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Photograph of workers moving mining machines, (Mex.), May 1911
Date
1911-05
Archival Collection
Description
Workers use cattle, horses, and covered wagons to haul mining machinery to the mines. Taken by Henry M. Corliss.
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Photograph of Walt MacMaster driving a mule team, Goldfield (Nev.), early 1900s
Date
1900 to 1925
Archival Collection
Description
Caption: Walt MacMaster Goldfield nev. with mules we drove prospecting
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Postcard of Twenty Mule Team, Death Valley (Calif.), 1920-1935
Date
1920 to 1935
Archival Collection
Description
A handwritten inscription on the front of the postcard reads: "Twenty Mule Team Crossing Death Valley in the Eighties." These types of postcards were created by a company called The Teich Company, owned by Curt Teich. It was once world's largest printer of advertising postcards.
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Film transparency of John Summerville, presumably in Las Vegas, 1913
Date
1913
Archival Collection
Description
Black and white image of a page from an album with photos of John Summerville, Olive Lake's first sweetheart. One photo is John standing next to a horse-drawn cart, most likely in Las Vegas, and the other is a portion of a portrait of John. Note: Image is from a family photo album that was loaned to UNLV Libraries Special Collections and returned to the family on July 17, 1984.
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