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The Delamar Lode newspaper printing office during the letterpress era. Cast metal sorts, used to construct words for the paper, are in the background at the right. Examples of articles are posted on the wall in the upper left corner. This photograph is attributed to the Fred Steen Collection in Stanley W. Paher's book, Nevada Ghost Towns & Mining Camps, page 300. Mr. Steen, who lived in Delamar around the time of this photograph, moved with his family to Tonopah where he later worked as a mining bookkeeper.

Panaca School, 1893 Chad Ronnow, teacher. Top l to r Rex Matthews, Margaret Matthews, James Wadsworth, Olive Gentry, [Violet] Lee, Grace Heaps, May Wadsworth, [?] Hansen, Ruth Phillips, Carrie Lee, Minnie Matthews, Elvira Clark, Lizzie Davis. Second row l to r Jessie Matthews, Mell Porter, Dave Wadsworth, Leve Blod, Grace Heaps, Noma Enpry, Ivie Lee, Madline Wadsworth, Eva Matthews, Aggie Mathis.

A Wharton Drug Company postcard showing Clark's Las Vegas Townsite in 1912. The view is from the intersection of Main Street and Bonneville Street looking southeast with the railroad cottages in the background. The railroad cottages were built by the Las Vegas Land and Water Co. for employees of the San Pedro, Los Angeles & Salt Lake Railroad. 64 cottages, filling 4 blocks within Clark's Las Vegas Townsite, were completed in 1911
Caption: Wharton Drug Co.

Portrait of the Stewart family at Las Vegas ranch. In front of the wall, from left to right, Frank Stewart (Helen Stewart's second husband), Helen Stewart, Evaline (Eva) Stewart, and Eliza (Tiza) Stewart holding a cat. Crouched on the wall, from left to right, Will Stewart and Hiram Stewart.
Site Name: Las Vegas Ranch (Las Vegas, Nev.)

Schoolchildren on the steps of Las Vegas High School. Many students were children of employees of the San Pedro, Los Angeles and Salt Lake Railroad Company. People identified in the photo: Barbara Bell, Enis Liddy, Bob Robbins, Art Mosbach, Tommy Loan, Glenn Trout, Dewey Higbee, Dave Kramer, Otto "Kelly Westlake", Ruth Schuyler, Elsie Goodrich, Iona Jurben. Date estimated between 1917-1918.
Site Name: Las Vegas High School (Las Vegas, Nev.)