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Cast-Iron Stew Pot. Paradise Valley, Nevada Folklife Collection

Cast-Iron Stew Pot. Paradise Valley, Nevada Folklife Collection

ca. 1940 Source: Pedroli, Pete Public domain photograph - historical image of Washington DC, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description The Paradise Valley Folklife Proje... More

Hitching Post. Paradise Valley, Nevada Folklife Collection

Hitching Post. Paradise Valley, Nevada Folklife Collection

Maker: Peraldo, Guillelmo Post weighs about three hundred pounds, similar to granite posts made in the Piedmont region of Italy, where the stonemason's family originated, made ca. 1905 The Paradise Valley Folk... More

Family Bible. Paradise Valley, Nevada Folklife Collection

Family Bible. Paradise Valley, Nevada Folklife Collection

Source: Stewart, Leslie and Marie Christian Workers Holy Bible; includes four-generation family record of the Stock/Stewart family in Paradise Valley Maker: John Winston; Philadelphia, PA; ca. 1905 The Paradis... More

Farm Journal, 1906. Paradise Valley, Nevada Folklife Collection

Farm Journal, 1906. Paradise Valley, Nevada Folklife Collection

Source: Boggio, Joe and Geraldine Popular magazine that found its way to the ranching frontier Maker: Wilmer Atkinson Company, Philadelphia, Pa. ca. 1906 The Paradise Valley Folklife Project was a cultural doc... More

The Ladies' World, ca. 1907. Paradise Valley, Nevada Folklife Collection

The Ladies' World, ca. 1907. Paradise Valley, Nevada Folklife Collecti...

Source: Boggio, Joe and Geraldine Popular magazine that found its way to the ranching frontier Maker: S.H. Moore Company, New York N.Y. 1907 The Paradise Valley Folklife Project was a cultural documentation pr... More

Brown Oval Bottle. Paradise Valley, Nevada Folklife Collection

Brown Oval Bottle. Paradise Valley, Nevada Folklife Collection

Source: Boggio, Joe and Geraldine Two-mold glass bottles, glass stopper with cork, ca. 1910 Maker: Roth & Co., San Francisco, California The Paradise Valley Folklife Project was a cultural documentation projec... More

Bottles. Paradise Valley, Nevada Folklife Collection

Bottles. Paradise Valley, Nevada Folklife Collection

Two-mold glass bottles, ca. 1910 Source: Boggio, Joe and Geraldine The Paradise Valley Folklife Project was a cultural documentation project undertaken by the American Folklife Center at the Library of Congres... More

Man at Spring City Mine, ca. 1911

Man at Spring City Mine, ca. 1911

People in photograph: Dooley, John; Buckingham, Frank Public domain photograph - historical image of Nevada, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Horse-Drawn Fruit Sprayer. Paradise Valley, Nevada Folklife Collection

Horse-Drawn Fruit Sprayer. Paradise Valley, Nevada Folklife Collection

ca. 1914 Maker: Bean Spray Pump Company, San Jose, California Public domain photograph - historical image of California, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description The Pa... More

Reverse P's Sheep Stamp. Paradise Valley, Nevada Folklife Collection

Reverse P's Sheep Stamp. Paradise Valley, Nevada Folklife Collection

Source: Boggio, Joe and Geraldine Iron stamp used by Gill Predia (ca. 1915), later used by the Siard Operation, for stamping the shorn backs of sheep with paint The Paradise Valley Folklife Project was a cultu... More

Sample Quilt. Paradise Valley, Nevada Folklife Collection

Sample Quilt. Paradise Valley, Nevada Folklife Collection

Source: Boggio, Joe and Geraldine Quilt made by Viola or Frances Case from samples of men's suiting that their father, J.B. Case, sold at his mercantile store in Paradise Valley; ca. 1920 The Paradise Valley F... More

Detail of Stone Retaining Wall at Cottonwood Creek

Detail of Stone Retaining Wall at Cottonwood Creek

Builder: Ramasco, Antone; Ramasco, Augusto Behind Micca House, built ca. 1920

Thermometer. Paradise Valley, Nevada Folklife Collection

Thermometer. Paradise Valley, Nevada Folklife Collection

Source: Boggio, Joe and Geraldine Displayed over door of bunkhouse in 1980 Smithsonian Exhibition, made ca. 1920 Maker: Taylor, Rochester, N.Y. The Paradise Valley Folklife Project was a cultural documentation... More

Egg Beater. Paradise Valley, Nevada Folklife Collection

Egg Beater. Paradise Valley, Nevada Folklife Collection

Source: Boggio, Joe and Geraldine Factory-made, ca. 1923; considered a symbol of progress and modernization in the ranch kitchen The Paradise Valley Folklife Project was a cultural documentation project undert... More

Horse Castrator. Paradise Valley, Nevada Folklife Collection

Horse Castrator. Paradise Valley, Nevada Folklife Collection

Source: Boggio, Joe and Geraldine Device held the sperm ducts while the testes were cut free, made of leather and oak, ca. 1925 The Paradise Valley Folklife Project was a cultural documentation project underta... More

H Sheep Stamp. Paradise Valley, Nevada Folklife Collection

H Sheep Stamp. Paradise Valley, Nevada Folklife Collection

Source: Boggio, Joe and Geraldine Pine stamp used by James R. Harvey Co. of Paradise Valley (ca. 1930), for stamping the shorn backs of sheep with paint The Paradise Valley Folklife Project was a cultural docu... More

Stock Saddle. Paradise Valley, Nevada Folklife Collection

Stock Saddle. Paradise Valley, Nevada Folklife Collection

Source: Miller, Alvin Made ca. 1930; many Nevada buckaroos preferred this saddle's features: one centrally placed cinch (center-fired, single-rigged) and an unswelled pommel (slick fork) with bucking rolls Make... More

Coffee Can. Paradise Valley, Nevada Folklife Collection

Coffee Can. Paradise Valley, Nevada Folklife Collection

2 1/2 lb., tinned zinc can marked "Folger's Golden Gate/Steel Cut Coffee" for regional appeal, ca. 1930 Maker: Folger's, ca. 1930 The Paradise Valley Folklife Project was a cultural documentation project under... More

Hay Hooks. Paradise Valley, Nevada Folklife Collection

Hay Hooks. Paradise Valley, Nevada Folklife Collection

Source: Pedroli, Pete Used to handle bulky bales of hay, ca. 1930 The Paradise Valley Folklife Project was a cultural documentation project undertaken by the American Folklife Center at the Library of Congress... More

Photo of Earthenware Saucer - Public domain dedication

Photo of Earthenware Saucer - Public domain dedication

Source: Stewart, Leslie and Marie Commerical glazed earthenware, marked "Buffalo China," ca. 1930

7 U P Iron. Paradise Valley, Nevada Folklife Collection

7 U P Iron. Paradise Valley, Nevada Folklife Collection

Source: Boggio, Joe and Geraldine Brand first recorded by J.P. Byrnes of Paradise Valley in 1902, then in 1916 by Gideon Forgnone and Steve Boggio; this iron made by local Paradise Valley blacksmith in ca. 1930... More

Shepherd's Crook. Paradise Valley, Nevada Folklife Collection

Shepherd's Crook. Paradise Valley, Nevada Folklife Collection

Source: Pedroli, Pete Used to catch sheep by the rear leg and to prod them, made of iron, ca. 1930 The Paradise Valley Folklife Project was a cultural documentation project undertaken by the American Folklife ... More

Quilted Coverlet. Paradise Valley, Nevada Folklife Collection

Quilted Coverlet. Paradise Valley, Nevada Folklife Collection

Source: Stewart, Leslie and Marie Double wedding ring pattern, made by Catherine Stewart from pieced cotton scraps found on the Ninety Six Ranch, ca. 1930 Maker: Stewart, Catherine The Paradise Valley Folklife... More

H Sheep Iron. Paradise Valley, Nevada Folklife Collection

H Sheep Iron. Paradise Valley, Nevada Folklife Collection

Source: Boggio, Joe and Geraldine Iron stamp used to brand the owner's mark onto the jaw or horn of sheep, ca. 1930 The Paradise Valley Folklife Project was a cultural documentation project undertaken by the A... More

Macardy. Paradise Valley, Nevada Folklife Collection

Macardy. Paradise Valley, Nevada Folklife Collection

Source: Boggio, Joe and Geraldine Twisted horsehair hair rope locally called a "macardy," from the Mexican-Spanish mecate, for maguey-fiber rope, Nevada State Prison, ca. 1930 The Paradise Valley Folklife Proj... More

John Ferraro with Hay Derrick, ca. 1933

John Ferraro with Hay Derrick, ca. 1933

People in photograph: Ferraro, John Public domain photograph - historical image of Nevada, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Low Laced Thong Stool. Paradise Valley, Nevada Folklife Collection

Low Laced Thong Stool. Paradise Valley, Nevada Folklife Collection

Made by an itinerant Mexican vaquero (buckaroo) on a Paradise Valley ranch ca. 1935; it differs from stools made by Anglo buckaroos in its concave seat of laced thongs and its short, chamfered legs Maker: Garci... More

J B Iron. Paradise Valley, Nevada Folklife Collection

J B Iron. Paradise Valley, Nevada Folklife Collection

Source: Boggio, Joe and Geraldine Maker: Seymour Riley, Paradise Valley, Nevada Brand recorded by James Byrnes of Winnemucca in 1874; similar brand used by Harvey and then Joe Boggio; this iron made ca. 1935 by... More

Postcard of Funicular at Oropa Santuario, Italy, ca. 1938

Postcard of Funicular at Oropa Santuario, Italy, ca. 1938

Inscription: "Funivia Oropa, Lago Mucrone;" from near Biella, Italy, the Recanzone family home

Culvert on Hinkey Summit Road. Paradise Valley, Nevada Folklife Collection

Culvert on Hinkey Summit Road. Paradise Valley, Nevada Folklife Collec...

ca. 1939 Maker: Pasquale, Virgil Public domain photograph - historical image of Nevada, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description The Paradise Valley Folklife Project wa... More

Culvert on Hinkey Summit Road. Paradise Valley, Nevada Folklife Collection

Culvert on Hinkey Summit Road. Paradise Valley, Nevada Folklife Collec...

ca. 1939 Maker: Pasquale, Virgil Public domain photograph - historical image of Nevada, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description The Paradise Valley Folklife Project wa... More

Tea Service. Paradise Valley, Nevada Folklife Collection

Tea Service. Paradise Valley, Nevada Folklife Collection

Source: Boggio, Joe and Geraldine Commercial pressed-glass products, ca. 1940 The Paradise Valley Folklife Project was a cultural documentation project undertaken by the American Folklife Center at the Library... More

Bunkhouse Side Chair. Paradise Valley, Nevada Folklife Collection

Bunkhouse Side Chair. Paradise Valley, Nevada Folklife Collection

Source: Stewart, Leslie and Marie Made ca. 1940 for the Bradshaw line camp cabin, the plank construction of this chair is a modern, western variation of a traditional European type The Paradise Valley Folklife... More

Medicinal Containers. Paradise Valley, Nevada Folklife Collection

Medicinal Containers. Paradise Valley, Nevada Folklife Collection

Source: Stewart, Leslie and Marie Vicks Vaporub and Mitchell Essence Ginger (decongestants); powdered alum box (gargle and douche); Ourine box (sore ears); Mitchell Essence ginger bottle; Vaseline jelly (lubric... More

Side Chair. Paradise Valley, Nevada Folklife Collection

Side Chair. Paradise Valley, Nevada Folklife Collection

ca. 1940 Public domain photograph - historical image of Nevada, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description The Paradise Valley Folklife Project was a cultural documentati... More

Awl. Paradise Valley, Nevada Folklife Collection

Awl. Paradise Valley, Nevada Folklife Collection

Source: Pedroli, Pete Handmade tool, made ca. 1940 Public domain photograph - historical image of Washington DC, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description The Paradise V... More

Bunkhouse Wood Box. Paradise Valley, Nevada Folklife Collection

Bunkhouse Wood Box. Paradise Valley, Nevada Folklife Collection

Source: Stewart, Leslie and Marie Made of wood and reinforced with tin, ca. 1940, this container was large enough to hold cooking and heating wood for a week The Paradise Valley Folklife Project was a cultural... More

Coal and Wood Burning Stove. Paradise Valley, Nevada Folklife Collection

Coal and Wood Burning Stove. Paradise Valley, Nevada Folklife Collecti...

Source: Pedroli, Pete Served for cooking and heating in the bunkhouse; made ca. 1940 Maker: C. Stove & Range Co./Sheffield, Ala. The Paradise Valley Folklife Project was a cultural documentation project undert... More

Enameled Pan. Paradise Valley, Nevada Folklife Collection

Enameled Pan. Paradise Valley, Nevada Folklife Collection

Gray ironware cooking utensils have been common on ranches since the 1880s, this pan made ca. 1940 The Paradise Valley Folklife Project was a cultural documentation project undertaken by the American Folklife ... More

Leather-Work Needles. Paradise Valley, Nevada Folklife Collection

Leather-Work Needles. Paradise Valley, Nevada Folklife Collection

Source: Stewart, Leslie and Marie Used to work rawhide into braiding, also known as marlinspikes, ca. 1940 The Paradise Valley Folklife Project was a cultural documentation project undertaken by the American F... More

Razor Strop. Paradise Valley, Nevada Folklife Collection

Razor Strop. Paradise Valley, Nevada Folklife Collection

Source: Pedroli, Pete Referred to as an "Arabian Shell Winchester" strop and used to sharpen straight-edge razors, made ca. 1940 Maker: Winchester The Paradise Valley Folklife Project was a cultural documentat... More

Circle A Chuck Wagon, ca. 1942

Circle A Chuck Wagon, ca. 1942

At Forks Ranch People in photograph: Foster, Clyde Public domain photograph - historical image of Nevada, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Program from Orchestra Concert, 1916. Paradise Valley, Nevada Folklife Collection

Program from Orchestra Concert, 1916. Paradise Valley, Nevada Folklife...

The Paradise Valley Folklife Project was a cultural documentation project undertaken by the American Folklife Center at the Library of Congress in the 1970s. The project focused on the African American communit... More

High Stool. Paradise Valley, Nevada Folklife Collection

High Stool. Paradise Valley, Nevada Folklife Collection

Source: Fischer, Walter and Irene Made by buckaroo ca. 1945; note the splayed legs and deep skirts under the seat with rounded corners Maker: Heller, Wayne "Lupey" The Paradise Valley Folklife Project was a cu... More

Death Notice, 1948. Paradise Valley, Nevada Folklife Collection

Death Notice, 1948. Paradise Valley, Nevada Folklife Collection

Inscription: "Alla Cara e Dolce Memoria di Adelina Recanzone ved. Recanzone, 22 Settembre 1873-4 Dicembre 1948" People in photograph: Recanzone, Adelina, sister of Lorenzo Recanzone The Paradise Valley Folklif... More

Map of Spring City, 1878 - Public domain map

Map of Spring City, 1878 - Public domain map

Source: Humboldt County Recorder Maker: Lennep, D. Van Map from the office of the Humboldt County recorder in Winnemucca

Rasp. Paradise Valley, Nevada Folklife Collection

Rasp. Paradise Valley, Nevada Folklife Collection

Source: Stewart, Leslie and Marie Used to smooth the hoof before nailing on the shoe, ca. 1950 The Paradise Valley Folklife Project was a cultural documentation project undertaken by the American Folklife Cent... More

Stock Saddle. Paradise Valley, Nevada Folklife Collection

Stock Saddle. Paradise Valley, Nevada Folklife Collection

Source: Stewart, Leslie and Marie Probably made in Wyoming ca. 1950, this typical ranch saddle displays a swelled pommel, and has leather coverings, rosettes, and iron D rings to hold the single cotton cinch; t... More

Sauce Pan. Paradise Valley, Nevada Folklife Collection

Sauce Pan. Paradise Valley, Nevada Folklife Collection

Source: Pedroli, Pete Aluminum, marked "Wear Ever" ca. 1950 Public domain photograph of bowl, vase, cup, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description The Paradise Valley Folklife Project ... More

Corkscrew. Paradise Valley, Nevada Folklife Collection

Corkscrew. Paradise Valley, Nevada Folklife Collection

Source: Boggio, Joe and Geraldine Manufactured ca. 1950 Public domain photograph - historical image of Washington DC, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description The Parad... More

Utensil Box. Paradise Valley, Nevada Folklife Collection

Utensil Box. Paradise Valley, Nevada Folklife Collection

Source: Stewart, Leslie and Marie Made of pine, handmade on the Stewart ranch, ca. 1950 The Paradise Valley Folklife Project was a cultural documentation project undertaken by the American Folklife Center at t... More

Horseshoe Gate. Paradise Valley, Nevada Folklife Collection

Horseshoe Gate. Paradise Valley, Nevada Folklife Collection

Gate in front of ranch house, built ca. 1950; has couterweighted device for self-closing Maker: Pedroli, Pete The Paradise Valley Folklife Project was a cultural documentation project undertaken by the America... More

Leather-Trimming Gauges. Paradise Valley, Nevada Folklife Collection

Leather-Trimming Gauges. Paradise Valley, Nevada Folklife Collection

Source: Stewart, Leslie and Marie With a pocket knife inserted into the tinned notch, these blocks are used to trim irregular strips of rawhide into even-width, beveled thongs for braided lariats, hackamores, a... More

Leather-Trimming Gauges on Saddle Blanket

Leather-Trimming Gauges on Saddle Blanket

For trimming rawhide or leather for braiding, ca. 1950 Public domain photograph - historical image of Nevada, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Coffee Pot. Paradise Valley, Nevada Folklife Collection

Coffee Pot. Paradise Valley, Nevada Folklife Collection

Source: Stewart, Leslie and Marie Thread spool finial, rolled aluminum, makes twelve cups, ca. 1950 The Paradise Valley Folklife Project was a cultural documentation project undertaken by the American Folklife... More

Latch Made from Bit on Horsehoe Gate

Latch Made from Bit on Horsehoe Gate

Maker: Pedroli, Pete Handmade, ca. 1950 Public domain photograph - historical image of Nevada, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Fry Pan. Paradise Valley, Nevada Folklife Collection

Fry Pan. Paradise Valley, Nevada Folklife Collection

Source: Pedroli, Pete Cast iron, marked "5X," factory-made ca. 1950 The Paradise Valley Folklife Project was a cultural documentation project undertaken by the American Folklife Center at the Library of Congre... More

Bunkhouse Kitchen Table. Paradise Valley, Nevada Folklife Collection

Bunkhouse Kitchen Table. Paradise Valley, Nevada Folklife Collection

Source: Stewart, Leslie and Marie This pine table was used in the Bradshaw cabin since ca. 1950 and is marked with brands from the "96," it follows a traditional pattern of canted corners covered with oilcloth,... More

Fry Pan. Paradise Valley, Nevada Folklife Collection

Fry Pan. Paradise Valley, Nevada Folklife Collection

Source: Pedroli, Pete Hollow handle helps prevent burned hands, made of rolled tin, ca. 1950 Maker: Acme N.Y. Stamping Co., Brooklyn, N.Y. The Paradise Valley Folklife Project was a cultural documentation proj... More

Alligator Pliers. Paradise Valley, Nevada Folklife Collection

Alligator Pliers. Paradise Valley, Nevada Folklife Collection

Source: Stewart, Leslie and Marie Alligator pliers used to clinch off nails in hoof; hoof parer used to pull off shoes and trim hooves, ca. 1950 The Paradise Valley Folklife Project was a cultural documentatio... More

Hoof Parers. Paradise Valley, Nevada Folklife Collection

Hoof Parers. Paradise Valley, Nevada Folklife Collection

Source: Stewart, Leslie and Marie Used to pull off shoes and trim hooves, ca. 1950 The Paradise Valley Folklife Project was a cultural documentation project undertaken by the American Folklife Center at the Li... More

Kerosene Lantern. Paradise Valley, Nevada Folklife Collection

Kerosene Lantern. Paradise Valley, Nevada Folklife Collection

Source: Pedroli, Pete ca. 1950, common in ranch houses and bunkhouses, even after electricity was available Maker: Paull's The Paradise Valley Folklife Project was a cultural documentation project undertaken b... More

Butcher Knife. Paradise Valley, Nevada Folklife Collection

Butcher Knife. Paradise Valley, Nevada Folklife Collection

Source: Stewart, Leslie and Marie Handle marked with 96 brand, made of wood, steel, and brass, factory-made ca. 1950 The Paradise Valley Folklife Project was a cultural documentation project undertaken by the ... More

Enamelware Plates. Paradise Valley, Nevada Folklife Collection

Enamelware Plates. Paradise Valley, Nevada Folklife Collection

Source: Stewart, Leslie and Marie Grey and white enameled ironware, left plate marked "K.E.R. Sweden, 24 cms," ca. 1950; common on Nevada ranches The Paradise Valley Folklife Project was a cultural documentati... More

Miller and Tietjen Catalogue. Paradise Valley, Nevada Folklife Collection

Miller and Tietjen Catalogue. Paradise Valley, Nevada Folklife Collect...

"Catalogue No. 6," source of supply and design for Leonard Faupel's handmade bits and spurs; ca. 1950 Source: Faupel, Marguerite and Wesley Maker: Miller and Tietjen, Reno, Nevada The Paradise Valley Folklife ... More

Stirring Paddle. Paradise Valley, Nevada Folklife Collection

Stirring Paddle. Paradise Valley, Nevada Folklife Collection

Source: Boggio, Joe and Geraldine Factory-made, oak, ca. 1950 Public domain photograph - historical image of Washington DC, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description The... More

Salt-Shaker. Paradise Valley, Nevada Folklife Collection

Salt-Shaker. Paradise Valley, Nevada Folklife Collection

Source: Boggio, Joe and Geraldine Molded glass, celluloid lid, ca. 1955 Maker: MacDonald & Gehm, New York, N.Y. The Paradise Valley Folklife Project was a cultural documentation project undertaken by the Ameri... More

Hay Hooks. Paradise Valley, Nevada Folklife Collection

Hay Hooks. Paradise Valley, Nevada Folklife Collection

Source: Pedroli, Pete Used to handle bulky bales of hay, ca. 1960 The Paradise Valley Folklife Project was a cultural documentation project undertaken by the American Folklife Center at the Library of Congress... More

Anvil. Paradise Valley, Nevada Folklife Collection

Anvil. Paradise Valley, Nevada Folklife Collection

Source: Stewart, Leslie and Marie Made from iron railroad rail, ca. 1960 The Paradise Valley Folklife Project was a cultural documentation project undertaken by the American Folklife Center at the Library of C... More

Griddle. Paradise Valley, Nevada Folklife Collection

Griddle. Paradise Valley, Nevada Folklife Collection

Source: Pedroli, Pete Made of cast iron, ca. 1960; used both indoors and out The Paradise Valley Folklife Project was a cultural documentation project undertaken by the American Folklife Center at the Library ... More

Pack Saddle with Full Rigging. Paradise Valley, Nevada Folklife Collection

Pack Saddle with Full Rigging. Paradise Valley, Nevada Folklife Collec...

Source: Stewart, Leslie and Marie Even after pickup trucks changed life in the 1950s, pack animals continued to haul supplies into the back country; this type is called a "saw buck;" a factory product from ca. ... More

Blacksmithing Tongs. Paradise Valley, Nevada Folklife Collection

Blacksmithing Tongs. Paradise Valley, Nevada Folklife Collection

Long-snouted iron devices used by blacksmiths to hold pieces in the making, ca. 1960 The Paradise Valley Folklife Project was a cultural documentation project undertaken by the American Folklife Center at the ... More

U-Grille. Paradise Valley, Nevada Folklife Collection

U-Grille. Paradise Valley, Nevada Folklife Collection

Source: Pedroli, Pete Made ca. 1960 from an iron rod, this device was used to hold cooking pot over fire, easily carried on horseback, often in a bag behind the saddle cantle The Paradise Valley Folklife Proje... More

Work Stool. Paradise Valley, Nevada Folklife Collection

Work Stool. Paradise Valley, Nevada Folklife Collection

Source: Boggio, Joe and Geraldine Used on the Boggio Ranch since ca. 1960, this stool has an unusual design of five-sided legs with lateral attachment to a long block projecting below the covered seat The Para... More

Sougan Cover. Paradise Valley, Nevada Folklife Collection

Sougan Cover. Paradise Valley, Nevada Folklife Collection

Source: Stewart, Leslie and Marie Used with sougan and other bedding to make bedroll, fastened with hooks, made of canvas, ca. 1965 The Paradise Valley Folklife Project was a cultural documentation project und... More

Ditty Bag. Paradise Valley, Nevada Folklife Collection

Ditty Bag. Paradise Valley, Nevada Folklife Collection

Source: Stewart, Leslie and Marie Pouch for personal items, carried behind the saddle, made of denim trouser leg, ca. 1965 The Paradise Valley Folklife Project was a cultural documentation project undertaken b... More

Ashtray Holder. Paradise Valley, Nevada Folklife Collection

Ashtray Holder. Paradise Valley, Nevada Folklife Collection

Source: Fischer, Walter and Irene A local buckaroo-made device from a hame and four "Diamond Hot Forged" horseshoes, ca. 1970 The Paradise Valley Folklife Project was a cultural documentation project undertake... More

Box for Horseshoe Nails. Paradise Valley, Nevada Folklife Collection

Box for Horseshoe Nails. Paradise Valley, Nevada Folklife Collection

Source: Stewart, Leslie and Marie "Capewell" box for standard 2-inch nails, ca. 1970 Maker: Capewell The Paradise Valley Folklife Project was a cultural documentation project undertaken by the American Folklif... More

Three Pairs of Chaps. Paradise Valley, Nevada Folklife Collection

Three Pairs of Chaps. Paradise Valley, Nevada Folklife Collection

Picryl description: Public domain image of a dress, costume accessory, fashion design, free to use, no copyright restrictions. The Paradise Valley Folklife Project was a cultural documentation project undertak... More

Gravestone of Virginia N. Murrah. Paradise Valley, Nevada Folklife Collection

Gravestone of Virginia N. Murrah. Paradise Valley, Nevada Folklife Col...

With plaster image of St. Francis Public domain photograph of burial, grave, funeral, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description The Paradise Valley Folklife Project was a cultural docu... More

Wool press. Paradise Valley, Nevada Folklife Collection

Wool press. Paradise Valley, Nevada Folklife Collection

To compact wool into bales after it was shorn from the sheep; no longer in use The Paradise Valley Folklife Project was a cultural documentation project undertaken by the American Folklife Center at the Librar... More

Souvenir Picture Book, Algiers, 1870. Paradise Valley, Nevada Folklife Collection

Souvenir Picture Book, Algiers, 1870. Paradise Valley, Nevada Folklife...

Inscription: "Vue General Prise de la Casbah, Giustina Pasquale Algiers French Algeria (1872)? Justine Pasqual-Vitruvio Born in Algeria Sept. 22, 1863" The Paradise Valley Folklife Project was a cultural docum... More

Saddle on Horse. Paradise Valley, Nevada Folklife Collection

Saddle on Horse. Paradise Valley, Nevada Folklife Collection

Picryl description: Public domain image of a horse, animal husbandry, free to use, no copyright restrictions. The Paradise Valley Folklife Project was a cultural documentation project undertaken by the America... More

Gate, Cassinelli (Mill) Ranch. Paradise Valley, Nevada Folklife Collection

Gate, Cassinelli (Mill) Ranch. Paradise Valley, Nevada Folklife Collec...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a cart, carriage, weels, 18th-19th century design, free to use, no copyright restrictions. The Paradise Valley Folklife Project was a cultural documentation project u... More

Passport, 1909. Paradise Valley, Nevada Folklife Collection

Passport, 1909. Paradise Valley, Nevada Folklife Collection

Italian passport issued to Lucia Forgnone and her son Giuseppe (Joe) Boggio, aged 10 months; from Boggio Household, Winnemucca, Nev. The Paradise Valley Folklife Project was a cultural documentation project un... More

Horse-Drawn Seed Drill. Paradise Valley, Nevada Folklife Collection

Horse-Drawn Seed Drill. Paradise Valley, Nevada Folklife Collection

Antique ranching equipment Public domain photograph - historical image of Nevada, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description The Paradise Valley Folklife Project was a cu... More

Wallpaper. Paradise Valley, Nevada Folklife Collection

Wallpaper. Paradise Valley, Nevada Folklife Collection

Public domain photograph - historical image of Nevada, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description The Paradise Valley Folklife Project was a cultural documentation project... More

Adjusting a Canvas Tent Pack on Horse

Adjusting a Canvas Tent Pack on Horse

People in photograph: Stewart, Leslie Public domain photograph - historical image of Nevada, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Grave of Antonia Gastanaga. Paradise Valley, Nevada Folklife Collection

Grave of Antonia Gastanaga. Paradise Valley, Nevada Folklife Collectio...

Inscription: "Born in Spain" Public domain photograph - grave, cemetery, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description The Paradise Valley Folklife Project was a cultural documentation pro... More

Gravestones of Lillie E. Haward Hinkey, Chelsey Lamance, and James A. Denio

Gravestones of Lillie E. Haward Hinkey, Chelsey Lamance, and James A. ...

Public domain photo of a monument, historic place, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Sheep Marker. Paradise Valley, Nevada Folklife Collection

Sheep Marker. Paradise Valley, Nevada Folklife Collection

Wood block ink marker for sheep, used for marking sheep with paint after shearing, ca. 1885; from Joe Boggio's basement museum The Paradise Valley Folklife Project was a cultural documentation project undertak... More

Iron Gate Hinge at Opening to Corral

Iron Gate Hinge at Opening to Corral

Public domain photograph - historical image of Nevada, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Grave of Ernestine Stock. Paradise Valley, Nevada Folklife Collection

Grave of Ernestine Stock. Paradise Valley, Nevada Folklife Collection

Inscription: "Born in Germany" Public domain photograph of a graveyard monument, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description The Paradise Valley Folklife Project was a cultural documenta... More

Hitching Post - Drawing. Public domain image.

Hitching Post - Drawing. Public domain image.

Made by Guillelmo Peraldo for Alphonso Pasquale; Tony Ramasco forged the iron rings and set them; 5 men on the contract; Alphonso Pasquale paid $45.00/month Maker: Peraldo, Guillelmo

Wooden Gate. Paradise Valley, Nevada Folklife Collection

Wooden Gate. Paradise Valley, Nevada Folklife Collection

Public domain photograph of a barn, farm, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description The Paradise Valley Folklife Project was a cultural documentation project undertaken by the American ... More

Grave of J.C. Silve. Paradise Valley, Nevada Folklife Collection

Grave of J.C. Silve. Paradise Valley, Nevada Folklife Collection

Inscription: "Born in France" Public domain photograph of a graveyard monument, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description The Paradise Valley Folklife Project was a cultural documentat... More

Movement of Irrigation Water. Paradise Valley, Nevada Folklife Collection

Movement of Irrigation Water. Paradise Valley, Nevada Folklife Collect...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a bridge over a water stream, free to use, no copyright restrictions. The Paradise Valley Folklife Project was a cultural documentation project undertaken by the Amer... More

Snouted Taps. Paradise Valley, Nevada Folklife Collection

Snouted Taps. Paradise Valley, Nevada Folklife Collection

Short leather stirrup covers or taps Public domain photograph - historical image of Nevada, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description The Paradise Valley Folklife Projec... More

Willow Corral at Hay Camp. Paradise Valley, Nevada Folklife Collection

Willow Corral at Hay Camp. Paradise Valley, Nevada Folklife Collection

Local materials used to make corral Public domain photograph - historical image of Nevada, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description The Paradise Valley Folklife Project... More

Sheep Dip Tanks. Paradise Valley, Nevada Folklife Collection

Sheep Dip Tanks. Paradise Valley, Nevada Folklife Collection

Public domain photograph - historical image of Nevada, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description The Paradise Valley Folklife Project was a cultural documentation project... More

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