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Slide of protesters with signs demonstrating on the highway near the Nevada Test Site, January 15, 1991
Date
1991-01-15
Archival Collection
Description
Color image of protesters at an anti-nuclear testing demonstration in the Nevada desert that was organized by Greenpeace, American Peace Test, and/or a group advocating for Shoshone Indians (possibly called Shoshone Action).
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Photograph of Earl Rockwell and Bill Pearson behind City Bakery, Las Vegas, Nevada, circa 1910s-1920s
Date
1900 to 1929
Archival Collection
Description
Earl Rockwell and Bill "Limey" Pearson standing with Müller & Yost City Bakery horse-drawn delivery wagon behind the bakery building. The location later became that of the Fortune Club.
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Photograph of Belle Butler and Daisy Rendall at a mine in Tonopah, Nevada, circa 1901
Date
1900 to 1902
Archival Collection
Description
Belle Butler (wife of Jim Butler, lower left), and Daisy Rendall (later married to Nevada Governor Tasker Oddie), pose outside of adits at a mine near Tonopah, Nevada where Jim Butler first discovered gold.
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Panoramic photograph of mining buildings in Gilbert, Nevada, circa 1910s-1920s
Date
1910 to 1929
Archival Collection
Description
Panoramic view of wooden buildings and automobiles in the desert in Gilbert, Esmeralda County, Nevada, 25 miles west of Tonopah, near the Monte Cristo Range of mountains.
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Aerial photograph of Pioche, Nevada, circa 1880s
Date
1870 to 1889
Archival Collection
Description
An aerial view of Pioche, Nevada during its silver mining boom. The "Million Dollar" Courthouse is the two-story brick building just to the right of the center of the photo. Buildings indentified as a bakery and a restaurant are also seen.
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Photograph of crowds of people watching a parade, Tonopah, Nevada, circa 1910s
Date
1910 to 1919
Archival Collection
Description
Crowds of people line a street decorated with American flags in Tonopah, Nevada to watch a parade, probably for Independence Day. The Tonopah Club building is seen at left center.
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Photograph of the Henderson family, San Bernardino (Calif.), 1875-1905
Date
1875 to 1905
Archival Collection
Description
Sitting on the porch from left to right: Donald Cowper Henderson, May Stephen Henderson Murray, Nancy Henderson, and Margaret Henderson Martin. Nancy Henderson died in 1905.
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Photograph of woman standing at base of a tree, Yosemite National Park (Calif.), 1890s
Date
1890 to 1900
Archival Collection
Description
Laura stands at the base of a 1000 year old tree in Yosemite National Park. Inscription reads: "Laura at the foot of giant yellow pine tree - yosemite. This tree is said to be 1000 years old and about 300 feet high."
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Photograph of the First State Bank and Worrell's Hardware Store, Las Vegas, Nevada circa 1910s
Date
1910 to 1919
Archival Collection
Description
Black and white image showing an exterior view of the First State Bank and W.D. Worrell's Hardware Store at the corner of Fremont and First Streets in downtown Las Vegas, Nevada.
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Photograph of the First State Bank and Worrell's Hardware Store, Las Vegas, Nevada circa 1910s
Date
1910 to 1919
Archival Collection
Description
Black and white image showing an exterior view of the First State Bank and W.D. Worrell's Hardware Store in downtown Las Vegas, Nevada.
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