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Photograph album 1, Ferron-Bracken Collection, circa 1905-1935, page 54
Date
1905 to 1935
Description
Photograph in lower left corner of page shows miners underground moving hand-held light sources to create circles of light in a prolonged photographic exposure, a technique called light painting.
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Photograph of ancient salt miners, early 1900s
Date
1900 to 1920
Archival Collection
Description
Transcribed from photograph, "Southern Paiute - 3. Southern Nevada's ancient salt miners at work in Salt Cave. Inter-Tribal Council of Nevada. Courtesy of Smithsonian Institution, National Anthropological Archives, Bureau of American Ethnology Collection." The items pictured in the photo are labeled.
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Photograph of a miner holding a baby burro, Las Vegas (Nev.), early 1900s
Date
1905 to 1910
Archival Collection
Description
Unidentified miner holding a baby burro.
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Photograph of miners and burros, Las Vegas (Nev.), 1910s
Date
1910 to 1919
Archival Collection
Description
Black and white photograph a miner in a covered wagon pulled by burros. Sunrise Mountain can be seen in the background.
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Photograph of miners in Tonopah (Nev.), circa 1938
Date
1937 to 1939
Archival Collection
Description
A group of miners in Tonopah, Nevada. From left to right, the men are identified as: 1) unidentified; 2) Ed Slavin; 3) Blair Meldrum; 4) Frank LeFevre; 5) David Dunsdon; 6) Kendall; 7) Mitch Vuich; 8) Nick Banovich; and 9) unidentified. The seated man is also unidentified.
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Photograph album 2, Ferron-Bracken Collection, circa 1905-1935
Date
1905 to 1935
Archival Collection
Description
Photograph album of early Las Vegas.
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Photograph album 2, Ferron-Bracken Collection, circa 1905-1935, page 38
Date
1905 to 1935
Description
Photograph in upper left corner inscribed "Dry lake, Cal., 1902." Photograph in center of right column indentifed as "Arthur MacGuire, 1902."
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