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Photograph of flooding in the Las Vegas area, circa 1950s

Date

unspecified year in 195X (year approximate)

Description

Flooding in Las Vegas

Transcribed Notes: Transcribed from photo sleeve: "Flooding in the Las Vegas area, ca. 1950's"

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Aerial photograph postcard of Las Vegas looking north, circa 1920s

Date

1920 (year approximate)

Description

Aerial view of Las Vegas

Transcribed Notes: Transcribed from photo sleeve: "Aerial view of Las Vegas - 1920's. Railroad and station at left in photo (looking north)."

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Aerial photograph of Las Vegas, looking east down Fremont Street, circa late 1940s

Date

1945 (year approximate)

Description

Aerial view of Las Vegas, looking east down Fremont Street. Jackie Gaughan's Plaza was originally named Union Plaza and is currently called the Plaza Hotel and Casino.

Transcribed Notes: Transcribed from back of photo: "Fremont Street in downtown Las Vegas as it appeared in the late 1940s. In the foreground stands the Union Pacific Depot where Jackie Gaughan's Plaza stands today."

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Photograph of flooding in the Nevada desert, circa 1950

Date

1950 (year approximate)

Description

Flooding in the desert

Transcribed Notes: Transcribed from photo sleeve: "Unidentified location in flood

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Photograph of White Rock Spring at the Nevada Test Site, post-1960

Date

1960 to 1970

Description

White Rock Spring on the Nevada Test Site. [Caption in N[evada] T[est] S[ite] News n. d. p. 8]

Transcribed Notes: Transcribed from photo sleeve: "White Rock Springs - Oasis on the Test Site"

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Photograph of the Von Tobels and the Beckleys with their first artesian well, 1909

Date

1909

Description

Mr. and Mrs. Ed Von Tobel, Sr., and Jake and William Beckley are shown on their Paradise Valley property with their first artesian well

Transcribed Notes: Transcribed from photo sleeve: "L-R: Mr. & Mrs. Ed Von Tobel, Sr., Jake and Wm. Beckley are shown on their Paradise Valley Property with their first artesian well, 1909."

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Aerial photograph of Las Vegas looking northeast, circa 1931

Date

1931 (year approximate)

Description

Aerial view of Las Vegas looking northeast

Transcribed Notes: Transcribed from photo sleeve: "Aerial view of Las Vegas, 1931. Center foreground are the Union Pacific R.R. Co. shops with two tall standpipes. Las Vegas High School, gym, and adjoining Butcher Memorial Football Field are at the right of center."

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Aerial photograph of Las Vegas looking west, 1945

Date

1945

Description

Aerial view of Las Vegas immediately following the close of World War II

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Photograph of Lake Mead approaching the Lost City restorations, spring 1938

Date

1938

Description

The waters of Lake Mead are approaching the Lost City restorations

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Photograph of a collapsing pit house, part of the Lost City restoration, undermined by the seeping waters of Lake Mead, 1939

Date

1939

Description

Waters of Lake Mead seep through to undermine Lost City restorations

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