Volleyball
Volleyball for women
Awards
Association for Intercollegiate Athletics for Women
Sports--Awards
Image of the trophy presented to the USU 1978 Women's Volleyball team for winning the AIAW national volleyball championship. The trophy includes the text "Association for Intercollegiate Athletics For Women, National Championship, AIAW, Volleyball, 1978 First Place Team, Presented By Coca Cola USA."
Hansen, Ted (Photographer)
Utah State University, Merrill-Cazier Library, Special Collections & Archives, USU Photographic Services Collection (P0376, Box 27, Folder 17917, Image d)
Digital Initiatives Unit, Merrill-Cazier Library (Publisher – digital)
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USU Volleyball coaches Marilyn McReavy Nolen and Mary Jo Peppler
Women volleyball players
Utah State University
Women athletes
College sports
Volleyball--Coaching
Volleyball coaches
USU Volleyball coaches Marilyn McReavy Nolen (left) and Mary Jo Peppler (right) in matching outfits consult notes as they observe the volleyball court (not pictured). Several USU women volleyball players can be seen in uniform and spectators sit in the stadium seating behind them.
Utah State University, Merrill-Cazier Library, Special Collections& Archives, USU Photographic Services Collection (P0376, Box 78, Folder 17949C, Image 17)
USU Women's Athletic Director Marilyn Weiss
Weiss, Marilyn
Portrait photography
Portrait photograph taken of USU Director of Women's Athletics, Marilyn Weiss. She is wearing a patterned blouse and a vest.
Utah State University, Merrill-Cazier Library, Special Collections & Archives, USU Photographic Services Collection (P0376, Box 77, Folder 17916B, Image 14)
Volleyball--Spike
Gymnasiums
Sports uniforms
Photo of USU's Women's Volleyball player, Annette Cottle, in uniform as she spikes the volleyball over the net. The photograph is taken from above the net and shows other team members standing in the background.
Utah State University, Merrill-Cazier Library, Special Collections & Archives, USU Photographic Services Collection (P0376, Box 77, 17916G, Image 8)
USU Volleyball player Elaine Roqué in uniform
Portrait photograph taken of USU's Women's Volleyball player, Elaine Roqué. She is wearing her volleyball uniform.
Utah State University, Merrill-Cazier Library, Special Collections & Archives, USU Photographic Services Collection (P0376, Box 77, Folder 17916A, Image 23)
USU Volleyball player Gayle Adamowicz Bray in uniform
Portrait photograph taken of USU's Women's Volleyball player, Gayle Adamowicz Bray. She is wearing her volleyball uniform.
Utah State University, Merrill-Cazier Library, Special Collections & Archives, USU Photographic Services Collection (P0376, Box 77, Folder 17916A, Image 4)
USU Volleyball player Lauren Goebel Keller in uniform
Photo of USU's Women's Volleyball player, Lauren Goebel Keller, in uniform as she spikes the volleyball over the net. The photograph is taken from above the net.
Utah State University, Merrill-Cazier Library, Special Collections & Archives, USU Photographic Services Collection (P0376, Box 77, Folder 17916E, Image 10)
Postcard of USU The Plaza and University Inn
Postcards--Utah--Logan;
Postcard of USU The Plaza and University Inn, ca. 1985
Hansen, Ted, Photographer
Utah State University, Merrill-Cazier Library, Special Collections and Archives, Postcard Collection, 1895-1990, P0031 Box 1 UT 069
Digitized by : Utah State University, Merrill-Cazier Library
Watkings Printing, printer;
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Historic Postcards of Utah Digital Collection
image/jpeg;
eng;
Image; Text;
Logan, Cache County, Utah, United States, http://sws.geonames.org/5777544/;
20th century; 1980-1989;
Postcard of USU Eccles Business Building
Postcard of USU Eccles Business Building, ca. 1985
Utah State University, Merrill-Cazier Library, Special Collections and Archives, Postcard Collection, 1895-1990, P0031 Box 1 UT 068
Postcard of "The City of Logan, Utah Home of Utah State University", ca. 1985
Utah State University, Merrill-Cazier Library, Special Collections and Archives, Postcard Collection, 1895-1990, P0031 Box 1 UT 062
Postcard of Old Main and Wellsville Mountains, Logan Utah
Postcard of Old Main and Wellsville Mountains, Logan Utah, ca. 1985
Utah State University, Merrill-Cazier Library, Special Collections and Archives, Postcard Collection, 1895-1990, P0031 Box 1 UT 066
Postcard of "Utah State University, The Campus in Fall in the Rocky Mountains", ca. 1985
Utah State University, Merrill-Cazier Library, Special Collections and Archives, Postcard Collection, 1895-1990, P0031 Box 1 UT 064
Postcard of "Utah State University, The Campus in the lap of Logan Canyon Recreation Area"
Postcard of "Utah State University, The Campus in the lap of Logan Canyon Recreation Area", ca. 1985
Utah State University, Merrill-Cazier Library, Special Collections and Archives, Postcard Collection, 1895-1990, P0031 Box 1 UT 063
Postcard of "Utah State University, The Campus in Fall"
Postcard of "Utah State University, The Campus in Fall", ca. 1985
Utah State University, Merrill-Cazier Library, Special Collections and Archives, Postcard Collection, 1895-1990, P0031 Box 1 UT 065
Watkins Printing;
Correspondence from Virginia Hanson to Alma N. Sorensen, January 17, 1956
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Correspondence from Virginia Hanson to Alma N. Sorensen, dated January 17, 1956. Letter includes information about the public library of which Mr. Sorensen is President Emeritus.
Hanson, Virginia, 1907-1978;
Utah State University, Merrill-Cazier Library, Special Collections and Archives, Coll MSS 344 Sorensen Family Papers, 1879-2008
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SCA MSS 0344 Series 02 Box 01 Folder 004 1956-01-17
Correspondence to Alma N. Sorensen, 1905-1958
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Correspondence to Alma N. Sorensen between 1905 and 1958 from Mrs. Parry, dated Dec. 17, 1905, Mrs. J.A. Gardner, dated November 20, 1906, Bessie Spencer, dated June 1, 1916, W.W. Henderson, dated March 4, 1924, Mary Kristine Jacobsen Sorensen (his mother), dated 1929, Frank R.A. dated December 16, 1935 and October 12, 1938, Virginia [Hanson}, dated Jan. 17, 1956, Frederick P. Champ, dated April 5, 1958, and from Melvin J. Hulme.;
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Hanson, Virginia, 1907-1978; Gardner, J.A.; Spencer, Bessie; Henderson, W.W.; Sorensen, Mary Kristine Jacobsen; Frank, R.A.; Champ, Frederick P.; Hulme, Melvin J.; Utah Poultry Producers Co-operative Association;
Coll MSS 344 Sorensen Family Papers, 1879-2008;
http://uda-db.orbiscascade.org/findaid/ark:/80444/xv97113
http://digital.lib.usu.edu/cdm/ref/collection/Mendon/id/3445
Outdoor Product; Catalog; Hanwag
Hanwag
Utah State University, Merrill-Cazier Library, Special Collections & Archives, Outdoor Recreation Products Catalog Collection (Book Collection 72, H-09, 2019)
Utah State University Libraries
Digital Initiatives Unit, Merrill-Cazier Library
In copyright, https://rightsstatements.org/page/InC/1.0/?language=en
Refugee camps
An Interview with Har Be Bar 18 May 2015.
Har Be Bar
A clip from an Interview with Har Be Bar 18 May 2015.
Har Be Bar, 1995-;
Utah State University, Merrill-Cazier Library, Special Collections and Archives, Cache Valley Refugee Oral History Project, FOLK COLL 63
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Cache Valley Refugee Oral History Project
An inventory for this collection can be found at : http://nwda.orbiscascade.org/ark:/80444/xv67613
Cache Valley Refugee Oral History Project Digital Collection
oral histories (document genres);
audio/mp3;
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Sound;
2010-2019; 21st century;
Burmese Muslim Refugee; make up; Family;
This picture is of Har Be Bar and Maung Maung showing us how to apply the Burmese make up made out of wood.
Allred, Deanna, 1965-;
Utah State University, Merrill-Cazier Library, Special Collections and Archives, Cache Valley Refugee Oral History Project, FOLK COLL 59
An inventory for this collection can be found at : http://nwda.orbiscascade.org/ark:/80444/xv67609
photographs;
837308 Bytes
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Burma; Thailand;
Burmese Muslim Refugee; Interview; Children;
Cami Dilg has on the recordist earphones, Maung Maung has on a white shirt and is looking down. Behind Cami, is Maung Maung's blue tent that he set up while we were there.
Utah State University, Merrill-Cazier Library, Special Collections and Archives, Cache Valley Refugee Oral History Project, FOLK COLL 60
An inventory for this collection can be found at : http://nwda.orbiscascade.org/ark:/80444/xv67610
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Har Be Bar and Maung Maung putting on make up
Burmese Muslim; Make up; Refugee; Interview; Children;
Har Be Bar and Maung Maung are demonstrating how to put on burmese make up.
Utah State University, Merrill-Cazier Library, Special Collections and Archives, Cache Valley Refugee Oral History Project, FOLK COLL 61
An inventory for this collection can be found at : http://nwda.orbiscascade.org/ark:/80444/xv67611
947548 Bytes
Burmese Muslim Refugee; Woman; Family
Har Be Bar is wearing an emerald green shirt and is smiling. She is playful with her little brother Maung Maunt and David Giles arm can be seen to the left of the picture. They are in Har Be Bar's living room.
Utah State University, Merrill-Cazier Library, Special Collections and Archives, Cache Valley Refugee Oral History Project, FOLK COLL 58
An inventory for this collection can be found at : http://nwda.orbiscascade.org/ark:/80444/xv67608
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Har Be Bar, Cami Dilg, and Maung Maung putting on make up
Burmese Muslim Refugee; Interview; Children; Make up;
Har Be Bar is wearing an emerald green shirt, Maung Maung is applying make up to Cami Dilg. Cami has ther earphones on and the microphone is on the table. In the background is a colorful poster.
Utah State University, Merrill-Cazier Library, Special Collections and Archives, Cache Valley Refugee Oral History Project, FOLK COLL 62
An inventory for this collection can be found at : http://nwda.orbiscascade.org/ark:/80444/xv67612
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Colorful poster of flowers and fruit from Burma
Burmese Muslim; Poster; Fruit; Flowers; Customs;
This photo is of colorful flowers and fruit that is typical of the posters that adorn the Burmese Muslim families we interviewed.
Utah State University, Merrill-Cazier Library, Special Collections and Archives, Cache Valley Refugee Oral History Project, FOLK COLL 64
An inventory for this collection can be found at : http://nwda.orbiscascade.org/ark:/80444/xv67614
1100853 Bytes
Burmese Muslim Refugee; Shoes;
This photo is of shoes on a rack in the front room at Har Be Bar's home. It is custom to remove your shoes at the door and this is the tidy way which her family organizes the shoes.
1289826 Bytes
Burmese Muslim Refugee; Artist;
This is a painting by Har Be Bar called the Lonely Rose. It hangs on the wall in her living room. It is a painting of a red rose and a hand and it has burmese writing on it with the title.
Utah State University, Merrill-Cazier Library, Special Collections and Archives, Cache Valley Refugee Oral History Project, FOLK COLL 65
An inventory for this collection can be found at : http://nwda.orbiscascade.org/ark:/80444/xv67615
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Burmese Muslim Refugee; Children; Interview;
Maung Maung playing with the recording equipment while Cami Dilg supervises. Smiles. Maung Maung speaks into the microphone.
Utah State University, Merrill-Cazier Library, Special Collections and Archives, Cache Valley Refugee Oral History Project, FOLK COLL 66
An inventory for this collection can be found at : http://nwda.orbiscascade.org/ark:/80444/xv67616
1048927 Bytes
Burmese Muslim Refugee; Woman; Family;
Beautiful Har Be Bar in her emerald green blouse and her beautiful smile.
Utah State University, Merrill-Cazier Library, Special Collections and Archives, Cache Valley Refugee Oral History Project, FOLK COLL 67
An inventory for this collection can be found at : http://nwda.orbiscascade.org/ark:/80444/xv67617
966666 Bytes
Burmese Muslim Refugee; Landlord issues;
This is the Broken window in the front room of Har Be Bar's home. It was accidentally broken, Butit took over three weeks to get fixed.
Utah State University, Merrill-Cazier Library, Special Collections and Archives, Cache Valley Refugee Oral History Project, FOLK COLL 68
An inventory for this collection can be found at : http://nwda.orbiscascade.org/ark:/80444/xv67618
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Burmese Muslim; Refugees; Interview;
In Har Be Bar's front room, David Giles sits on the blue couch, Maung Maung, in a green shirt sits at his feet. David is looking down. There are colorful posters on the wall behind him.
Utah State University, Merrill-Cazier Library, Special Collections and Archives, Cache Valley Refugee Oral History Project, FOLK COLL 69
An inventory for this collection can be found at : http://nwda.orbiscascade.org/ark:/80444/xv67619
1314413 Bytes
Burmese Muslim; Refugee; Children; Interview;
Maung Maung playing with his blue tent. He is wearing a white shirt and a big smile. He is in a crouched position by the couch.
Utah State University, Merrill-Cazier Library, Special Collections and Archives, Cache Valley Refugee Oral History Project, FOLK COLL 70
An inventory for this collection can be found at : http://nwda.orbiscascade.org/ark:/80444/xv67620
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Sarah Hargreaves interview July 19, 2007
Families; Education; Immigration & culture;
Mrs. Sara Hargreaves talks about growing up on her father’s plantation in Danlí, Honduras, including having servants and family celebrations; she also talks about her family history going back to Spain and Germany, including German political exiles to Costa Rica, where her father was born; being a political exile herself, first to the U.S. to attend boarding school in California and later to Costa Rica during Tiburcio Carías dictatorship. She talks about her education, studying business, even though her father wanted his daughters to study agriculture to be involved in the plantations; her work for the American Embassy and for the Costa Rican government. She talks about dating practices with chaperones. She talks about her courtship and marriage to her American husband George Hargreaves. She talks about how both sets of parents (Sara’s and George’s) were upset about their engagement. She also talks about traveling with George for his work as an engineer for the US Government (State Department) to: Peru, Haiti, Philippines, Brazil, Colombia, Panama; and finally settling in Cache Valley, Utah. She talks about flying and sailing to and from the U.S. and Honduras as a youth, including sailing on “the White Fleet,’ and the “Banana Boat.” She talks about her children growing up in Logan; and about her grandchildren, her studies, volunteer work, especially at the hospital and Cache Valley Community Health Clinic; about receiving the Utah Governor’s Silver Bowl Award for service. She talks about her father’s beliefs about service and volunteer work. She shares her warm feelings about living in Cache Valley. She also talks about her family’s sense of self, honoring tradition and her elders’ attitudes about dress and conduct, including mourning customs. At the end of the tape she talks about her needlework and furniture which she brought from her parent’s home.
Hargreaves, Sarah;
The original of this item can be found at Utah State University, Merrill-Cazier Library, Special Collections and Archives, Latino Voices, FOLK COLL 38 Box 3.
Digitized by Utah State University, Merrill-Cazier Library
McKee, Ginny
Pacheco, Sara;
Ubiqus
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Utah State University, Merrill-Cazier Library, Special Collections and Archives
Latino/Latina Voices Project, 2007, 2012
Latino/Latina Voices Project inventory can be found at: http://nwda.orbiscascade.org/ark:/80444/xv83200
image/jpeg; audio/mp3; application/pdf;
eng; spa;
Image;StillImage; Sound; Text;
Honduras; Costa Rico;
Idaho; United States;
Logan (Utah); Cache County (Utah); Utah; United States;
Franklin Delano Roosevelt (FDR) during a Radio Broadcast
Great Depression; American Guide Series; American Guides; New Deal; Works Progress Administration; WPA; Federal Writers’ Project; FWP; Federal Project One; Franklin Delano Roosevelt; FDR; radio broadcast.
Franklin Delano Roosevelt speaking during a radio broadcast.
Harris & Ewing, photographer
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, LC-H21- C-221. https://lccn.loc.gov/2016894434.
Glass Negative
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, LC-H21- C-221.
Henry G. Alsberg, Director of the Federal Writers' Project (FWP), defending the FWP in front of the House Committee Investigating Un-American Activities.
Great Depression; American Guide Series; American Guides; New Deal; Works Progress Administration; WPA; Federal Writers’ Project; FWP; Federal Project One; Henry Alsberg; Communism; Red Scare; House Committee Investigating Un-American Activities.
Washington, D.C., December 6th Henry Alsberg defended the Federal Writers’ Project in front of the House Committee Investigating Un-American Activates.
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division, LC-H22-D- 5143 [P&P]. http://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/2016874507/.
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division, LC-H22-D- 5143 [P&P].
Esmeralda Hotel in Aurora, Nevada, 1920s
Death Valley (Calif. and Nev.) -- Pictorial works
Esmeralda Hotel (Aurora, Nev.) -- Pictorial works
Esmeralda Hotel in Aurora, Nevada, 1920s. Aurora, Nevada was a silver mining boom town founded in 1860. Aurora was in its heyday in the 1860s (Mark Twain briefly lived there), but it slowly declined after 1870. It went through a rebirth in 1912 when a new stamp mill and cyanide plant were built at the mines. In 1917, however, the mill closed down and by the early 1920s Aurora was abandoned. One silver gelatin POP print purchased from Amalgre Books of Bloomington, Indiana in April of 1997.
Harris, Shorty, 1857-1934
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image/jpeg
Image
StillImage
Gallagher & Brown liquor store/saloon in Aurora, Nevada, exterior
Gallagher & Brown Liquor Store/Saloon -- Pictorial works
Bars (Drinking establishments) -- Nevada -- Aurora -- Pictorial works
Gallagher & Brown liquor store/saloon in Aurora, Nevada, exterior. Aurora, Nevada was a silver mining boom town founded in 1860. Aurora was in its heyday in the 1860s (Mark Twain briefly lived there), but it slowly declined after 1870. It went through a rebirth in 1912 when a new stamp mill and cyanide plant were built at the mines. In 1917, however, the mill closed down and by the early 1920s Aurora was abandoned. One silver gelatin POP print purchased from Amalgre Books of Bloomington, Indiana in April of 1997.
Horse-drawn hearse in Aurora, Nevada, 1920s
Hearses (Vehicles) -- Pictorial works
Horse-drawn hearse in Aurora, Nevada, 1920s. Aurora, Nevada was a silver mining boom town founded in 1860. Aurora was in its heyday in the 1860s (Mark Twain briefly lived there), but it slowly declined after 1870. It went through a rebirth in 1912 when a new stamp mill and cyanide plant were built at the mines. In 1917, however, the mill closed down and by the early 1920s Aurora was abandoned. One silver gelatin POP print purchased from Amalgre Books of Bloomington, Indiana in April of 1997.
Gravestone of William E. Carder who was killed and buried in Aurora, Nevada in 1864
Carder, William E. 1831-1864
Gravestone of William E. Carder. Inscription reads: "William E. Carder. Native of Tennessee. Aged 33 years. Was assassinated in Aurora on the night of Dec. 10. 1864. I will avenge, saith the Lord. Erected by his Wife Annie E." Aurora, Nevada was a silver mining boom town founded in 1860. Aurora was in its heyday in the 1860s (Mark Twain briefly lived there), but it slowly declined after 1870. It went through a rebirth in 1912 when a new stamp mill and cyanide plant were built at the mines. In 1917, however, the mill closed down and by the early 1920s Aurora was abandoned. This photograph was taken in the 1920s. One silver gelatin POP print purchased from Amalgre Books of Bloomington, Indiana in April of 1997.
Rhyolite (Nev.) -- Pictorial works
Ghost towns -- Nevada -- Rhyolite -- Pictorial works.
View of Rhyolite, Nevada, 1920s. Rhyolite, Nevada was founded in 1904 after Shorty Harris and Ed Cross discovered Rhyolite Quartz at the Bullfrog mine. By 1906 the town had two railroad lines and a population of 10,000. The mines, however, did not produce as expected and by the early 1910s Rhyolite was abandoned. One silver gelatin POP print purchased from Amalgre Books of Bloomington, Indiana in April of 1997.
View of Rhyolite, Nevada showing the Overbury Building, 1920s
Overbury Building (Rhyolite, Nev.) -- Pictorial works
Ghost towns -- Nevada -- Rhyolite -- Pictorial works
View of Rhyolite, Nevada showing the Overbury Building, 1920s. Rhyolite, Nevada was founded in 1904 after Shorty Harris and Ed Cross discovered Rhyolite Quartz at the Bullfrog mine. By 1906 the town had two railroad lines and a population of 10,000. The mines, however, did not produce as expected and by the early 1910s Rhyolite was abandoned. One silver gelatin POP print purchased from Amalgre Books of Bloomington, Indiana in April of 1997.
The train depot of the Las Vegas and Tonopah Railroad in Rhyolite, Nevada, 1920s
Las Vegas and Tonopah Railroad Depot (Rhyolite, Nev.) -- Pictorial works
The train depot of the Las Vegas and Tonopah Railroad in Rhyolite, Nevada, 1920s. Rhyolite, Nevada was founded in 1904 after Shorty Harris and Ed Cross discovered Rhyolite Quartz at the Bullfrog mine. By 1906 the town had two railroad lines and a population of 10,000. The mines, however, did not produce as expected and by the early 1910s Rhyolite was abandoned. One silver gelatin POP print purchased from Amalgre Books of Bloomington, Indiana in April of 1997.
The Bottle House in Rhyolite, Nevada, 1920s
Bottle House (Rhyolite, Nev.) -- Pictorial works
The Bottle House in Rhyolite, Nevada, 1920s. Rhyolite, Nevada was founded in 1904 after Shorty Harris and Ed Cross discovered Rhyolite Quartz at the Bullfrog mine. By 1906 the town had two railroad lines and a population of 10,000. The mines, however, did not produce as expected and by the early 1910s Rhyolite was abandoned. One silver gelatin POP print purchased from Amalgre Books of Bloomington, Indiana in April of 1997.
View across Death Valley from Chloride Cliff, 1920s
View across Death Valley from Chloride Cliff, 1920s. One silver gelatin POP print purchased from Amalgre Books of Bloomington, Indiana in April of 1997.
Shorty Harris and companion eating next to an automobile, Death Valley, 1920s
Harris, Shorty, 1857-1934 -- Portraits
Automobiles -- Pictorial works
Shorty Harris and companion eating next to an automobile somewhere in Death Valley during the 1920s. Harris took most of the photographs in this collection of images taken in the late 1920s in the Death Valley area of Nevada and California including the ghost towns of Rhyolite, Aurora, and Calico. Rhyolite, Nevada was founded in 1904 after Shorty Harris and Ed Cross discovered Rhyolite Quartz at the Bullfrog mine. By 1906 the town had two railroad lines and a population of 10,000. The mines, however, did not produce as expected and by the early 1910s Rhyolite was abandoned. Aurora, Nevada was a silver mining boom town founded in 1860. The heyday of Aurora ran throughout the 1860s (Mark Twain briefly lived there), but it slowly declined after 1870. It went through a rebirth in 1912 when a new stamp mill and cyanide plant were built at the mines. In 1917, however, the mill closed down and by the early 1920s Aurora was abandoned. Calico, California was initially founded as a silver mining town in 1882 but by 1890 the cost of recovering the silver became prohibitive. The town, however, continued to exist until 1907 due to the production of Borax.
Twenty-mule train near Calico, California, 1905
Mules -- Pictorial works
Muleteers -- Portraits.
Twenty-mule train near Calico, California, 1905. Calico, California was initially founded as a silver mining town in 1882 but by 1890 the cost of recovering the silver became prohibitive. The town, however, continued to exist until 1907 due to the production of Borax. One silver gelatin POP print purchased from Amalgre Books of Bloomington, Indiana in April of 1997.
Merrill Library graffiti - "Soylent green is people"
Harris, Steve
eng
BD-Randy-Library graffiti Lynn McNeill-P9160095.JPG