins family in Goodsprings and Searchlight, Nevada from approximately 1907 to 1977.
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Reed Phelps oral history interview
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Oral history interview with Reed Phelps conducted by Kim Geary on November 02, 1978 for the Ralph Roske Oral History Project on Early Las Vegas. In this interview, Phelps discusses his career working on the railroads in Nevada and California before moving to Blue Diamond, Nevada to work as a miner. Phelps describes life as a miner in Blue Diamond and the town's history. Phelps also discusses changes that occurred in the town after the Flintkote Company took over the mining operation.
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Correspondence, Levi Syphus to Sadie George
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