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Photographs of men next to airplanes, Las Vegas (Nev.), 1900-1939

Date
1900 to 1939
Description
Images of three men standing near airplanes that look like they could have been in a wreck.

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Postcard of teen boys smoking, drinking, and gambling, approximately 1900s-1980s

Date
1900 to 1989
Description
A postcard illustrating young men sitting on the floor playing poker with the title, "A Sunday School Class in the West". The caption on back reads, "This is a jolly group old time Cowboy friends. Sunday is a time of visiting on the western ranches, and the 'latch string' is always out for the strangers. These fellows are not disturbers of the peace as might be inferred from the photograph".

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Postcard of straight flush illustration with poker advice, approximately 1900s-1980s

Date
1900 to 1989
Description
A postcard illustrating five cards: the eight of spades through the queen of spades. The caption reads, "That's straight: You had better be Straight than Flush but remember that a Flush beats a Straight and that a Straight Flush usually wins"

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Postcard of club suit royal flush with rhyme, approximately 1900s-1980s

Date
1900 to 1989
Description
A postcard illustrating five cards (the ace of clubs through the ten of clubs). The caption reads, "I'll play these: To hold this hand makes one feel fine but I'd rather hold your hand in Mine. That's straight"

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Postcard of trumpet boy with 2 of hearts playing card, approximately 1900s-1980s

Date
1900 to 1989
Description
A postcard illustrating a man trumpeting a horn with the deuce of hearts in front of him n.d. The caption reads, "What the deuce? Just to remind you and lest you forget, It seems quite a deuce-ed long time since we met".

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Photograph of people by an outdoor pool, Las Vegas (Nev.), early 1900s

Date
1900 to 1910
Description
Old Ranch. Original description: "A part of the crowd at the pool." The people in the crowd are standing under trees.

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Photograph of outdoor swimming pool, Las Vegas (Nev.), early 1900s

Date
1900 to 1910
Description
Old Ranch. Original description: "Miriam sitting at foot of mesquite tree on edge of pool. X is the 'slider down.' House and small tent house in the rear of picture. Bath houses on right of pool."

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Photograph of children in an outdoor pool, Las Vegas (Nev.), early 1900s

Date
1900 to 1910
Description
Old Ranch. Original description: "The pool on the 4th, only a part of the crowd. 112 in the pool that day."

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Photograph of a house and front yard, Las Vegas (Nev.), early 1900s

Date
1900 to 1910
Description
Old Ranch. Original description: "View of house from the east. Small tent house. Water in foreground runs into pool immediately to the right but pool not visible in picture."

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Photograph of Shallenberger ranch house, White Pine (Nev.), early 1900s

Date
1900 to 1920
Description
Jake Shallenberger owned a ranch in White Pine County approximately during the 1870s to 1890s. Original description: "Old Shallenberger ranch house after many years of disuse."

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