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Bill of Sale, Las Vegas Land and Water Company (Las Vegas, Nev.), Audit No. 5355, June 1, 1954
Date
Archival Collection
Description
Bill of sale for pipelines and wire lines from the Las Vegas Land and Water Company to the Las Vegas Valley Water District.
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Letter from William Reinhardt (Los Angeles) to A. E. Stoddard (Washington), September 19, 1952
Date
Archival Collection
Description
Discussion of various points of the drafted purchase contract for water production facilities by the Las Vegas Valley Water District.
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Aerial photograph of Las Vegas in the 1920s
Date
Archival Collection
Description
Aerial photograph of Las Vegas looking north.
Transcribed Notes: Transcribed from photo sleeve: "Aerial views of Las Vegas showing downtown UP yards 1920's. Shop's still standing (1983)."
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Letter from F. H. Knickerbocker (Los Angeles) to Walter R. Bracken (Las Vegas), June 12, 1924
Date
Archival Collection
Description
Knickerbocker asks Bracken how much water the Las Vegas Land and Water Co. could use from the new artesian well to make sure they are qualified to appropriate all the water from it.
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Report on floods from the Meadow Valley Wash, Muddy River, and California Wash, after 1945
Date
Archival Collection
Description
List of major floods in the Moapa Valley with accompanying map.
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Letter from Walter R. Bracken (Las Vegas) to F. H. Knickerbocker (Los Angeles), March 3, 1931
Date
Archival Collection
Description
Bracken asks for advice regarding the Edward Clark Forwarding Company which was going to be connected to railroad water, but was being cut off by their previous provider, thus preventing them from running pipes in their basement and ultimately, endangering their goods.
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Letter from Walter R. Bracken (Las Vegas) to John M. Bunker (Rox, Nevada) regarding his water delivery request, September 8, 1939
Date
Archival Collection
Description
Walter Bracken informing John M. Bunker that work replacing an old redwood pipeline with a new iron main was well underway and they would not be able to connect his neighborhood to company water.
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Letter from Walter R. Bracken (Las Vegas) to W. H. Comstock (Los Angeles), June 17, 1922
Date
Archival Collection
Description
LVL&WC executives had been called to a meeting with the Utilities Commission about water shortages, and W. H. Comstock was seeing if they could quickly increase capacity before the meeting.
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Letter from Walter R. Bracken (Las Vegas) to J. P. Mack (Los Angeles), July 12, 1939
Date
Archival Collection
Description
Bracken was asking the Las Vegas Land and Water Company to disallow payment to the person who should have repaired the leaking pipeline but didn't. The spraying pipeline severely hampered their credibility in the public eye when asking for conservation from citizens.
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Aerial photograph of Las Vegas, westward direction, circa 1920
Date
Archival Collection
Description
Aerial view of Las Vegas
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