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Postcard with four scenes from central Nevada, circa 1900s-1910s
Date
1900 to 1919
Description
A picture postcard with four photographs: the" first [railroad] engine to run over the Sierras;" "Mark Twain 1865 in Aurora, Nevada;" "Mark Twain's cabin in Aurora, Nevada;" the "first house in Genoa, Nevada." Twain is seen with a group of unidentified men.
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Photograph of the Around the World Buick, Las Vegas, circa early 1900s
Date
1900 to 1939
Description
A close-up view of the Around the World Buick, including James Cashman, Sr (left), in front of the Overland Hotel in early Las Vegas, Nevada. Handwritten on the back of the image: "Standing left: James Cashman, Sr." Handwritten onto a piece of paper included with the image: "Two heavy-set men in backseat of car are twin brothers. Photo taken in front of New Overland Hotel. Cashman garage was located in a part of lower hotel bldg. - Jona (?) Cashman Siefeck (?)."
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Photograph of food rations being distributed at Paiute reservation, early 1900s
Date
1900 to 1920
Description
Transcribed from the picture, "Northern Paiute - 10. After the Northern Paiutes were placed on reservations and could no longer hunt or gather food freely, the U.S. Government provided them with food rations or commodities. These food rations came in the form of flour, beans, bacon, sugar, coffee and meat. Bobbie Dodd and Hastings Pancho, shown here, are preparing to distribute meat. Inter-Tribal Council of Nevada. Courtesy of Katie Frazier."
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Photograph of people near a wrecked plane, Las Vegas (Nev.), 1900-1936
Date
1900 to 1939
Description
A large group of people standing near a plane that just crashed.
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Photograph of people near fallen plane, Las Vegas (Nev.), 1900-1936
Date
1900 to 1939
Description
A picture of a group of men standing near an airplane that appears to have been in a wreck.
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Photograph of people near a plane wreck, Las Vegas (Nev.), 1900-1936
Date
1900 to 1939
Description
A group of people standing near a plane that looks as though it just crashed.
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Photograph of men standing in front of a plane, Las Vegas (Nev.), 1900-1939
Date
1900 to 1939
Description
Three men are standing in front of a plane before takeoff. It is possible that one of them is the pilot.
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Front of postcard with Michelangelo da Caravaggio and Der Falschpieler, approximately 1900s-1980s
Date
1900 to 1989
Description
Postcard front depicts Michelangelo da Caravaggio playing poker with Der Falschspieler.
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Film transparency of people chopping wood, presumably in Nevada, circa early 1900s
Date
1900 to 1910
Description
Black and white image of people chopping wood outside of a cabin that is probably located in Nevada.
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Photograph of four miners inside a mine shaft, probably in Nevada, circa 1900s
Date
1900 to 1909
Description
Four unidentified miners with hand tools inside a mine shaft, probably in Nevada.
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