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Lillian Morrison interview, 1996: transcript

Date

1996-02-05
1996-02-10
1996-07-29

Description

Lillian Morrison was the first uniformed female who worked for Park Service and has worked for Reclamation for 20 years during the war at Camp Williston. Morrison recalls life in Boulder City during the late 1930s and 1940s. Morrison is the wife of Lloyd Shorty Morrison.

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Postcard of Jessie Johnson Manor, Millers (Nev.), early 1900s

Date

1900 to 1925

Description

A full-length portrait of Jessie Johnson Manor, Ruth Roark's grandmother, in Millers, Nevada. Handwritten description provided with image: "Eva this is not a good picture but the features are better. The wind was blowing so hard when it was taken. - postcard, Jesse Johnson Manor (Ruth Roark's grandmother), at Millers. NV. I.D. R. Roard 06/29/77."

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Postcard of Clarence Johnson, Josephine Gail Johnson, and Jesse Pearl Johnson, early 1900s

Date

1900 to 1925

Description

A view of the Johnson Family, possibly in Nevada. From left to right, the people are identified as follows: Clarence Johnson, baby Josephine Gail Johnson (Foster), and Jessie Pearl Howard Johnson.

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Photograph of Clara Trask and Emma Trask, (Nev.), early 1900s

Date

1900 to 1925

Archival Collection

Description

Sitting from left to right is Clara Trask and Emma Yount. Clara Trask is also known as Clara Belle Trask Fayle Chilson and Emma Yount is also known as Emma Trask Ellis Smithson Yount.

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Film transparency of Maude Swartwood and three others in Las Vegas, circa early 1900s

Date

1910 to 1925

Description

Black and white image of Maude Swartwood, a cousin of Earl Rockwell who was visiting Las Vegas from New York, in a group photo with three others. Note: Image is from a family photo album that was loaned to UNLV Libraries Special Collections and returned to the family on July 17, 1984.

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Blanch Jackson Photograph Collection

Identifier

PH-00243

Abstract

The Blanch Jackson Photograph Collection (approximately 1900-1941) contains black-and-white photographic prints and negatives from the Jackson family’s life in Tonopah, Nevada and their travels to mining sites in Nevada and Arizona. Blanch, her husband Clyde, her father-in-law Colonel David Howell Jackson, their two sons, and some acquaintances are pictured in the photographs.

Archival Collection