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Photograph of two men with dogs on the porch at Las Vegas Ranch, Las Vegas (Nev.), 1900-1925

Date

1900 to 1925

Description

Site Name: Las Vegas Ranch (Las Vegas, Nev.)

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Photograph of men in swim wear at the pool at Las Vegas Ranch, Las Vegas (Nev.), 1900-1925

Date

1900 to 1925

Description

Group of men in swim wear gathered around a swimming pool located at the Las Vegas Ranch. The ranch house is seen in the background. People identified in the photo include Robert Griffith, Otto "Kelly" Westlake, and Jay Warren Woodward. Approximate date 1916.
Site Name: Las Vegas Ranch (Las Vegas, Nev.)

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Photograph of men and a woman with burros near the Las Vegas Creek, Las Vegas (Nev.), 1900-1925

Date

1900 to 1925

Archival Collection

Description

Date of photograph estimated between 1904-1906. Two men and one woman with two burros near a tent at Las Vegas Creek. A well, wooden table, basin and cooking pot are visible.

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Photograph of a home and people relaxing near the creek at Las Vegas Rancho, Las Vegas (Nev.), 1900-1925

Date

1900 to 1925

Description

View of Las Vegas Creek running through Las Vegas Ranch. The main ranch house is seen in the background on the left.
Caption: 118. Las Vegas Racho. R. & P. Photo Co.

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Photograph of a park in Caliente, Nevada, circa 1925

Date

1923 to 1927

Archival Collection

Description

View of a park in Caliente, Nevada. The Union Pacific Railroad Company's facilities (including coaling tower) are seen in the background on the left.

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Photograph of people standing on a porch in Rhyolite, Nevada, February 1925

Date

1925-02

Description

Identification given with photograph: "Rhyolite depot, in Rhyolite, Nevada February 1925. L-R: C. P. Squires, C. C. Boyer, Mrs. C. C. Boyer, James Cashman." Identification may be inaccurate.

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Photograph of a crowd gathered for the Los [sic] Vegas Democratic delegation for county division, Las Vegas (Nev.), 1900-1925

Date

1900 to 1925

Description

Undated photograph, approximate date 1908. A group of men, accompanied by two boys standing in front of a wooden hotel. Two signs pictured state, "For County Division" and "Los [sic] Vegas Democratic Delegation for County Division." The Lincoln County Division Club was formed in Las Vegas in July 1908 to convince the state government to separate the Las Vegas area from Lincoln County and make Las Vegas the new county seat. Lincoln County covered the entire southeastern portion of Nevada at this time and government administration was conducted from Pioche. Petitions for county division had started as early as 1905. Clark County was eventually founded on July 1, 1909.

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Photograph of a Boy Scout camp, Las Vegas, Nevada, 1925

Date

1925

Description

Description included with photograph: "Fair - Boy Scout Camp - 1925"

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Photograph of Jim Butler, Tonopah, Nevada, circa 1900s

Date

1900 to 1909

Description

Jim Butler, the prospector who struck the first gold and silver ores in Tonopah, Nevada circa 1900, sitting in a rocking chair, probably in Tonopah.

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Photograph of Tweed Wilson with J. B. Wilson, Southern Nevada, early 1900s

Date

1900 to 1910

Archival Collection

Description

Tweed Wilson with J. B. Wilson, in Southern Nevada, early 1900s

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