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Grace Hayes & her son Peter Lind Hayes: photographic print
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A man walks past commercial development along Eastern Avenue near St. Rose Parkway, looking west-northwest in Las Vegas, Nevada: digital photograph
From the UNLV University Libraries Photographs of the Development of the Las Vegas Valley, Nevada (PH-00394). Part of the collection documents the entire 19 mile length of the north/south Eastern Avenue / Civic Center Drive alignment. This photograph was captured in the section of Eastern Avenue between Silverado Ranch Boulevard and Coronado Center Drive.
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Panoramic photograph of Las Vegas taken from Salt Lake depot, August 1905
Photograph of Las Vegas in August 1905, looking east down Fremont Street from the Salt Lake depot under construction. Place identified on photo as Los Vegas Nevada.
Transcribed Notes: Handwritten inscription on back: From JW Wilson June 13 1951. 1. Brick stove brought by D. Farnsworth 2. First State Bank 3. L.V. Land & Water. Notes on attached sheet: From Salt Lake Depot then under construction.
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Prospectors map of Tonopah, Goldfield, Bull Frog, & principal mining districts
Showing towns, roads, trails & watering places, in southern Nevada & Death Valley region, California. 1 map ; 44 x 49 cm, folded in cover 18 x 11 cm. Scale [1:950,400]. 15 mi. to an inch. (W 119⁰--W 114⁰/N 39⁰--36⁰). Relief shown by hachures. Blueprint. "Jan. 1905." Includes list of distances. Goldfield, Nev. : Booker, Philbrick & Fenner.
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Foster, Josephine Gail, 1912-2003
Josephine Gail Johnson was born in Goldfield, Nevada in 1912. Her stepfather, Sam Manor, was a section foreman for the Tonopah and Goldfield Railroad. Because of his position, the family moved to a company house in the town of Millers after the birth of Josephine's younger brother Sam, Jr. in 1920. Josephine and her family evenutually moved to Tonopah. Josephine later married George Byron Foster, and they had two children: Marjorie and Patricia. Josephine Foster passed away March 24, 2003.
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