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Photograph of students and teachers outside of a school, Las Vegas (Nev.), 1900-1925

Date

1900 to 1925

Description

School children and teachers pose outside a one-story wooden building identified as "the only school in Las Vegas at the time". The school building was moved by railroad from Rhyolite to the corner of 2nd Street and Lewis in Las Vegas. People identified in the photo are, beginning with front row, left to right: #1: sister of #5 (name unknown); #5: sister of #1 (name unknown); #7: Kessler ( Ernie May's sister); #9: Otto "Kelly" Westlake; #10: Ernie May; #29 Older son of Tom Squires; #38: Tom Lake; #40: Mrs. Palmer (teacher who ran the high school); #41: Mrs. Bartlet (teacher who ran the grammar school). Approximate date between 1905-1910.

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Photograph of a group of people posing outdoors, Las Vegas (Nev.), 1900-1925

Date

1900 to 1925

Description

Group of students and teachers from a Sunday school pose outdoors around 1914. Original legend with the numbers has been lost. The remaining text reads: Small children in front: #5-Fay Kessler; #7-(?) Kessler; Daisy French behind #7. Sitting on end: Gertrude Martin and Martha Kramer. Standing: #3-Mrs. Chas. Ball holding George; #6-Wanda Ball; #11-Mrs. Noblitt; #12-Bob Griffith; #4-(?) Noblitt; #17-Mrs. Palmer; #18-Hazel Gray; #19-Lola May Ball; Rev. Palmer in back of her; #20-Nellie McWilliams; #21-Mrs. Bray

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Photograph of the Shockley brothers (Walter Shockley, William Hillman Shockley, George Shockley), 1900-1925

Date

1900 to 1925

Description

l-r Walter Shockley, William Hillman Shockley, George Shockley

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Photograph of people, automobiles and wagons on Main Street, Pioneer (Nev.), 1900-1925

Description

Inscription on front reads: Welch & Tune Photo Goldfield Goldfield Nev Main St. Pioneer Nev. Per patron comment, the second business from the left is the Vienna Bakery Cafe, and a fire started there on May 7, 1909 that burned down all of the businesses in that row. Patron also noted that the sign on the back of the car reads "Alkali Bill's Auto Line," and this was a company that provided transportation from the Bullfrog Goldfield Railroad depot in Springfield to Pioneer.

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Photograph of horse-drawn ice carriage, Goldfield (Nev.), 1900-1925

Date

1900 to 1925

Description

Unidentified man stands next to carriage (possibly carrying ice) pulled by two horses. Side of car reads "Goldfield and Columbia Ice."

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Photograph of Mount Davis and tamaracks along the river, Eldorado Canyon (Nev.), 1900-1925

Date

1900 to 1925

Description

Caption: Mt. Davis and the River from the home yard, looking southeast. (The Tamaracks that Grandpa planted in the early days.)

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Map of the Mohawk Mine, 3rd level, Esmeralda County (Nev.), 1900-1925

Date

1900 to 1925

Description

Sectional mining map; hand-drawn and annotated in colored pencil

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Map of the Clermont Mine, 4th level, Nye County (Nev.), 1900-1925

Date

1900 to 1925

Description

Sectional mining map; hand-drawn and annotated in colored pencil

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