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Typed description provided on back of image: "This was our home in Rhyolite during 1909 and 1910. Left to right my sister Leila, my mother Mrs. Robert L. Sloan, my sister Margaret (4 yrs old) Nellie, age 8. Home was about 3 blocks from the school but I do not remember the street name. House showing to the right had blown from its foundation across the street and lodged against our house. It became our playhouse." From left to right: 1) Leila Faird; 2) Mrs. Robert L. Sloan; 3) Margaret Faird (age 4); and 4) Nellie (age 8).

Renee Gibson, for many years the postmistress of the Beatty Post Office, Beatty, Nevada, 1950s. Looking north down Main Street from site of the new post office, built during the 1950s. From the Nye County, Nevada Photograph Collection (PH-00221) -- Series III. Beatty, Nevada -- Subseries III.E. Lemmon Family

Mr. And Mrs. S. H. "Barney" Manor with their daughter in the foreground in Millers, Nevada. Handwritten description provided on back of image: "Barney and I and Jo. I am some thing here. Only weigh 98 - but weight 103 again now. Wonderful. Mr. and Mrs. Sh. H. Manor and daughter. Barney' a nickname from Barney Oldfield, because he had such a heavy foot when driving. Barney's real name was Sam Houston Manor. As of 2/20/80 Barney was still living at Hawthorn and Round Mountain, 90 yrs. old. He worked for Tonopah & Goldfield RR-sect(?)hand. Their marriage was a love match. Barney had sandy red hair. He had a slight shake in his hands as I do, and because I had red hair, too, everyone teased that I really was his daughter. This photo probably taken at Millers, Nevada. Quotation and information told to Elizabeth Nelson Patrick, 2/20/80."

From the Fedora Bontempi Simpkin Photograph Collection (PH-00239).

Portrait of Charles Culverwell, Sr.