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Letter from Walter R. Bracken to F. H. Knickerbocker, April 23, 1925
Date
1925-04-23
Archival Collection
Description
Letter concerns handling of paychecks to railroad employees.
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Photograph of ruined fence, Crucero (Calif.), 1900-1920
Date
1900 to 1920
Archival Collection
Description
A broken fence is partially buried under the sands of the desert. Telephone wires and trees line the background of the image. Inscription reads: "Ruined T&T sand-retaining fence at north side of Crucero, Calif."
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Early Day Planes at old Las Vegas Airport: photographic print
Date
1930-01
Archival Collection
Description
From the Elizabeth Harrington Photograph Collection (PH-00291). Inscription with image reads: "Search for Maury Graham - Planes landed at old Las Vegas Airport January 1930 in the search for Western's lost plane and Pilot Maury Graham. Old Las Vegas Airport now the site of Nellis Air Force Base."
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Murphy, Big Ed, 1914-1965
Born in 1914 in Buckhorn, Nevada with two siblings.
Murphy was a miner primarily in Silver Peak, Nevada.
He boxed against former Heavyweight World Champion, Max Baer, in 1939 and lost by Knock Out in the first round.
Person