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Postcard of a tent house with a humorous sign,Goldfield, Goldfield (Nev.), 1900-1925

Date

1900 to 1925

Description

Caption: Waldorf-Astoria, not New York but Goldfield, Nev.

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Photograph of Anna Bracken and a dog on the porch of a Ranch house, Las Vegas (Nev.), 1900-1925

Date

1900 to 1925

Description

Site Name: Las Vegas Ranch (Las Vegas, Nev.)

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Photograph of a house built by William C. Browne featuring the first indoor bathroom in Pioche, (Nev.), 1900-1925

Date

1900 to 1925

Description

Built by William C. Browne, first indoor bathroom in Pioche. Theresa Eisenmann, born 1871. Frank Eisenmann born Sept 21, 1873, 3rd white boy in Pioche; Mill 5 works in background

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Letter from J. Ross Clark to Walter R. Bracken, September 11, 1909

Date

1909-09-11

Archival Collection

Description

Letter concerns housing for railroad employees.

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Photograph of a home in Eldorado Canyon (Nev.), 1900-1925

Date

1900 to 1925

Description

Caption: Home (the mixer, that mixed the mud for the adobe bricks of the house.)

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Photograph of Pickhandle Gulch, Candelaria (N.V.)

Description

Pickhandle Gulch, Candelaria, Nevada Image has no date and was taken from Mt. Diablo dumpsite. Inscription with image reads: "L-R: 1-(high atop hill) Metallic-Equator Hoisting Works; 2-(below) Pioneer Saloon; 3-(below) Boarding House.:"

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Letter from C. A. Earle Rinker to his mother, November 26, 1906

Date

1906-11-26

Archival Collection

Description

Letter to his mother. He wrote about how the hotel fire was only accurately accounted in one paper. He wrote that most papers do not address the disagreeable stuff and that most of the papers disregarded the tenant housing that burned along with the hotel. He also noted that most of the papers did not even list the casualties. Second half of letter describes a shaft that he plans on descending. He also thoroughly described the building that he rents a room in.

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Photograph of women and children posing on Main Street, Goldfield (Nev.), early 1900s

Description

Caption: No. 4 [?]
Site Name: Inverness Lodging House (Goldfield, Nev.)
Miners' Cash Store (Goldfield, Nev.)

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Photograph of an aerial view of the Mount Diablo Mine Company buildings, Pickhandle Gultch (Nev.), 1891

Date

1891

Description

l-r Stables, Elevated lodging house, Company office, Garden, Superintendant's house

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Letter from Ross W. Smith to J. K. W. Bracken, June 10, 1903

Date

1903-06-10

Archival Collection

Description

Letter discusses the need for a new house-keeper and cook at the Las Vegas Ranch. Smith addresses the problems with hiring a woman and suggests hiring a Chinese man.

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