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NV - 1903-1971 - History Grab Bag Publications :

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NV - 1903-1971 - History Grab Bag Publications :
Lot of 15 Includes: 1) Nevada Post Card Album, Photographic View of Nevada 1903-1928 by Greenwood, Robert. Soft cover, indexed, 200 pages including many photographs. Published by Fred Holabird Americana, 1998. "A look at Everyday Life in Nevada Nearly a Century Ago, with 373 Photographs, each with Descriptive Text." 2) Reviewing Nevada's Legacy by Darrah, E.W. "Shorty." Soft cover, 29 pages, including maps, photographs, and illustrations. Published by The Sagebrush Press, 1964, the year Nevada celebrated its Centennial. The foreword notes that the pages include "stories about railroads, old mining camps, and classical articles of literature from the past." 3) Natural Resources of Nevada by U.S. Dept. of the Interior. Soft cover, 64 pages including many photographs, maps, and illustrations. Published 1964. 4) Vacation Guide to Nevada (2 copies) by Dept. of Economic Development, Carson City, no date listed. Soft cover, 31 pages filled with pictures, photographs, maps, and illustrations covering the state of Nevada. 5) You'll Like Nevada by Department of Economic Development, Carson City, no date listed. Soft cover, 24 pages of pictures, photographs, maps, and illustrations covering the state of Nevada. 6) Motorland, May-June 1964 by California State Automobile Assoc. Soft cover, 46 pages including many photographs, illustrations, and maps. The headline and feature story of the magazine is devoted to the Nevada Centennial (1864-1964). 7) Nevada School Journal, Vol. 5, April 1914, No. 8 by The Nevada Educational Association, Carson, Nv. Soft cover, 20 pages. 8) The Nevada Desert by Wheeler, Sessions S. Soft cover, 168 pages including many photographs. Published by the Caxton Printers, Ltd., 1971. A history of the Nevada desert through the review of early newspapers, journals, letters to the Commissioner of Indian Affairs, military reports, rare books, and memories of the living. 9) Nevada State Agencies: From Territory Through Statehood by Poulton, Helen J. Soft cover, 97 pages. University of Nevada Press, 1964. 10) Political History of Nevada by Koontz, John. Soft cover, indexed, 99 pages. Reviews historical and political data, lists of officers since Statehood, elections, and legislative information. 11) Reel History & Hysterical Events of Nevada by M.F. "Malapai Mike" Peterson, 1967. The foreword notes "this history of Nevada is written primarily for the layman, giving a more or less accurate account of the doings of people who were all there. It should have a special appeal to people who are not all there now." 12) Scenic Guide to Nevada by Heald, Weldon F. Soft cover, indexed, 80 pages with many photographs, pictures, and illustrations. Published by Johnson, H.C., 1952. 13) Sagebrush Sermon by Knickerbocker, Herman. Knickerbocker's classic eulogy delivered for Riley Grannan, gambler, on a "cold, windy day in the rear of a Rawhide saloon and dancehall." 14) "Facts"About Goldfield Nevada compiled by The Forward Mining Development Company. The APP Printing Co, Denver, Colorado. Soft cover, 23 pages including photographs. Information on the "Greatest Gold Camp in the World."