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Train engine and railroad workers: postcard

Date
1880 (year approximate) to 1990 (year approximate)
Description
Train engine and railroad workers in early days of Nevada. The postcard photo is courtesy of the Southern Nevada Museum.

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Last Frontier Village at the Last Frontier Hotel: postcards

Date
1940 (year approximate) to 1949 (year approximate)
Description
Postcards of the Last Frontier Village at the Last Frontier Hotel in Las Vegas. (c. 1940s)

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Tecopa Railroad, train and station: photograph

Date
1900 (year approximate) to 1935 (year approximate)
Description

Tecopa Railroad #1 2-6-2T at BLW at Tecopa, California. (interchange with Tonopah & Tidewater). Stamp on the back of the photo reads: "Mallory Hope Ferrell P. O. Box 2837 Peachtree City, GA 30269."

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Noonday Mine front angle, Tecopa Railroad: photograph

Date
1900 (year approximate) to 1935 (year approximate)
Description

Tecopa Railroad #1 2-6-2T. Noonday Mine, Tecopa, California. Stamp on the back of the photo reads: "Mallory Hope Ferrell P. O. Box 2837 Peachtree City, GA 30269."

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Noonday Mine locomotive: photograph

Date
1900 (year approximate) to 1932 (year approximate)
Description

Tecopa Railroad (1910-1932) #1 2-6-2T BLW 1909 #34089. Noonday Mine, near Tecopa, Calif. Stamp on back of photo: "Mallory Hope Ferrell P. O. Box 2837 Peachtree City, GA 30269."

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Transcript of interview with Jackie Abell by Robert Stuart, April 03, 1976

Date
1976-04-03
Description
Robert Stuart interviews Jackie Abell (b. 1924) about her experiences growing up in Virginia City, Reno, and Overton, Nevada. She specifically discusses her experiences growing up on a ranch, railroading, above ground atomic testing, flooding, and wild animals.

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Photograph of Fraternal Order of Eagles Aerie Float at Tonopah Railroad Carnival, Tonopah (Nev.), early 1900s

Date
Unknown year in the decade of the 1900s
Description
Photograph of Fraternal Order of Eagles Aerie Float at Tonopah Railroad Carnival, Tonopah (Nev.), early 1900s

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Photograph of people watching the driving of the silver spike at the Tonopah Railroad Carnival, Tonopah (Nev.), early 1900s

Date
Unknown year in the decade of the 1900s
Description
Photograph of people watching the driving of the silver spike at the Tonopah Railroad Carnival, Tonopah (Nev.), early 1900s

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Tonopah Depot: photographic print

Date
1918 (year uncertain) to 1943 (year uncertain)
Description

From the Nye County, Nevada Photograph Collection (PH-00221) -- Series VI. Tonopah, Nevada -- Subseries VI.D. Terrell Family. Man on the far right may be Don Terrell. With the mines and mills in Tonopah shut down, the railroad was losing money. The contraption above was constructed to carry passengers on the railroad wheels. The gas tank is visible on the roof of the car.

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Nevada Northern Railroad's old No. 40: postcard

Date
1900 (year approximate) to 1999 (year approximate)
Description
From the UNLV Libraries Single Item Accession Photograph Collection (PH-00171). Nevada's last short line railroad. Last serviceable steam locomotive in the region.

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