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Men opening an artesian well in Las Vegas, Nevada, including Nevada Governor Fred Balzar and Las Vegas Mayor J. F. Hesse, photograph and negative, approximately 1929 to 1932
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Elton and Madelaine Garrett Photograph and Architectural Drawing Collection
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PH-00265
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Elton and Madelaine Garrett Photograph and Architectural Drawing Collection
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Folder 06, Box 19
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Men opening an artesian well in Las Vegas, Nevada, including Nevada Governor Fred Balzar and Las Vegas Mayor J. F. Hesse, photograph and negative, approximately 1929 to 1932
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Elton and Madelaine Garrett Photograph and Architectural Drawing Collection
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PH-00265
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Elton and Madelaine Garrett Photograph and Architectural Drawing Collection
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Railyard in downtown Las Vegas; Las Vegas Ice and Manufacturing Company; F. I. Kremer building; Anna Bracken with her dogs on the porch of the Las Vegas Ranch house; men with the first artesian well in Las Vegas Valley at the Taylor Ranch, approximately 1910
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Ferron and Bracken Photograph Collection
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Ferron and Bracken Photograph Collection
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Oversized Box 10
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Letter from F. H. Knickerbocker (Los Angeles) to Walter R. Bracken (Las Vegas), June 12, 1924
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Photograph of Russell well, May 15, 1922
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Letter from F. R. McNamee (Los Angeles) to R. L. Adamson, November 19, 1931
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Letter from Leo A. McNamee (Las Vegas) to Walter R. Bracken (Las Vegas), August 23, 1939
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