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Brown, Hugh, Mrs.
Author of "A Lady in Boomtown: Miners and Manners on the Nevada Frontier" (see snv002483 - pdf). Published in other formats (http://www.amazon.com/Lady-Boomtown-Miners-Manners-Frontier/dp/B000NZ2WVC).
Person
The first Mormon Latter Day Saints chapel in Las Vegas, Nevada: photographic print
Date
1900 (year approximate) to 1999 (year approximate)
Archival Collection
Description
From the UNLV Libraries Single Item Accession Photograph Collection (PH-00171). Pictured is the first LDS (Mormon) chapel in Las Vegas. Construction was begun in 1924 & completed in 1925. The chapel was located on the northwest corner of 6th & Carson streets. It is presently located on Eastern near Washington (in L.V.) at which place this photo was taken.
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Photograph of women on porch steps, Goodsprings (Nev.), early 1900s
Date
1900 to 1925
Archival Collection
Description
Group photo of women family and friends. Written on the back of the photograph, "back sitting left to right: Mrs. G. Homer Black, Miss Madge Henderson (niece of Jean Fayle), Mrs. G.A. Jean Fayle (baby?), unknown, unknown. Standing left to right: unknown, Mrs. Frank G. Florence Doherty (Goodsprings Gazette), unknown, unknown, Mrs. Lawrence J. Tusnet, Mrs. Roy W. Moore, unknown, unknown, Mrs. Harvey Hardy, Mrs. Jack Frederickson, Mrs. Janee Ashbough."
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Photograph of Bill Bishop and others camping on Las Vegas Creek, 1880 - early 1900s
Date
1880 to 1925
Archival Collection
Description
Bill Bishop, bottom right, and others camping below Bonanza on the Las Vegas Creek. One of the men may be Johnnie Horden.
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Letter from C. A. Earle Rinker to his mother, July 2, 1908
Date
1908-07-02
Archival Collection
Description
Letter from C. A. Earle Rinker to his mother, July 2, 1908
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Letter from C. A. Earle Rinker to his mother January 3, 1907
Date
1907-01-03
Archival Collection
Description
Rinker writes about a hometown wedding, his salary and living conditions, a railroad strike, and gambling and drinking.
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