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Photograph of women sitting on the porch steps with cats and dogs, Las Vegas (Nev.), 1900-1925

Date

1900 to 1925

Description

Woman in foreground is Anna Bracken

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Photograph of the last residents of Rhyolite standing outside the train depot, Rhyolite (Nev.), 1900-1925

Date

1900 to 1925

Description

Caption: Mrs. Dryer and son and Mr. Lorraine, last residents of Rhyolite

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Photograph of Eldorado Canyon taken from the Colorado River, Eldorado Canyon (Nev.), 1900-1925

Date

1900 to 1925

Description

Caption: From a boat in mid-stream, looking west. [above] Southwestern Mining Co. Quartz Mill, Mouth of El Dorado Canyon, Boarding House, Store, Millmen's cabins, Weather Observation Station [below]

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Photograph of Eldorado mill buildings, river, and Mount Davis, Eldorado Canyon (Nev.), 1900-1925

Date

1900 to 1925

Description

Annotated on top right: Mt. Davis
Caption: Lower end of El Dorado Canyon, looking east, into Arizona. (A glimpse of the S.W.M.Co. mill buildings and the river in the center)
Site Name: Southwestern Mining Company Quartz Mill (Clark County, Nev.)

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Noble family residence, menu, March 12, 1900

Date

1900-03-12

Archival Collection

Description

Restaurant: Noble Family residence

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Caliente, Nevada, 1900-1930

Level of Description

Sub-Series

Scope and Contents

Materials contain photographs of Caliente, Nevada from 1900 to 1930, including photographs of the saloon fire from 1910, a bridge, a railroad tunnel, Caliente Grade School, and a mining crew.

Archival Collection

Elbert Edwards Photograph Collection
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Collection Number: PH-00214
Collection Name: Elbert Edwards Photograph Collection
Box/Folder: N/A

Archival Component

Photograph of a bath house in a tent near the Las Vegas, Las Vegas (Nev.), 1900-1925

Date

1900 to 1925

Archival Collection

Description

Date of photograph estimated between 1904-1905. View of a bath house inside a tent on Las Vegas Creek in Las Vegas Ranch. "...water diverted from Las Vegas Creek ran through the sawed board in the foreground and into a wooden tub sunk in the ground. A plank is provided to step on while drying off, and thick matting covers the bare earth. Canvas curtains provided privacy" (p. [88], "Las Vegas, as it began--and grew" by Stanley W. Paher).

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Photograph of students on the steps of the Las Vegas High School, Las Vegas (Nev.), 1900-1925

Date

1900 to 1925

Description

Schoolchildren on the steps of Las Vegas High School. Many students were children of employees of the San Pedro, Los Angeles and Salt Lake Railroad Company. People identified in the photo: Barbara Bell, Enis Liddy, Bob Robbins, Art Mosbach, Tommy Loan, Glenn Trout, Dewey Higbee, Dave Kramer, Otto "Kelly Westlake", Ruth Schuyler, Elsie Goodrich, Iona Jurben. Date estimated between 1917-1918.
Site Name: Las Vegas High School (Las Vegas, Nev.)

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Photograph of a man and boy at a desk in the Delamar Lode newspaper office, Delamar (Nev.), 1900-1925

Date

1898 to 1906

Description

The Delamar Lode newspaper printing office during the letterpress era. Cast metal sorts, used to construct words for the paper, are in the background at the right. Examples of articles are posted on the wall in the upper left corner. This photograph is attributed to the Fred Steen Collection in Stanley W. Paher's book, Nevada Ghost Towns & Mining Camps, page 300. Mr. Steen, who lived in Delamar around the time of this photograph, moved with his family to Tonopah where he later worked as a mining bookkeeper.

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Café Royal, lunch menu, June 14, 1900

Date

1900-06-14

Archival Collection

Description

Restaurant: Café Royal Location: 68 Regent Street, W., London, England

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