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Charis Robbins oral history interview

Identifier
OH-01576
Abstract

Oral history interview with Charis Robbins conducted by Steven J. Syzdek on March 17, 1978 for the Ralph Roske Oral History Project on Early Las Vegas. In this interview, Robbins describes her early life living in various towns in California during the early 1900s, namely Silver Peak, California, before moving to Las Vegas, Nevada in 1943.

Archival Collection

Dr. Sidney J. Leverett, chief of the School of Aerospace Medicine's Biodynamics Department briefing Howard Cannon on the Simulator: photographic print

Date
1950 (year approximate) to 1983 (year approximate)
Description
From the Howard Cannon Photograph Collection (PH-00192). Brooks Air Force Base, Texas. Major General T. C. Bedwell, Jr. and Captain Lee S. Jackson are also present and the simulator shown is the Rotational Flight simulator.

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Man and an abandoned gallows frame: photographic print

Date
1909 (year uncertain) to 1988 (year uncertain)
Description

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). View of a man and an abandoned gallows frame, located in central Nevada. Exact date and location are unknown. Possibly 1900s-1940s.

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Jacob E. Von Tobel Photograph Collection

Identifier
PH-00204
Abstract

The Jacob E. Von Tobel Photograph Collection contains black-and-white photographs of the pioneer Von Tobel family from 1900 to 1980. The collection includes photographs of the Von Tobel family, early Las Vegas, Nevada buildings and landmarks, and aerial photographs of Las Vegas and surrounding areas.

Archival Collection

Photograph of miners standing near shaft and headworks, Tonopah (Nev.), late 1800s

Date
1890 to 1900
Description
Photograph of miners standing near shaft and headworks, Tonopah (Nev.), late 1800s

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Photograph of Senator William M. Stewart riding a mule, Rhyolite (Nev.), late 1800s

Date
1890 to 1900
Description
Photograph of Senator William M. Stewart riding a mule, Rhyolite (Nev.), late 1800s

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Postcard of the Mohawk Mine, Goldfield (Nev.), 1907

Date
1907
Description
Caption: The Great Mohawk Mine, Goldfield, Nev.

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Postcard of California Limited crossing the desert, 1901

Date
1901
Description
Caption: 5512 The California Limited on the desert

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Photograph of a mining town, Delamar (Nev.), 1890s

Date
1890 to 1900
Description
Panoramic view of hillside mine and town, probably Delamar, Nevada, in the late 19th century.

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Photograph of Raymond Jefferson, Goldfield (Nev.), 1907

Date
1907
Description
Man identified as: Jeff

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