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Photograph of a schoolhouse, Warm Springs (Nev.), 1937-1938

Date

1937 to 1938

Description

A close-up of Alberta Chloe Calvin in front of a schoolhouse. The schoolhouse had only two students.

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Photograph of Agnes Murphy and her child, Beatty (Nev.), 1930s

Date

1930 to 1939

Description

A picture of Agnes Syphus Murphy posing with her daughter Neve Murphy (now Neve Murphy Perkins) by the St. Thomas Pond.

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Photograph of "Murphy clan of St. Thomas," Beatty (Nev.), 1930s

Date

1930 to 1939

Description

From left to right, a picture of Luke Whitney, Julie Whitney, Alfred Syphus (husband of Agnes Syphus Murphy). Original description: "Murphy 'clan' of St. Thomas."

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Photograph of employment agency, Las Vegas (Nev.), circa 1931

Date

1930 to 1932

Description

View outside of Las Vegas employment agency at 800 block of Fremont St.; Leonard Blood at one of the windows. Street Address: 800 Fremont Street

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Photograph of hardware store, DeKalb (Ill.), circa 1931

Date

1930 to 1932

Description

Prescott's Hardware Store in DeKalb, Illinois. Hole in window was where they stole guns and a steel trap. Wint. (W.A. Davis) and policeman Elmer Larson went out to the suspect's house and later in the day, they caught the thief. In back of sporting goods store was a photo lab. (Quote from Winthrop A. Davis, photographer.)

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Photograph of Ranch House, Las Vegas (Nev.), June 14, 1931

Date

1931-06-14

Description

Mrs. Richardson's ranch house, Corn Creek Road, June 14, 1931. Handwritten on back of card: ""Note: The ranch was 44 miles north of Las Vegas at the base of Sheep Mt. There was a big spring uphill from the house where food was kept cool. The place was originally a homestead. Mrs. Richardson's husband was a house their in Montana who was hung for his crimes there. Afterwards her foreman, Jack Williams, trails her cattle down from Montana. That state bought the ranch for a game reseror [sp] but the home is no longer there. (Info supplied by W.A. Davis, photographer, 1992).""

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Photograph of Adeline Rock, Valley of Fire, May 14, 1933

Date

1933-05-14

Description

Distant view of Adeline Rock at Valley of Fire. May 14, 1933. (Locus of petroglyphs). The county used to keep a barrel of water there to fill car radiators.

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Photograph of Valley of Fire, circa 1933

Date

1932 to 1934

Description

Treaty Pillar at Valley of Fire. Handwritten note on back of card: "Note: Treaty PIllar is in the center of the photo, Las Vegas wash at bottom left. To the rear and off to the right is Callville. The Mormons shipped goods upriver to Callville. The Mormons made a treaty with the Paiutes; the pillar marks the spot where the treaty was made. It is now underwater. From Callville the trail was overland to Salt Lake City - W.A. Davis, photog., 4-92."

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Photograph of Bob Owens at the Lost City, Valley of Fire, circa 1933

Date

1932 to 1934

Description

Bob Owens looking at bees in Valley of Fire. (He had a ranch northwest of Las Vegas and later became sheriff.) (Credit: W.A. Davis; he says the location is 3-4 miles northwest of Las Vegas.)

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Photograph of reburial in Lost City, Valley of Fire, circa 1933

Date

1932 to 1934

Description

Site of reburial of a dozen or more skeletons found in the valley near the ruins of The Lost City Pueblo. Slabs of stones were placed at the head of each grave. Back of photo identifies this as Valley of Fire. (Photographer W.A. Davis says this is not the Valley of Fire].

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