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Photograph of children, late 1900s
Date
1960 to 1979
Description
An older and younger boy hold hands and stand together, barefooted, in the backyard of a home.
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Photograph of Palmer general store, Beatty (Nev.), early 1900s
Date
1900 to 1925
Archival Collection
Description
The Palmer Store, renamed the Amargosa Cattle Company Store was purchased by Albert Revert around 1929. It became known as Revert's Mercantile.
Caption: Palmer's store, Beatty, Nevada, where C.M.T. lives.
Site Name: E. E. Palmer General Store (Beatty, Nev.)
Caption: Palmer's store, Beatty, Nevada, where C.M.T. lives.
Site Name: E. E. Palmer General Store (Beatty, Nev.)
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Photograph of streets of after the boom, Beatty (Nev.), early 1900s
Date
1900 to 1925
Archival Collection
Description
Per patron comment, the building on the far left is the Beatty Cash Store, also known as Mom and Pop Richings' Store, but is now called the Beatty Club. It has signs for Red Crown Gasoline, as well as one that reads "Welcome to Leadfield," and could be from the late 1920s.
Caption: Beatty after the boom. Awaiting another one.
Caption: Beatty after the boom. Awaiting another one.
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New Year's celebration 1885, menu, Revere House
Date
1905-02-27
Archival Collection
Description
Menu insert: Quotations; Poems Restaurant: Revere House Location: Springfield, Illinois, United States
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New Year's Day dinner menu, 1884, The Millard
Date
1905-02-26
Archival Collection
Description
Restaurant: The Millard Location: Omaha, Nebraska, United States
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Photograph of Mae Pickett Stocker and a friend, Las Vegas, circa 1925-1930s
Date
1925 to 1935
Archival Collection
Description
Mae Pickett Stocker (Harold Stocker's second wife) with an unidentified woman possibly in Las Vegas, Nevada Ca. 1925-1930's
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Photograph of Rioville, Nevada, circa 1900
Date
1900 (year approximate)
Archival Collection
Description
Rioville, also known as Bonelli's Landing, Nevada.
Transcribed Notes: Notes on attached sheet: Rioville, Nevada (also known as Bonelli's Landing). It now lies at the bottom of Lake Mead, formed behind Hoover Dam. Rioville was founded by Daniel Bonelli, a Mormon pioneer sent by Brigham Young, about 1865 at the mouth of the Virgin River.
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Photograph of Wovoka, early 1900s
Date
1900 to 1920
Archival Collection
Description
A picture of Wovoka, also known as Jack Wilson, was the Paiute messiah from Mason Valley and the originator of the Ghost Dance religion. The Ghost Dance is incorporated into numerous American Indian belief systems and is said to unite the living spirits with the deceased. Written on the photo: "Northern Paiute - 1. Wovoka, the Paiute messiah from Mason Valley, was the originator of the Ghost Dance religion. Inter-Tribal Council of Nevada. Courtesy of The National Archives."
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New Year's Eve 1966, menu, The Sands
Date
1965-12-31 to 1966-01-01
Archival Collection
Description
Note: "New Years' Eve 1966"--cover. Cover has illustration of a grandfather clock with an inset photograph of the Sands tower. "Now appearing in the Copa Room! Jack Entratter presents Steve Lawrence & Eydie Gorme, Joe Guercio conducting; Richard Pryor." Inside of menus is autographed "to Archie" by Lawrence and Gorme. Photo of Lawrence and Gorme inside menu Restaurant: Copa Room Location: Las Vegas, Nevada, United States
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Photograph of advertisements on ore wagons at Tonopah Railroad Carnival, Tonopah (Nev.), early 1900s
Date
Unknown year in the decade of the 1900s
Archival Collection
Description
Photograph of advertisements on ore wagons at Tonopah Railroad Carnival, Tonopah (Nev.), early 1900s
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