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Photograph of 20 mule team borax wagons, Death Valley (Calif.), 1927-1935
Date
1927 to 1935
Archival Collection
Description
A handwritten inscription on the front of the image reads: "Original 20 Mule Team Borax Wagons, Furnace Creek Inn. Death Valley National Monument, Calif." Written on each of the wagons is: "The original 20 mule team wagon used for hauling borax out of Death Valley for the Pacific Coast Borax Co."
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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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Photograph of Twenty Mule Team Canyon, Death Valley (Calif.), 1920-1935
Date
1920 to 1935
Archival Collection
Description
Front of photo reads: "20 Mule Team Canyon. Death Valley Nat'l Monument, Calif." A handwritten inscription on the back of the image reads: "Mountains of clay and other minerals. No vegetation, except a few small millions of shrubs along small streams higher up in the mountains."
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Photograph of Badwater Basin, Death Valley (Calif.), 1920-1935
Date
1920 to 1935
Archival Collection
Description
Inscription on the front of the photo reads: "443 - Bad Water, Death Valley, lowest point in North America. Willard."
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Photograph of Badwater Basin, Death Valley (Calif.), 1920-1935
Date
1920 to 1935
Archival Collection
Description
Inscription on front of photo reads: "Bad Water. 310 ft. below sea level. Lowest point in Western Hemisphere. Death Valley National Monument, Calif."
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Photograph of Death Valley from Dante's View (Calif.), 1920-1935
Date
1920 to 1935
Archival Collection
Description
Death Valley as seen from Dante's View, which is located on the north side of Coffin Peak, along the crest of the Black Mountains. Inscription on the front of the photo reads: "Death Valley from Dante's View. Frasher's Foto - Pomona."
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Photograph of Devil's Corn Field, Death Valley (Calif.), 1920-1935
Date
1920 to 1935
Archival Collection
Description
Handwritten inscriptions: front: "'Devil's Corn Field,' Death Valley National Monument, Death Valley, California." Back: "From this plant, called the arrow weed, the Shosone Indians make arrow shafts and the baskets in whose meaning they are especially skilled."
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Photograph of Manley Beacon, Death Valley (Calif.), 1920-1935
Date
1920 to 1935
Archival Collection
Description
Inscription on front of photo reads: "Manley Beacon as seen from Zabriskie Point, Death Valley National Monument, Death Valley, Calif."
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Postcard of pinto donkeys, Death Valley (Calif.), 1920-1935
Date
1920 to 1935
Archival Collection
Description
Transcribed from the back of this postcard: "We are told that only in the Valley are found the pinto donkey (or burro)." The front reads, "Hot meals at all hours." 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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Photograph of a pinto donkey, Death Valley (Calif.), 1920-1935
Date
1920 to 1935
Archival Collection
Description
Transcribed from the back of this postcard: "The pinto burro is particular to the Valley, we are told." The front reads, "A Native Son. Death Valley, California."
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