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Photograph of people on mine cart, Death Valley Junction (Calif.), 1910

Date
1910
Description
Four people stand and sit on a mine cart. Caption with image reads: "Joyriding, Death Valley Junction, 1910"

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Photograph of train passing through town, Ludlow (Calif.), 1910

Date
1910
Description
View of Ludlow, California as a train passes through, 1910. The village is small with all buildings visible from this vantage point.

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Photograph of Death Valley Mill, Death Valley Junction (Calif.), early 1900s

Date
1900 to 1920
Description
Machines and engines at the Death Valley Mill.

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Photograph of steel tunnel construction, Henderson (Nev.), January 9, 1942

Date
1942-01-09
Description
View looking east, showing reinforced steel for floor slab of electrical distribution tunnel.

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J. Ross Clark Scrapbook

Identifier
MS-00637
Abstract

The J. Ross Clark Scrapbook dates from approximately 1897 to 1972 and consists of newspaper clippings collected by his wife, Miriam Evans Clark. The clippings relate to professional events in the lives of J. Ross Clark and his brother, Senator William A. Clark. A small number of the clippings refer to births, marriages, and deaths in Miriam Evans and J. Ross Clark's families. Also included are documents written by J. Ross Clark's grand-niece, Dorothy Murdock Dunkley, that offer additional information about the Clark and associated families.

Archival Collection

Film transparency of a locomotive train in Las Vegas, circa 1938

Date
1938
Description
Black and white image of a Virginia & Truckee locomotive promoting C.B. DeMille's motion picture, "Union Pacific."

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Photograph of Transfer Hill ruins, Death Valley Junction (Calif.), early 1900s

Date
1900 to 1920
Description
Ruins of mining area with ore deposits, known as Transfer Hill, at Death Valley Junction.

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Photograph of Pacific Coast Borax Company building, Death Valley Junction (Calif.), 1920s

Date
1920 to 1929
Description
Pacific Coast Borax Company building and water tower in Death Valley Junction, California.

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Photograph of desert, Tecopa (Calif.), 1907-1918

Date
1907 to 1918
Description

Desert landscape with hills and valleys; dirt in piles suggests this area was under construction. Inscription reads: "T&T grade at Tecopa end of famous Amargosa River Canyon."

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Photograph of closed road and railroad station ruins, Baker (Calif.), early 1900s

Date
1900 to 1920
Description
Dirt road in the desert is blocked off by chains. A sign next to the closure reads: "Keep Out Closed Area." Inscription with image says: "Ruins of T&T water tower and station may survive at Soda Springs near Baker, California."

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