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Film transparency of Entry Number 103 in the Helldorado Parade on Fremont Street, Las Vegas, Nevada, May, 1958

Date
1958-05
Description
Entry Number 103 in the Helldorado Parade on Fremont Street, May 1958. Two men and a dalamatain dog in a metal uncovered wagon guide a six-horse team of draft horses along the parade route. They are in front of the Boulder Club, located at 118 Fremont Street. The Boulder Club was in operation from 1931-1960. A sign on the Boulder Club reads ""Farmer" Page - Enjoy the Old West - Jackpots, Craps, Bar, Keno, Roulette, Twenty-One." They have just passed Joe W. Brown's Horseshoe Club (in operation from 1935-1958), located 128 Fremont Street at the corner of Fremont Street and 2nd Street. The Fremont Casino is visible in the background.

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Photograph of petroglyphs at Meadow Valley Wash, Nevada, circa mid 1900s - late 1900s

Date
1950 to 1999
Description
An unidentified individual standing beside petroglyphs carved onto rocks located at the mouth of Meadow Valley Wash in Nevada. Additional commentary provided with image: "Is this the pope-slover wagon of 1837-38, the first wagon to pass over the Old Spanish Trail?"

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Postcard of ore mills, Belleville, Nevada, 1880s

Date
1880 to 1889
Description
Ore mills are to the left, sixteen-mule team is pulling four wagons on way to mine or wood camp. Mule skinner (driver) is riding a wheel horse, swampers and passengers are standing, water barrels are lashed to the sides of the wagons. Cordwood is stacked below the mill.

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Photograph of packtrains and buggies crossing desert, Tonopah (Nev.), early 1900s

Date
Unknown year in the decade of the 1900s
Description
Photograph of packtrains and buggies crossing desert, Tonopah (Nev.), early 1900s

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Photograph of packtrain and horse team at mine, Round Mountain (Nev.), early 1900s

Date
1900 to 1925
Description
Photograph of packtrain and horse team at mine, Round Mountain (Nev.), early 1900s

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