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Photograph of two women on a house porch, Delamar (Nev.), 1902

Date

1902

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Photograph of two women on a house porch, Delamar (Nev.), 1902

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Photograph of a Native American man and woman seated in a cart, Las Vegas (Nev.), 1902

Date

1902

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Photograph of a Native American man and woman seated in a cart, Las Vegas (Nev.), 1902

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Photograph of Anna Bracken in the post office, Las Vegas (Nev.), 1908

Date

1908

Description

Site Name: United States Post Office and Court House

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Photograph of Walter and Anna Bracken in an automobile in the desert, 1908

Date

1908

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Photograph of Walter and Anna Bracken in an automobile in the desert, 1908

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Photograph of a woman on the porch of a house, Pioche (Nev.), August 24, 1915

Date

1915-08-24

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Photograph of a woman on the porch of a house, Pioche (Nev.), August 24, 1915

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Photograph of town picnic, Beatty (Nev.), July 4, 1920

Date

1920-07-04

Description

Caption: Picnic July 4, 1920 with all Beatty assembled.

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Postcard of a tent store, Montezuma (Nev.), 1908

Date

1908

Description

Montezuma was the site of extensive mining activity from the 1860s-1880s but was dormant in the early 1900s when the Goldfield strike was made. According to the information painted on the front of the "Road House" of the "Montezuma Trading Company", the traveler or prospector could purchase "Wines & Liquors, Tobacco, Miners Supplies, Hay & Grain, and Groceries" at the store. Montezuma was located in the Montezuma Mountains seven miles west of Goldfield and was experiencing a resurgence precipitated by the discoveries at Goldfield.

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Photograph of people at the pavilion during Clark's Las Vegas townsite sale, Las Vegas (Nev.), 1905

Date

1905

Description

An auction held May 15-16, 1905 to sell lots within Clark's Las Vegas Townsite. A group of men and women stand on and around a covered wooden platform outdoors. The auctioneer stands to the left of center at the front of the platform. The decision to auction lots within Clark's Las Vegas Townsite was not made until May 10, 1905. Auctioneer C.O. Whittemore was the president of the Las Vegas Land and Water Company.

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Photograph of Thanksgiving banquet at the Holland Hotel, Pioneer (Nev.),November 24, 1911

Date

1911-11-24

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Thanksgiving banquet at the Holland Hotel, Pioneer, Nevada, November 24, 1911
Caption: Handwritten in bottom margin of photograph:"Mrs. O'Brien at head of table. C W Thomas 2nd on right." Caption handwritten below photograph: "Thanksgiving banquet, Pioneer Hotel,Pioneer, Nevada, November 1911." The hotel was the Holland Hotel, in Pioneer, Nevada. It was managed by Mr. & Mrs. J. D. O'Brien at the time. Charles W. Thomas became the postmaster of Pioneer, Nevada in October 1911.
Site Name: Holland Hotel (Pioneer, Nev.)

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