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Steamboats on the Colorado River
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Archival Collection
Collection Name: Elbert Edwards Photograph Collection
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Kiel (Taylor) Ranch, 1964
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Materials contain photographs from the Kiel (Taylor) Ranch from 1964, including photographs of the ranch, John Park's house, and other buildings. The Kiel Ranch was one of earliest non-indigenous settlements in the Las Vegas Valley, and it has become infamous as the site of the murders of Ed and William Kiel committed in 1900. The ranch is now in North Las Vegas and is administered by the North Las Vegas Neighborhood and Leisure Services Department.
Archival Collection
Collection Name: Elbert Edwards Photograph Collection
Box/Folder: N/A
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Hoover Dam, 1930-1965
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Materials contain photographs of the Hoover Dam and surrounding areas from 1930 to 1965. The Hoover Dam, also known as the Boulder Dam, was constructed on the Colorado River in Black Canyon near Las Vegas, Nevada from 1931 to 1936 during the Great Depression. The dam impounds Lake Mead, the country's largest reservoir, and it provides hydroelectric power to Nevada, Arizona, and California.
Materials also include photographs of the Pueblo Grande de Nevada archaeological sites, also known as the "Lost City," which were partially covered by the waters of Lake Mead. The area originally belonged to Puebloan peoples. Additionally, the materials contain photographs of the town of St. Thomas, which was also submerged beneath Lake Mead.
Archival Collection
Collection Name: Elbert Edwards Photograph Collection
Box/Folder: N/A
Archival Component
Gilcrease Ranch, 1923-1963
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Materials contain photographs of the Gilcrease Ranch near Las Vegas, Nevada from 1923 to 1963, including photographs of the Gilcrease family, buildings on the ranch, and farm animals.
Archival Collection
Collection Name: Elbert Edwards Photograph Collection
Box/Folder: N/A
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People, 1861-1991
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Materials include photographs of people in Nevada from 1861 to 1991, including photographs of Nevada governors, the Edwards family, Las Vegas pioneer J. T. McWilliams and his family, and other pioneers and residents.
Archival Collection
Collection Name: Elbert Edwards Photograph Collection
Box/Folder: N/A
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Powell Commemorative Ceremony, 1969
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Materials contain photographs of the Powell Commemorative Ceremony in 1969, which commemorated the construction of the Glen Canyon Dam and Lake Powell.
Archival Collection
Collection Name: Elbert Edwards Photograph Collection
Box/Folder: N/A
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Old Spanish Trail, 1970s-1980s
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Materials contain photographic slides of the Old Spanish Trail from the 1970s and 1980s. Materials are stored in the Photograph Collection Negatives boxes and Photograph Collection Slides binders.
The Old Spanish Trail was a trade route that linked Santa Fe, New Mexico with Los Angeles, California, and had been in use by Spanish explorers in the sixteenth century. It was named by John C. Frémont in 1844 after he traversed the trail for the U.S. Topographical Corps. In 2001, the portion of the trail in Nevada was added to the National Register of Historic Places.
Archival Collection
Collection Name: Elbert Edwards Photograph Collection
Box/Folder: Box 01
Archival Component
Miscellaneous, 1934-1976
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Materials contain photographs of Nevada from 1934 to 1976.
Archival Collection
Collection Name: Elbert Edwards Photograph Collection
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Saloon fire, 1910
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Archival Collection
Collection Name: Elbert Edwards Photograph Collection
Box/Folder: Folder 01
Archival Component
Fire, 1910
Level of Description
Archival Collection
Collection Name: Elbert Edwards Photograph Collection
Box/Folder: Folder 01
Archival Component