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Washoe County,NV - 1911-1951 - Pioneers and Investors :

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Washoe County,NV - 1911-1951 - Pioneers and Investors :
Lot of three includes: 1) Pioneer Nevada, published by Harolds Cub, Reno NV, copyright 1951. Hardcover, indexed, 207 pages including appendix and many illustrations. The book is comprised of a series of newspaper advertisements based on Nevada's pioneer history. These were published once a week between 1946-1951 in each weekly newspaper and legal daily. The advertisements were created by the Thomas C. Wilson Advertising Agency of Reno. Approximately 50,00 copies were printed and sold. 2) Pioneer Nevada, Vol. 2, published by Harolds Cub, Reno NV, copyright 1956. Soft cover, 160 pages including index and many illustrations. A continuation of the advertising series from 1952-1956, also prepared by the staff at the Thomas C. Wilson Advertising Agency of Reno. 3) My Adventures with Your Money by Rice, George Graham. Hardcover, 363 pages. Published by Bookfinger, New York City, 1974. Copyright 1911 by the Ridgeway Company and 1918 by Richard Badger. This book tells of the author's experience "through the great Goldfield, Bullfrog, Manhattan, and Greenwater mining booms in Nevada of 1905-1908, in which the public lost upwards of $200,000,000, and a series of great mining-stock promotions in Wall Street and other American financial centers, in which the public sank $350,000,000 in 1910."