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Photograph of a grinding slab metate at the Lost City, Clark County, before 1938

Date

1930 to 1938

Description

Grinding slab metate at the Lost City with numerous holes

Transcribed Notes: Notes on photo sleeve Los City, Nevada. Holes and stones were used to grind grains, etc. (Credit: W.A. Davis); 'Gypsum Cave, bedrock mortars near cave' - W.A. Davis

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Photograph of Lost City restorations and Lake Mead, southward direction, Nevada, 1939

Date

1939

Description

View from the back side of the restorations looking south toward the approaching water.

Transcribed Notes: Transcribed from photo sleeve: "Lost City restorations and rising Lake Mead (1939)"

Image

"Lost City" diorama exhibited at the Nevada State Museum, undated

Level of Description

File

Archival Collection

Elbert Edwards Photograph Collection
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Collection Number: PH-00214
Collection Name: Elbert Edwards Photograph Collection
Box/Folder: Folder 18

Archival Component

Photograph of water seeping into restored pit and dwellings of Lost City, Nevada, 1939

Date

1939

Description

Pithouse in the Lost City restorations undermined by rising Lake Mead water.

Transcribed Notes: Transcribed from photo sleeve: "(1939) Seeping water from rising Lake Mead undermines pit and dwellings."

Image

Lost City Restorations with rising Lake Mead in distance, 1938

Level of Description

File

Archival Collection

Elbert Edwards Photograph Collection
To request this item in person:
Collection Number: PH-00214
Collection Name: Elbert Edwards Photograph Collection
Box/Folder: Folder 06

Archival Component

View of a pueblo in the lost city of Saint Thomas, Nevada: photographic print

Date

1910 (year approximate) to 1930 (year approximate)

Description

From the Chester R. Longwell Photograph Collection (PH-00311). Pueblo built of adobe by Zuni workers.

Image

Lost

Level of Description

File

Archival Collection

Guide to the Canadian Film Centre Worldwide Short Film Festival Submissions
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Collection Number: MS-00615
Collection Name: Guide to the Canadian Film Centre Worldwide Short Film Festival Submissions
Box/Folder: Box 2006-011

Archival Component

Photograph of Bob Owens at the Lost City, Valley of Fire, circa 1933

Date

1932 to 1934

Description

Bob Owens looking at bees in Valley of Fire. (He had a ranch northwest of Las Vegas and later became sheriff.) (Credit: W.A. Davis; he says the location is 3-4 miles northwest of Las Vegas.)

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Photograph of Adeline Rock, Lost City (Nev.), May 14, 1933

Date

1933-05-14

Description

Adeline Rock at Valley of Fire, May 14, 1933.

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Film transparency of kiva at the Lost City near St. Thomas, Nevada, May 13, 1934

Date

1934-05-13

Description

Black and white image with the following printed description: Restored kiva or underground ceremonial chamber at Lost City (Pueblo Escondido), near St. Thomas, Nevada.

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