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Frank Brockman in California: photographic print

Date

1980 to 1989

Description

From the Nye County, Nevada Photograph Collection (PH-00221) -- Series III. Beatty, Nevada -- Subseries III.A. Brockman Family. Frank Brockman, son-in-law of Gordon Bettles, at his home.

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Photograph of Jake Beckley, partner with Ed Von Tobel, Sr., next to supply wagon, LAs Vegas, circa 1900s

Date

1900 to 1909

Description

Jake Beckley, partner with Ed Von Tobel, Sr., is shown next to supply wagon on its way to one of the mining camps of the Rhyolite or Beatty Districts. Physical object has an insert containg additional biographical information.

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Photograph of part of a road map of Southern California, circa 1920s

Date

1920 to 1929

Description

Part of a road map of southern California produced by the Automobile Club of Southern California, early 1920s. Map shows the development of roads, railroads, and communities in the southern Nevada area at that time. (Courtesy Of Claudia Reidhead, Beatty, Nevada)

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Bill Martin, Ralph Lisle, Phillip Lisle, and Sam Colvin (identified from left to right) in Panamint City, California: photographic print

Date

1940 to 1943

Description

From the Nye County, Nevada Photograph Collection (PH-00221) -- Series III. Beatty, Nevada -- Subseries III.B. Lisle Family. The men were partners in a tungsten mine outside Panamint City.

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Lisle, Ralph Fairbanks, 1914-2004

Ralph Fairbanks Lisle was born on June 18, 1914 in Lyon, Nevada. He and his family moved to the mining community of Beatty, Nevada in 1938. Lisle held several elected office positions, including Nye County Commissioner, Justice of the Peace, and hospital board member. Ralph Lisle married Chloe Colvin on July 5, 1939 and opened a hardware store in Beatty, Nevada in 1955. Ralph Fairbanks Lisle passed away on January 16, 2004 at the age of 89.

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Road located near the Oasis Ranch in Fish Lake Valley, Nevada: photographic print

Date

1920 to 1922

Description

From the Nye County, Nevada Photograph Collection (PH-00221) -- Series III. Beatty, Nevada -- Subseries III.D. Crowell Family. The automobile is a 1914 Ford purchased by J. Irving Crowell, Jr., for $90.

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Chevron Service Station: photographic print

Date

1940 to 1949

Description

Chevron Service Station, possibly early 1940s. Location is undetermined, most likely in Nye County, Nevada. From the Nye County, Nevada Photograph Collection (PH-00221) -- Series III. Beatty, Nevada -- Subseries III.G. Reidhead Family

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Art and Norman Revert examine ore specimens at the Boyd-Endseley Mining Company Mill: photographic print

Date

1956-05

Description

From the Nye County, Nevada Photograph Collection (PH-00221) -- Series III. Beatty, Nevada -- Subseries III.C. Revert Family. Photograph appeared in conjunction with an article on the Revert Brothers in Minute Man Magazine.

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Two people at a fountain in Carrara: photographic print

Date

1907 (year uncertain) to 1959 (year uncertain)

Description

From the Nye County, Nevada Photograph Collection (PH-00221) -- Series III. Beatty, Nevada -- Subseries III.E. Lemmon Family. Unidentified persons sitting on the fountain, Carrara, Nevada, circa 1928. 

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