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Postcard of a Goldfield mining camp, Goldfield (Nev.), 1903
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Sodaville Mill loading dock: photographic print
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Maidens from Bishop Creek: photographic print
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Dugout in Candelaria (Nev.): photographic print
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Mt. Diablo Mine on the mountain: photographic print
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Candelaria (Nev.): photographic print
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Native Americans playing cards: photographic print
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"Charles S. Sprague Co. Brokers in Mines and Stocks" blank stock forms
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L. F. Manis Photograph Collection
The L. F. Manis Photographs contain photographic prints, photographic slides, and photographic negatives depicting Southern Nevada from approximately 1900 to 1969, with a bulk of the materials dating from 1930 to 1940. The photographs primarily depict the construction, dedication, and various parts of the Hoover (Boulder) Dam, including the dam's upstream and downstream faces, intake towers, spillways, bridges, crest, outlet works, visitors' accommodations, and powerhouse. The photographs also depict Lake Mead, the reservoir created by the Hoover Dam, and the Colorado River, which is dammed by the Hoover Dam. The photographs also include views of desert landscapes in the Southwestern United States, including in Nevada, Arizona, and Southern California. Also depicted in the photographs are the cities of Las Vegas, Nevada and Boulder City, Nevada, including prominent buildings like hotels, casinos, government buildings, and train depots.
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Mining operation: 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). View of a mining operation believed to be located somewhere in central Nevada, although the exact location and date are unknown. Possibly circa 1900s-1930s.
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