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"Souvenir of Tonopah, Nevada" with photos from Goldfield, Tonopah, and Searchlight, Nevada: photograph album, image 028

Description

From the Nevada Mining Photograph Collection (PH-00361) -- Shown is a miniature photograph of Goldfield, Nevada. Written on the photograph, "Ore dump on the sandstorm ore shipped ran $60,000 per. town".

"Souvenir of Tonopah, Nevada" with photos from Goldfield, Tonopah, and Searchlight, Nevada: photograph album, image 030

Description

From the Nevada Mining Photograph Collection (PH-00361) -- Shown is a miniature photograph of Goldfield, Nevada. Written on the photograph, "Jumbo Mine. Leasers took out $1,500,000 in eight months".

Film transparency of the Beaver Dam area near Carp, Nevada, November, 1954

Date

1954-11

Description

Beaver Dam area east of Carp, Nevada. Carp, Nevada is an unincorporated community in Lincoln County, Nevada, United States located 35 miles (56 km) south of Caliente. It sits on the Meadow Valley Wash, which empties into Lake Mead. Carp was originally a small railroad station for the Union Pacific Railroad. The post office started under the name of "Carpsdale" on June 29, 1918, but was rescinded. It then officially opened under the name of "Cliffdale" June 7, 1921 and changed yet again to "Carp" December 1, 1925. The Carp post office remained open to serve rural ranches until July 1, 1974, when it closed permanently. Little remains of Carp today except a railroad siding usually occupied by idling trains, and the remains of the watering reservoir.

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Film transparency of the Beaver Dam area near Carp, Nevada, November, 1954

Date

1954-11

Description

Beaver Dam area east of Carp, Nevada. Carp, Nevada is an unincorporated community in Lincoln County, Nevada, United States located 35 miles (56 km) south of Caliente. It sits on the Meadow Valley Wash, which empties into Lake Mead. Carp was originally a small railroad station for the Union Pacific Railroad. The post office started under the name of "Carpsdale" on June 29, 1918, but was rescinded. It then officially opened under the name of "Cliffdale" June 7, 1921 and changed yet again to "Carp" December 1, 1925. The Carp post office remained open to serve rural ranches until July 1, 1974, when it closed permanently. Little remains of Carp today except a railroad siding usually occupied by idling trains, and the remains of the watering reservoir.

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University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV) 29th commencement program

Date

1992-05-17

Description

Commencement program from University of Nevada, Las Vegas Commencement Programs and Graduation Lists (UA-00115).

Text

Pioche, Nevada, 1918-1960

Level of Description

Sub-Series

Scope and Contents

Materials contain photographs of Pioche, Nevada from 1918 to 1960, including photographs of schools, ranches, and buildings.

Archival Collection

Elbert Edwards Photograph Collection
To request this item in person:
Collection Number: PH-00214
Collection Name: Elbert Edwards Photograph Collection
Box/Folder: N/A

Archival Component

Slide of Panaca Mercantile, Nevada, 1970

Date

1970

Description

Panaca Mercantile, formerly known as a Panaca Co-op that was built in 1868, in Nevada.

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Slide of Panaca Mecantile, Nevada, 1970

Date

1970

Description

Panaca Mercantile, formerly known as the Panaca Co-op that was built in 1868, in Nevada.

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Program for the exhibit "Moulin Rouge: History in the Making" at Nevada State Museum and Historical Society, March 26, 1993

Date

1993-03-26

Description

Program for the exhibit, "Moulin Rouge: History in the Making," March 26, 1993, at Nevada State Museum and Historical Society.

Text

Album 1: travel photographs of southern Nevada, Arizona, California, and Wyoming: photographic prints

Date

1900 (year approximate) to 1939 (year approximate)

Description

From the Maurine and Fred Wilson and Dr. William S. Park Photograph Albums (PH-00222) -- Album 1

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