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Photograph of a vagabond, Nevada, circa 1930s-1940s
Date
1930 to 1949
Description
Black and white image of a desert vagabond traveling with his goat, ox, chicken, and dog. A vagabond is a person who travels because they have no stationary home.
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Possibly Mrs. Heisler or Mrs. Moffatt: photographic print
Date
1937 to 1943
Description
From the Nye County, Nevada Photograph Collection (PH-00221) -- Series III. Beatty, Nevada -- Subseries III.G. Reidhead Family. The woman featured here is either Mrs. Heisler, a sister to a gentleman who was at the Rhyolite Railroad Depot, or Mrs. Moffatt - - probably Mrs. Heisler. Fred Davies' dog, Boots, is also pictured. Probably late 1930s or early 1940s, somewhere in Nye County, Nevada.
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Film transparency of people at a dock on Lake Mead, circa 1940s-1950s
Date
1940 to 1959
Description
An image of two men helping a woman out of a boat on Lake Mead. Their fishing catch and a dog are also visible.
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Photograph of Jim and Belle Butler with two unidentified men, Tonopah, Nevada, circa 1900s
Date
1900 to 1909
Description
Prospector Jim Butler and his wife Belle (on the right) with two unidentified men and a dog sitting outside of a tent with a stovepipe coming through the top, probably in Tonopah, Nevada. Jim Butler struck the first gold and silver ores in Tonopah and Belle Butler struck the Mizpah Mine claim in Tonopah.
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Photograph of the Dr. Elwood Mead dedication plaque at Lakeview Point, Lake Mead, circa 1935
Date
1934 to 1936
Description
An image of visitors and a dog standing next to the Dr. Elwood Mead dedication plaque located at Lakeview Point, Lake Mead. The original home of the plaque, the viewing point provides visitors with a unique sight of the lake from the reservoir's outskirts.
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Photograph of Jane Cadogan with her kids, (Nev.), 1950s
Date
1950 to 1959
Description
Jane Cadogan Patten sits on a front porch with her children, Patricia and Edwin Patten, and a dog.
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