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Virginia & Truckee (VT) 26

2024-03-21T13:31:46-05:00

A photograph postcard showing the Virginia & Truckee (VT)26, 4-6-0, Reno, NV.

Virginia & Truckee (VT) 11

2024-03-21T13:31:45-05:00

A photograph print showing the Virginia & Truckee (VT) 11, 4-4-0, Reno, NV. ["Queen of the Short Lines"]

Southern Pacific (SP) 4102

2024-03-21T13:30:09-05:00

A photograph print showing the Southern Pacific (SP) 4102, 4-8-8-2 (BLW, AC-4, cab forward), on freight train, Reno, NV.

[Photograph 2012.201.B1418.0123]

2015-10-27T21:53:58-05:00

Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma Times newspaper. Caption: "Dead, Major General John "Tiger" Wood, who headed the Fourth Armored Division in its drive across France in World War II, died Sunday in Reno, Nevada. He was 78."

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2015-06-01T22:10:08-05:00

Photograph used for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company. Caption: "Steen on occasion drives broken-down Lincoln Continental."

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2015-06-01T22:10:08-05:00

Photograph used for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company. Caption: "Steen removes flippers after refreshing swim in his indoor pool. Mural in background impressionistically depicts region where he made famous uranium strike."

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2015-06-01T22:10:08-05:00

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Charlie Steen surveys exterior of his home, which he says totals 27,000 square feet of living space."

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2015-06-01T22:10:08-05:00

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "In bedroom Charles Steen looks over bills from some 300 creditors."

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2015-06-01T22:10:08-05:00

Photograph used for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company. Caption: "In huge kitchen, Steen opens lonesome can of beans for lunch, like he did in prospecting days. Servant-less, he frequently prepares his own meals, says he can afford only basic grub."

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2015-06-01T22:10:08-05:00

Photograph used for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company. Caption: "One of Steen's favorite pastimes is playing penny ante with his son Andy. In background is painting of self which Hardluck Charlie commissioned in richer days, depicting time he played poker and won $20,000 pot with four aces."

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2015-06-01T22:10:08-05:00

Photograph used for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company. Caption: "Inside indoor patio which has a sliding glass roof, Steen holds a black rock, a souvenir specimen of his Utah uranium discovery in 1952. Laid out in boxes are other rare geological specimens he has collected."

[Photograph 2012.201.B1261.0111]

2015-06-01T22:10:08-05:00

Photograph used for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company. Caption: "On winding staircase of home, Steen confers with attorney John Gibbons of Denver, who is convinced the Internal revenue Service is actually persecuting his client."

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2015-06-01T22:10:08-05:00

Photograph used for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company. Caption: "While wife Minnie Lee (or M.L., as he calls her) looks on, Steen prepares to replace burnt-out light blub."

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2015-06-01T22:10:08-05:00

Photograph used for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company. Caption: "Bunyanesque replica of his tattered miner's boots recalls Steen's prospecting days when he stuck it rich with uranium find."

[Photograph 2012.201.B0321.0214]

2014-09-23T12:01:06-05:00

Photograph used for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company. Caption: "Velma Johnston, Reno, Nevada"

[Photograph 2012.201.B0234.0276]

2013-10-11T20:30:49-05:00

Photograph taken for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "James Gourlay, left San Jose, CA., and John Colvan, Hudson Falls, NY, are taken to jail at Reno, NV., in custody of an FBI Agent."