(WEST NEVADA) The Big Day Nevadas Booming Roaring Gold C

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(WEST--NEVADA.) The Big Day! . . . Nevada's Booming, Roaring, Gold Camp Searchlight Blazes Forth. Illustrated broadside, 20 x 12¼ inches; moderate spotting, minimal wear. Searchlight, NV, 4 July [1931]

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Searchlight is a gold-mining town not far south of Las Vegas, best known as the hometown of politician Harry Reid. This Independence Day celebration featured two unlikely hosts: Hollywood stars Clara Bow and Rex Bell, who both had vacation homes in the area. Not coincidentally, they were married later that year. Also on offer were a terrapin derby, a performance by the Needles band, bronco busting, and bulldogging "by movie stars and cow punchers."