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Clara Bow Bell aiming a rifle at Walking Box Ranch, Nevada: photographic print
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Archival Collection
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Bell Family Scrapbook scanning, Set 4, proofed 11.04.2010 Clara Bow shooting a rifle at Walking Box Ranch outside the ranch house near one of the rock gardens. 1931. The garden was made by "Big John" Silvera from Searchlight Nevada. He was Deputy Sheriff and did rock work
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Clara Bow Bell standing in front of the fireplace at Walking Box Ranch, Nevada: photographic print
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Archival Collection
Description
Bell Family Scrapbook scanning, Set 4, proofed 11.04.2010 Clara Bow in front of fireplace with a dog in the great room in the ranch house at Walking Box Ranch." the Walking Box branding iron located on the mantle. The fireplace was made by "Big John" Silvera from Searchlight Nevada. He was deputy sheriff and did rock work
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Raymond Brooks Papers on Mining
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The Raymond Brooks Papers on Mining (approximately 1900-1955) document Brooks' time working in the mining and railroad industries in central and southern Nevada, as well as in Rhodesia (Zimbabwe). Brooks worked as a mining engineer and executive in many Nevada mining districts, including Goldfield, Tonopah, Bullfrog, Rawhide, Chloride, Beatty, Wonder, and Searchlight. The collection consists of photographs, photograph albums, ledgers and mining certificates, correspondence, and publications that all relate to mining. Notable figures mentioned in material throughout the collection include George Nixon, George Wingfield, William MacMaster, and James Butler.
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Edith Giles Barcus Family Photograph Collection
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The Edith Giles Barcus Family Photograph Collection (approximately 1878-1954) consists of black-and-white photographic prints and negatives, as well as postcards and photograph albums. The images depict locations in Nevada including Las Vegas, Goldfield, Searchlight, and Tonopah, in addition to locations in Arizona, California, Colorado, Massachusetts, Utah, and Mexico. Also included are images of family, friends, and associates of the Giles Barcus family. The albums contain photographs depicting the Giles family as they traveled through the southwest United States and Mexico, as well as postcards from prominent locations in the southwestern United States.
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