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Photograph of William S. O' Brien and James C. Flood, circa 1860s-1888
Date
1860 to 1888
Description
L-R: William S. O' Brien and James C. Flood. They were two San Francisco stockbrokers who teamed up with two miners (James G. Fair and John W. Mackay) to break the power and influence of William Sharon and the Bank of America on the Comstock Lode.
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Photograph of James P. Beckwourth, circa 1850s-1866
Date
1850 to 1866
Description
James P. Beckwourth, mountain man, fur trader and explorer. He discovered one of the easier routes (later called the Beckwourth Pass) across the Sierra Navadas, from the Truckee to the Yuba River.
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Photograph of John Fremont and Kit Carson, circa 1850s-1860s
Date
1850 to 1869
Description
Kit Carson (standing) and John C. Fremont (seated).
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Photograph of cleft in a rock, Three Corners area, 1975
Date
1975
Description
Cleft in a rock, Three Corners area (probably Utah-Nevada-Arizona).
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Photograph of petroglyphs in Three Corners area, 1975
Date
1975
Description
Petroglyphs in Three Corners area (probably Nevada-Utah-Arizona).
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Photograph of Mary Eaton, circa mid-late 1930s
Date
1935 to 1939
Description
Portrait of Boulder City, Nevada teacher and civic leader Mary Eaton. She was the wife of Bruce M. Eaton, who worked on the Hoover Dam project.
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Photograph of Mrs. L. F. (John) Manis, Nevada, May 1942
Date
1942-05
Description
Portrait of the wife of photographer L.F. (John) Manis, (first name unknown), probably in southern Nevada.
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Photograph of Virginia "Teddy" Fenton, Maurine Wilson, Hal Erickson, Anna Dean Kepper, Las Vegas, Nevada, 1975
Date
1975
Description
L-R: Boulder City (Nevada) News writer and local historian Virginia "Teddy" Fenton, Maurine Wilson, Hal Erickson, Anna Dean Kepper, at the Mormon Fort site in Las Vegas, Nevada. Site Name: Las Vegas Mormon Fort (Las Vegas, Nev.)
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Photograph of Virginia "Teddy" Fenton, Maurine Wilson, Hal Erickson, Anna Dean Kepper, Las Vegas, Nevada, 1975
Date
1975
Description
L-R: Boulder City (Nevada) News writer and local historian Virginia "Teddy" Fenton with Maurine Wilson, UNLV Library Director Hal Erickson and curator and Las Vegas civic leader Anna Dean Kepper, at the Mormon Fort site in Las Vegas, Nevada. Site Name: Las Vegas Mormon Fort (Las Vegas, Nev.)
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Photograph of the Caliente Railroad Depot,Caliente, Nevada, circa 1960s-1970s
Date
1960 to 1979
Description
Exterior of the Mission Revival style Union Pacific Railroad Depot in Caliente, Nevada. The building opened in 1923.
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