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Handwritten description provided on back of image: "Nevada Hatch, family trad. That she was first Anglo-Saxon child born in Nevada." Included with the image is a copy of a typed letter which reads: "Miss Merle Irwin, Vista del Monte, #118 3775 Modoc Road Santa Barbara, California 93105. Jan. 10, 1978. University of Nevada, Library, Las Vegas. My dear Friends: A year ago my brother and I visited and talked to a lovely lady to whom I promised a photograph of a distant cousin in Michigan, named NEVADA HATCH, because it was said she was the first Anglo-Saxon child born in Nevada. I have now secured it from my brother, Warren Irwin, at 9457 Las Vegas Blvd., Paradise Spa #4, have had a copy made, and herewith send you the original. Sincerely, Merle Irwin." Individual Creator credit goes to H. B. Leckenby.

Machine Shop building at the LV Rail yards. Image taken in the early 1900s.

A street scene in Indian Springs, Nevada.

A portrait of Ed Clark.

A picture of wood buildings in White Hills, Arizona.

Shrubs and fencing in a town that is probably Panaca, Nevada.

An unidentified woman sits inside the parlor of the Underhill residence. She sits in a rocking chair next to a bookshelf and holds an open book in her lap.