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Pickhandle Gulch (Nev.) buildings: photographic print
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Pickhandle Gulch mining structures and Shockley house: photographic print
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Order of the Eastern Star Grand Chapter of Nevada Records
The Order of the Eastern Star Grand Chapter of Nevada Records contain proceedings of yearly meetings of this charitable organization for the years of 1937, 1946, 1948-1956, 1958, 1960-1968.
Archival Collection
Barbara Davis oral history interviews
Oral history interviews with Barbara Davis conducted by Joanne Goodwin on December 18, 1996 and March 25, 1997 for the Women's Research Institute of Nevada (WRIN) Las Vegas Women Oral History Project. Davis opens her interviews by discussing her audition for the Folies Bergere as a dancer with limited experience. Davis describes working with the Folies Bergere as a touring showgirl in the 1940s. She discusses touring the United States in the Folies Bergere, touring South America for three years, and going to college at night while performing during the day. Davis then talks about the city of Reno, Nevada and working as a showgirl there. Davis addresses common rumors about showgirls, such as being involved in prostitution or being addicted to gambling. She then discusses her interest in education in her later years including earning various post graduate degrees. Davis ends her interview with a discussion on classic entertainment of the 1940s, including vaudeville and entertainment hotspots of the time.
Archival Collection
Chandler, Alice R., 1900-1989
Alice Reese was born November 22, 1900 to Florence Eltha Woolf and Richard Reese in Benson, Utah. She married Kenneth North Chandler, who was part-owner of Smith and Chandler Stores. She passed away on November 26, 1989.
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Close-up of Orville Knighton Reed: photographic print
From the Nye County, Nevada Photograph Collection (PH-00221) -- Series VII. Other areas in Nye County -- Subseries VII.H. Reed Family (Kawich Mountains, Nevada). Known to all in Nye County, Nevada, as O.K. Reed. Knighton was his mother’s maiden name. Reed came to the Tonopah area in 1900.
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