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Photograph of three men with pistols and liquor bottles, Goldfield (Nev.), 1900-1920

Date
1900 to 1920
Description
Man on the left may be Raymond Jefferson, man on the right may be C.A. Earle Rinker

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Photograph of Bill Tomiyasu and children standing in his wheat field, Las Vegas, circa 1925

Date
1925 (year approximate)
Description

Bill, Kiyu, and Nanyu Tomiyasu in their wheat field looking northwest

Transcribed Notes: Transcribed from photo sleeve: "Wheat fields on the Tomiyasu property, west side of Pecos Road (c. 1925) Bill Tomiyasu with his sons Kiyo and Nanyu (standing in front)"

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Photograph of a Union Pacific Railroad crew dismantling the St. Thomas rail spur, Nevada, circa 1938

Date
1938 (year approximate)
Description

The Union Pacific Railroad sends a wrecking crew into the St. Thomas area to reclaim several miles of branch line.

Transcribed Notes: Transcribed from photo sleeve: "Even the Union Pacific Railway hurriedly sends a wrecking crew into the area to reclaim several miles of branch line that would otherwise wind up along the lake bottom."

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Photograph of Thanksgiving banquet at the Holland Hotel, Pioneer (Nev.),November 24, 1911

Date
1911-11-24
Description
Thanksgiving banquet at the Holland Hotel, Pioneer, Nevada, November 24, 1911
Caption: Handwritten in bottom margin of photograph:"Mrs. O'Brien at head of table. C W Thomas 2nd on right." Caption handwritten below photograph: "Thanksgiving banquet, Pioneer Hotel,Pioneer, Nevada, November 1911." The hotel was the Holland Hotel, in Pioneer, Nevada. It was managed by Mr. & Mrs. J. D. O'Brien at the time. Charles W. Thomas became the postmaster of Pioneer, Nevada in October 1911.
Site Name: Holland Hotel (Pioneer, Nev.)

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Photograph of John Unrue, Betty Foley, Joseph Foley, Darlene Unrue, Blanche Zucker at a University Library Society reception, Las Vegas, Nevada, circa 1991-1992

Date
1991 (year approximate)
Description
L-R: John Unrue (University of Nevada, Las Vegas English professor), Betty Foley, Joseph Foley (University of Nevada Regent), Darlene Unrue (University of Nevada, Las Vegas English professor), Blanche Zucker (Las Vegas cicivc leader) at a University Library Society reception, Las Vegas, Nevada.

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Photograph of Six Companies Inc. businessmen, Boulder City, Nevada, circa 1941

Date
1941 (year approximate)
Description
The Las Vegas businessmen for Six Companies Inc. Handwritten on back of image: "Probably Nellis AFB (Air Force Base). Front row (from left): J. Cashman 3) Fred O'Donnell 7) Leo MacNamee 8) Bill Pike 10) Cyril Wengert 12) Walter Bracken 18) Ed Ciliax 21) Pop Squires 24) F. Garside 27) Archie Grant 30) Kel Houssels Sr. 31) Ernie Cragin.

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Photograph of people at the pavilion during Clark's Las Vegas townsite sale, Las Vegas (Nev.), 1905

Date
1905
Description
An auction held May 15-16, 1905 to sell lots within Clark's Las Vegas Townsite. A group of men and women stand on and around a covered wooden platform outdoors. The auctioneer stands to the left of center at the front of the platform. The decision to auction lots within Clark's Las Vegas Townsite was not made until May 10, 1905. Auctioneer C.O. Whittemore was the president of the Las Vegas Land and Water Company.

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Photograph of a man and boy at a desk in the Delamar Lode newspaper office, Delamar (Nev.), 1900-1925

Date
1898 to 1906
Description
The Delamar Lode newspaper printing office during the letterpress era. Cast metal sorts, used to construct words for the paper, are in the background at the right. Examples of articles are posted on the wall in the upper left corner. This photograph is attributed to the Fred Steen Collection in Stanley W. Paher's book, Nevada Ghost Towns & Mining Camps, page 300. Mr. Steen, who lived in Delamar around the time of this photograph, moved with his family to Tonopah where he later worked as a mining bookkeeper.

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Photograph of the Stewart family, Las Vegas (Nev.), 1900-1925

Date
1900 to 1925
Description
Portrait of the Stewart family at Las Vegas ranch. In front of the wall, from left to right, Frank Stewart (Helen Stewart's second husband), Helen Stewart, Evaline (Eva) Stewart, and Eliza (Tiza) Stewart holding a cat. Crouched on the wall, from left to right, Will Stewart and Hiram Stewart.
Site Name: Las Vegas Ranch (Las Vegas, Nev.)

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Photograph of Dalta Hurry and C. A. Earle Rinker in Mohawk Ledge mine, Goldfield (Nev.), early 1900s

Date
1900 to 1925
Description
Caption: Hurry & I in Mohawk Ledge mine 300 ft level.

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