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Photograph of a railroad survey camp cook carving meat, 1900-1925

Date
1900 to 1925
Description
Photograph of a railroad survey camp cook carving meat, 1900-1925

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Newspaper clipping, San Pedro, Salt Lake, and Los Angeles Railroad, 1930

Date
1930
Description
Newspaper clipping, San Pedro, Salt Lake, and Los Angeles Railroad, 1930

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Leaflets for the San Diego & Arizona Eastern Railway Diagrams of Locomotives & Tenders, November 1, 1943

Date
1943-11-01
Description
Leaflets for the San Diego & Arizona Eastern Railway Diagrams of Locomotives & Tenders, November 1, 1943

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Scrapbook of J. Ross Clark, undated

Description
Scrapbook of J. Ross Clark, undated

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Map of Nevada Railroads, 1904

Date
1904
Description
Scale [ca. 1:1,710,720]. 1 in. equals 27 miles (W 120 --W 114 /N 42 --N 35 ) ; 1 map : col. 47 x 31 cm ; Relief shown by hachures ; Added title: Rand McNally's new business map of Nevada ; Shows range and township grid ; Shows railroads ; Color used to show boundaries of counties ; Originally published as pages 263 and 264 of Rand-McNally indexed atlas ; Additional copyright date: c1893 ;

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Map of Nevada Railroads, 1911

Date
1911
Description
Scale [ca. 1,710,720]. 1 in. = 27 miles (W 120 --W 114 /N 42 --N 35 ) ; 1 map : col. ; 47 x 31 cm ; Relief shown by hachures ; Title below scale: Rand McNally & Co.'s New business atlas map of Nevada ; Shows railroads ; Includes additional copyright date: c1893 ; Includes township and range grid ; Published as page 321 of Rand-McNally indexed atlas ;

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Panoramic photograph of a surveyors' camp after a desert windstorm, 1903

Date
1903
Description
Inscription on reverse reads Remains of Maguire's camp on the desert after ( illegible) windstorm. Photograph also available in the Edwards Collection.

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Negative: Tonopah and Tidewater Engine No. 8: photographic print

Date
1930 (year approximate)
Description

From the Nye County, Nevada Photograph Collection (PH-00221) -- Series III. Beatty, Nevada -- Subseries III.G. Reidhead Family. 

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Letter from J. K. W. Bracken to Ross W. Smith, June 18, 1903

Date
1903-06-18
Description
In the letter, Bracken discusses the need for a cook, the merits of a Chinese man being hired, and the problems with freighting in and out of Las Vegas.

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Letter from McCartney to Clark, January 16, 1902

Date
1902-01-16
Description
Letter relates a letter from Helen J. Stewart and discusses the possibility of artesian water sources in Las Vegas. It also identifies possible crops that could grow in Las Vegas and gives suggestions for purchasing land in the area.

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