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Photograph of men on horseback riding across the desert, Tonopah (Nev.), early 1900s
Archival Collection
Description
Caption: Cowboys returning from races, Tonopah R.R. Carnival 24
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Photograph of a double handed drilling contest in downtown Tonopah (Nev.), early 1900s
Archival Collection
Description
Drilling Contest Tonopah Railroad Carnival
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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 Southern Paiute women, early 1900s
Date
1900 to 1920
Archival Collection
Description
Transcribed from photograph, "Southern Paiute - 8. Ilee Castillo and Imogene Domingo, with baby in Southern Paiute dress. Inter-Tribal Council of Nevada. Courtesy of University of Nevada - Las Vegas Library Collection."
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Photograph of Josephine Pete with baby, early 1900s
Date
1900 to 1920
Archival Collection
Description
Transcribed from photograph, "Southern Paiute - 9. Josephine Pete, a Paiute from Cedar City, Utah, with baby in cradleboard. Inter-Tribal Council of Nevada. Courtesy of University of Nevada - Las Vegas Library Collection."
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Photograph of Alfred Moser, Nevada, 1900-1930
Date
1900 to 1930
Archival Collection
Description
A picture of Alfred Arthur Moser. Handwritten inscription from behind photograph, "307 N. 9th St. Las Vegas, NV Phone 1137. Railroad yards-SPLA SLC." Street Address: 307 North 9th Street
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Photograph of Mack and Will Foster, Goldfield (Nev.), early 1900s
Date
1900 to 1925
Archival Collection
Description
Mack and Will Foster, uncles of George Byron Foster. Handwritten description provided on a separate piece of paper: "Figures identified in reverse. Should be Mack and Will. Lived at Berlin not far from my home in Tonopah. Brothers very close all their lives. Lived into their 80s. Died within months of each other. Mack the eldest. Both small men. When Mack was in his late sixties or early seventies he went to visit Toxine's (sp?), a house of prostitution, when Tonopah still had a red light district, ca 1952. Mack carried brass knuckles and a sawed off revolver. He was a rough character. Died about 1962. Both miners. Had brother, George, and a sister." Also hand written: (Photographer *A Allen ___*, Goldfield, Nev.)
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Photograph of two women looking out a window, early 1900s
Date
1900 to 1925
Description
Two unidentified women look out of a window of a house. A tree is nearly blocking their view.
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Photograph of Velma Bradley on a camel, Mersin, Turkey, October 2, 1900
Date
1900-10-02
Description
Written on back of photograph: "Taken October 2, 1900 in the Mediterranean cost near Mersin, Turkey - Looks like I have jeans on. That is the camel saddle. I have on a dress. Notice the bell on the saddle in the front of me. The Turk happens to be a modern one. Velma [Bradley?]"
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Clark County Mother of the Year Awards and Celebration Committee: photographic print
Date
1982
Archival Collection
Description
From the Fedora Bontempi Simpkin Photograph Collection (PH-00239). Clark County Mother of the Year Awards and Celebration Committee, 1982. From left to right is Marie Ripps, Fedora Bontempi Simpkin, Senator Howard Cannon, Ruth Cooper, and Ann Valder.
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