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Telegram from W. H. Comstock to E. E. Calvin, A. S. Halsted and C. P. Smith, July 11, 1922
Date
1922-07-11
Archival Collection
Description
Coded portions of the telegram have handwritten transcriptions above them.
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Transcript of interview with Ralph Daly by Charles Malkowski, February 25, 1977
Date
1977-02-25
Archival Collection
Description
Charles Malkowski interviews Ralph Daly (born in Texas in 1903) about his experience of moving to Las Vegas during its early growth. Daly talks specifically about Block 16 and the Arizona Club and the extent of gambling and prostitution that took place there in the early 1900s. Daly, who worked in oil fields but became paralyzed due to an injury, also talks about moving to Las Vegas to make his living on gambling after becoming disabled. He also describes how the construction of Boulder Dam attracted many migrant workers and how, after World War II, Las Vegas attracted tourists and became more of a gambling town as more casinos were built and worldwide advertising for those casinos started. Daly also discusses the end of prostitution in Las Vegas, certain famous gamblers he met, and the forms of cooling used before air conditioning was introduced.
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Aerial photograph of the Hotel Last Frontier, 1940s
Date
1940 to 1949
Archival Collection
Description
Aerial view of the Hotel Last Frontier with a Union Pacific train in the background
Site Name: Frontier
Address: 3120 Las Vegas Boulevard South
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Photograph of a Union Pacific Railroad train at the train station, Las Vegas, 1958
Date
1958
Archival Collection
Description
A black and white image of a Union Pacific Railroad train at the train station in Las Vegas.
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Photograph of a burned railroad trestle, circa 1910s-1930s
Date
1910 to 1939
Archival Collection
Description
A burned railroad trestle possibly located at Meadow Valley Wash near Caliente on the Union Pacific Railroad line.
Image
Photograph of telegraph office, McClellan, Arizona, circa 1920s-1930s
Date
1920 to 1939
Archival Collection
Description
The telegraph office in McClellan, Arizona.
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Photograph of telegraph office, McClellan, Arizona, circa 1920s-1930s
Date
1920 to 1939
Archival Collection
Description
The telegraph office in McClellan, Arizona. There is an unidentified man on the left, and Clarence Stocker, the shorter man, on the right.
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Photograph of a railroad station, Barstow, California, circa 1920s-1930s
Date
1920 to 1939
Archival Collection
Description
A railroad station in Barstow, California.
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Photograph of the railroad yards, Las Vegas, circa 1913
Date
1912 to 1914
Archival Collection
Description
Black and white image of railroad yards in Las Vegas.
Image
Photograph of the railroad yards, Las Vegas, circa 1913
Date
1912 to 1913
Archival Collection
Description
Black and white image of railroad yards in Las Vegas.
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