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Daughters of R.J. "Dad" Fairbanks in Long Beach, California: photographic print

Date

1900 (year approximate) to 1939 (year approximate)

Description

From the Nye County, Nevada Photograph Collection (PH-00221) -- Series VII. Other areas in Nye County -- Subseries VII.F. Lowe Family. Two daughters of R.J. "Dad" Fairbanks, Vonola Fairbanks, and Stella Fairbanks Brown. Vonola is standing. It was custom for desert dwellers, if they could afford to, to go to the beach in the summertime.

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Land in front of large Belmont home: photographic print

Date

1900 (year uncertain) to 1939 (year uncertain)

Description

A big house sits on a hill in Belmont, Nevada, circa early 1900s. Trees line the entrance to the neighbor's home that is well hidden among the foliage.

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Davis, Shoemaker, and Hubbard: photographic print

Date

1900 (year approximate) to 1915 (year approximate)

Description

Lincoln Davis from Chicago (left), R.J. Shoemaker from Rochester, N.Y. (center), and J.R. Hubbard a mining engineer from Nevada(?). Mohawk Ledge Mining Company, Goldfield, Nev. Inscription on back of the image reads "I worked for Davis & Shoemaker in office and later at mine after panic hit. This was last work in Goldfield. Shoemaker formerly owned & operated a correspondence school at Rochester NY."

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Photograph of Thomas Hisgen and a crowd on the train platform, Rhyolite (Nev.), 1908

Date

1908

Description

Patron provided the following comment: Note that the depot is wood. This means they are likely at the Bullfrog Goldfield Railroad Depot. The other depot in Rhyolite (still standing) was made of rock and owned by the Las Vegas and Tonopah Railroad.
Caption: Thomas Hisgen - Independent Party Candidate for President - at Rhyolite, Nevada, 1908

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Telegram from J. Ross Clark to William A. Clark, May, 16, 1905

Date

1905-05-16

Archival Collection

Description

Partially coded telegram reports Las Vegas townsite sales.

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Children of Pete Boni and Dominica Louise Julia: photographic print

Date

1906 (year approximate) to 1920 (year approximate)

Description

From the Nye County, Nevada Photograph Collection (PH-00221) -- Series VII. Other areas in Nye County -- Subseries VII.A. Boni Family (Manhattan, Nevada). Only 7 of the 9 Boni children are pictured: Virgilio, Pete, Mary Emily, Albino Richard, James, Ermand Richard, Rose Louise, Leo, and Irene Nelly (identified from left to right).

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