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Nye County, Nevada Photograph Collection
The Nye County, Nevada Photograph Collection contains photographs from Nye County, Nevada from 1880 to 1990. The collection includes a wide variety of photographs that document the activities, landmarks, geographical features, towns, ranches, and families of Nye County. The collection covers the areas of Amargosa Valley, Ash Meadows, Beatty, Duckwater, Gabbs, Goldfield, Kawich Mountains, Manhattan, Pahrump, Round Mountain, Rhyolite, Smoky Valley, Springdale, Tecopa, Tonopah, and Twin Springs. The activities documented include mining, prospecting, herding animals, schooling, ranching, building construction, railroad construction, and hunting and fishing.
Archival Collection
Members of the Will Berg extended family: photographic print
From the Nye County, Nevada Photograph Collection (PH-00221) -- Series V. Smoky Valley, Nevada and Round Mountain, Nevada -- Subseries V.C. Lofthouse-Berg Families (Round Mountain). Dan Thomas, Katie Berg, unidentified person, Lucille Berg, Will Berg, Fanny Berg, unidentified person, Karl Berg, and John Berg (identified from left to right). The family is in front of John Berg’s garage, Round Mountain, Nevada.
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Placer miners using hydraulic methods: photographic print
From the Nye County, Nevada Photograph Collection (PH-00221) -- Series V. Smoky Valley, Nevada and Round Mountain, Nevada -- Subseries V.C. Lofthouse-Berg Families (Round Mountain).
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A view of what is believed to be a mill: photographic print
From the Nye County, Nevada Photograph Collection (PH-00221) -- Series V. Smoky Valley, Nevada and Round Mountain, Nevada -- Subseries V.C. Lofthouse-Berg Families (Round Mountain).
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Grandma Kelsay, mother of Fulton Little Kelsay, pictured on the Berg Ranch, Nevada: photographic print
From the Nye County, Nevada Photograph Collection (PH-00221) -- Series V. Smoky Valley, Nevada and Round Mountain, Nevada -- Subseries V.C. Lofthouse-Berg Families (Round Mountain). Grandma Kelsay smoked a corncob pipe.
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Berg family and friends: photographic print
Round Mountain, Nevada, January 5, 1946. From the Nye County, Nevada Photograph Collection (PH-00221) -- Series V. Smoky Valley, Nevada and Round Mountain, Nevada -- Subseries V.C. Lofthouse-Berg Families (Round Mountain). Left to right: William Berg, Lillian Yeager Berg, Fred Oliver (in back), Shirley Ann Berg Lofthouse; in front, Dick Williams (brother to Lillian Y. Berg), unidentified woman from New York.
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Dan and Irene "Rene" Rogers Berg Zaval: photographic print
From the Nye County, Nevada Photograph Collection (PH-00221) -- Series V. Smoky Valley, Nevada and Round Mountain, Nevada -- Subseries V.D. Zaval Family (Smoky Valley and Round Mountain). Photograph taken on the front step of their home.
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1941 Ford pickup flatbed truck belong to Karl "Skook" Berg heading for a camping trip: photographic print
From the Nye County, Nevada Photograph Collection (PH-00221) -- Series V. Smoky Valley, Nevada and Round Mountain, Nevada -- Subseries V.C. Lofthouse-Berg Families (Round Mountain). The Shirley Ann Lofthouse family was fond of camping.
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Will Berg on the Berg Ranch: photographic print
From the Nye County, Nevada Photograph Collection (PH-00221) -- Series V. Smoky Valley, Nevada and Round Mountain, Nevada -- Subseries V.C. Lofthouse-Berg Families (Round Mountain). Will Berg pictured at the back door of the ranch house on the Berg Ranch.
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