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The Fairbanks' home in the background in Shoshone, California: photographic print
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Archival Collection
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From the Nye County, Nevada Photograph Collection (PH-00221) -- Series VII. Other areas in Nye County -- Subseries VII.F. Lowe Family. Shoshone, California, between 1910 and 1915. Herman Jones is second from the left. Fourth from the right is Celestia Fairbanks, grandmother of Celesta Lisle Lowe. Third from right is R. J. "Dad" Fairbanks, husband of Celestia Fairbanks and grandfather of Celesta Lisle Lowe. Shorty Harris, co-discoverer of Bullfrog, often stayed in one of the Fairbanks bedrooms. He was noted for his loud snoring, which often caused people to think he was snoring to death
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Chickens and four individuals in Resting Spring, California: photographic print
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Archival Collection
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From the Nye County, Nevada Photograph Collection (PH-00221) -- Series VII. Other areas in Nye County -- Subseries VII.F. Lowe Family. Bob Lee, the shorter man in the white shirt, is pictured with his brother Dick Lee. Resting Spring is located about five miles east of Tecopa, California, on the Old Mormon Trail. Colonel John C. Fremont camped at Resting Spring in 1844 on his return trip from California to the east.
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John Quincy Lisle standing beside an ore wagon intended for use in a sodium sulphate mine, Moapa Valley: photographic print
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Archival Collection
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From the Nye County, Nevada Photograph Collection (PH-00221) -- Series VII. Other areas in Nye County -- Subseries VII.F. Lowe Family. Harry Adams, Ralph Lisle, Lisle's son-in-law and son, and John Quincy Lisle, father of Celesta Lisle Lowe (identified from left to right).
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Resting Spring, California, looking west: photographic print
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Archival Collection
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From the Nye County, Nevada Photograph Collection (PH-00221) -- Series VII. Other areas in Nye County -- Subseries VII.F. Lowe Family. The picture was taken from a small Mountain. Just behind Resting Spring. The roof of the old stone cabin, constructed before 1900, is visible at the far left.
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Ralph Jacobus "Dad" Fairbanks in Shoshone, California: photographic print
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Archival Collection
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From the Nye County, Nevada Photograph Collection (PH-00221) -- Series VII. Other areas in Nye County -- Subseries VII.F. Lowe Family. Cabins in the background were moved from Greenwater, California, and the building directly behind Fairbanks was used as a school, where Celesta Lowe attended 1st or 2nd grade.
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Negative: Goodsprings Hotel, Goodsprings, Nevada, purchased by Deke and Celesta Lowe: photographic transparency
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Archival Collection
Description
From the Nye County, Nevada Photograph Collection (PH-00221) -- Series VII. Other areas in Nye County -- Subseries VII.F. Lowe Family. Goodsprings Hotel, Goodsprings, Nevada, purchased by Deke and Celesta Lowe in 1945. The building was constructed in 1916 by the Fayle family; the Lowes resided there from 1945 to 1951. The building burned to the ground in 1966.
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Composite: Baker, California service station on the west Side of the Tonopah and Tidewater Railroad track; Death Valley; Hoover Dam, Nevada: photographic print
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Archival Collection
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From the Nye County, Nevada Photograph Collection (PH-00221) -- Series VII. Other areas in Nye County -- Subseries VII.F. Lowe Family. The top photo, a composite, was taken about 1928, when R.J. "Dad" Fairbanks first moved to Baker and established a service station on the west Side of the Tonopah and Tidewater Railroad tracks. Photo on the bottom left Shows Death Valley; on the right is a photo of Hoover Dam.
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Snowfall at Greenwater, California: photographic print
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Archival Collection
Description
From the Nye County, Nevada Photograph Collection (PH-00221) -- Series VII. Other areas in Nye County -- Subseries VII.F. Lowe Family
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Celestia Adelaide Fairbanks, wife of Ralph Jacobus "Dad" Fairbanks, Annabelle, Utah: photographic print
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Archival Collection
Description
From the Nye County, Nevada Photograph Collection (PH-00221) -- Series VII. Other areas in Nye County -- Subseries VII.F. Lowe Family
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Celesta Spede Johnson and her husband, David Philo Johnson (identified from right to left): photographic print
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Archival Collection
Description
From the Nye County, Nevada Photograph Collection (PH-00221) -- Series VII. Other areas in Nye County -- Subseries VII.F. Lowe Family
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