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Postcard of Mount Hood, (Ore.), June 16, 1927

Date

1927-06-16

Description

Postcard from Mount Hood, Oregon, sent from "Lois" to Mr. & Mrs. Ed Giles in Goldfield, Nevada. Letter reads: "Lois Casman(?), Portland, Oregon. Dear Mr. & Mrs. Giles, Just a note to tell you we are having a nice rest among the trees and roses. I do wish, though, that Ihad an airplane. I would sail to Goldfield the first thing. If you have time, write me a few lines, telling me the 'news.' Love, Lois."

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Photograph of a message on the back, Goldfield (Nev.), 1920-1954

Date

1920 to 1954

Description

A messgae on the back of the photograph. It reads: "1920-1954. This was a mizers Castle in Goldfield Nevada. John Bush - lived here 30 years alone while saved 100 thousand dollars, no water or electricity were in this house He worked extremely(?) hard - was student of the Bible never spent nothing at all on himself. Cut his own hair wore socks on his feet in the winter saved on shoes and in the last(?) married a rich woman and is still living"

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Back of the postcard showing who it was sent to and where it was going, Bishop (Calif.), October 18, 1937

Date

1937-10-18

Description

Back of the postcard. It was sent to Mrs. J. H. McHenry to Tonopah (Nev.) from someone named Harry. He sends the post card saying that he arrived to okay and that he will go mining that next morning. Received in Tonopah, Nevada on October 18, 1937.

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Photographs of a Donn Arden production, image 03

Date

1950 to 1969

Description

One of the women in this photograph, stage name Elizabeth Shelly, real name Elizabeth Jean Woollett (born 1928, died 2014), was identified by her daughter, Rozzy. Rozzy also shared the following information: "this was a Donn Arden avant guard production on stage, an unusual one off for my mum - she spoke highly of Donn. She loved her days as a Bluebell Girl - she was a classically trained ballet dancer initially trained locally with Miss Hawkins and went on to train with Judith Espinosa. Elizabeth was a Bluebell Girl for 2 years (1952– 53) before she married in 1955."

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Photograph of Western Shoshone women, Goldfield (Nev.), early 1900s

Date

unspecified year in 190X

Description

Photograph of Western Shoshone women, Goldfield (Nev.), early 1900s

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Photograph album 2, Ferron-Bracken Collection, circa 1905-1935, page 27

Date

1905 to 1935

Description

Captions: "First camp at Skull Valley Dry Farm, 1910." "George Algets (?), Clayton Ogden." "Skull Valley 1910." "Skull Valley Dry Farm 1910." "John, George, Phil Algets (?), Graniteville, Utah." "Skull Valley 1910." "Thos. (?) Palmer, Clayton Ogden, Geo. Algets (?), Joe Palmer, Graniteville, Ut. 1910." "Frank Mercer - 1910 May - Jack Taylor."

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Photograph album 2, Ferron-Bracken Collection, circa 1905-1935, page 65

Date

1905 to 1935

Description

Photograph in upper left corner of this page is captioned "Hager's baby, Japan, 1906." Photograph in center of upper row is captioned "A.L. Hager, 1903." Photograph in upper right corner is captioned "Senator Tillman's castle, Yonkers, N.Y., 1906." Photograph in lower left corner is captioned "Black Hills, Dakota." Photograph in center of bottom row is captioned "Black Hills 1907." Photograph in lower right corner is captioned "Pasadena 1907-1908."

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