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Hawkins Family (Duckwater, Nevada), 1880-1987

Level of Description

Sub-Series

Scope and Contents

Materials contain photographs of the Hawkins Family near Duckwater, Nevada from 1880 to 1987. Materials include photographs of the Irwin Ranch, the Tonopah Tidewater Railroad survey camp, camps in Railroad Valley, crops, Stillwater Gaming Club, pictographs in Currant Creek, Shermantown Mill, and Moore's Station.

Archival Collection

Nye County, Nevada Photograph Collection
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Collection Number: PH-00221
Collection Name: Nye County, Nevada Photograph Collection
Box/Folder: N/A

Archival Component

Photograph of the Las Vegas Rotary Club's Christmas Party, Las Vegas, 1940

Date

1940

Description

A black and white image of Las Vegas Rotary Club members at a Christmas party in Las Vegas. The group is in front of the Apache Hotel. Club President A.C. Grant is seated beside a waving Santa Claus in an automobile bearing a sign that reads: "Rotary Xmas Party." Secretary Bryan L. Bunker is standing second from the right in the first row. This photo was taken from a time capsule in the cornerstone of the Union Pacific Railroad station located in Las Vegas. The time capsule was placed there in 1940 and was later retrieved when the building was demolished around 1970.

Image

Letter from Calvin M. Cory (Las Vegas) to Edward C. Renwick, December 20, 1952

Date

1952-12-20

Archival Collection

Description

Cory expresses the legal opinion that in an artesian basin, if you have a water right then the point of diversion makes no difference.

Text

Telegram from John T. McWilliams to W. H. Comstock, May 13-14, 1905

Date

1905-05-14

Archival Collection

Description

Telegram from John T. McWilliams to W. H. Comstock, May 13-14, 1905

Text

Photograph of mine ruins, Bonnie Clair (Nev.), 1906-1918

Date

1906 to 1918

Description

Mine ruins near Bonnie Claire, Nevada. The building's skeleton stands erect despite most of the walls and windows being gone. A large dirt mound of debris and rocks stretches behind the structure.

Image

Railroad construction workers

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Subject

Railroad passenger cars

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Subject

Railroad repair shops

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Subject