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Phil Benson standing on the abandoned railroad bed of the Arden Plaster Company: photographic print

Date
1992
Description
Phil Benson standing on the abandoned railroad bed of the Arden Plaster Company narrow gauge track. (photo by Don Walker, 1992)

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Phil Benson kneeling at his fabricated graveyard: photographic print

Date
1992
Description
Phil Benson in a graveyard that he created. The graves are not real, but are tributes to some unforgettable characters in Nevada's history. (photo by Don Walker, 1992)

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View of Las Vegas from the mouth of the Arden Plaster Mines: photographic print

Date
1992
Description
View of Las Vegas from the mouth of the Arden plaster mine. The Southern Nevada Times office and home of Phil Benson can be seen in foreground. (photo by Don Walker, 1992)

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Moulin Rouge Hotel and Casino parade float: photographic print

Date
1955-05 (year and month approximate) to 1955-08 (year and month approximate)
Description
Moulin Rouge Hotel and Casino parade float. (Image taken sometime between May and August, 1955)

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Fountain in Carrara (Nev.): photographic print

Date
1994
Description
Fountain at the desert townsite of Carrara, Nevada. The fountain was constructed in 1913 and was 3 feet deep and 18 feet across with a 6 foot spray. It was also the home of several varieties of goldfish. Water was supplied from a 29 mile line from Gold Center (photo by Don Walker, 1994)

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Miner's dugout in Candelaria (Nev.): photographic print

Date
1993
Description
Candelaria, 1993. Miner's stone and adobe dugout. Structure dates back to the late 1800s. Mill remnants can be seen immediately behind the dugout, present-day mining activities to the left. (photo by Don Walker)

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Abandoned structure in Goldfield red light district: photographic print

Date
1993
Description
Remnants of a much older Goldfield red light district. Structures are located about a mile and a half south of present-day Goldfield. Could date back to 1905. (photo by Don Walker, 1993)

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Las Vegas & Tonopah Depot in Rhyolite (Nev.): photographic print

Date
1993
Description
Las Vegas & Tonopah Depot at Rhyolite. Structure was completed in 1908 at a cost of $130,000. (photo by Don Walker, 1993)

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Remnants of a building that was once a jail, bank and saloon in Canelaria (Nev.): photographic print

Date
1993
Description
Remnants of the Candelaria jail, bank, , saloon buildings. In its lifetime the structure served all three purposes at one time or another. (photo by Don Walker, 1993)

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Reconstructed mill house in Berlin (Nev.): photographic print

Date
1991
Description
Re-constructed mill house at the old mining town of Berlin, Nevada. Several other buildings have been restored, giving the old ghost town a look of the past. (photo by Don Walker, Sept. 1991)

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