Skip to main content

Search the Special Collections and Archives Portal

Search Results

Display    Results Per Page
Displaying results 111 - 120 of 667

Film transparency of J. Fred Hesse and Fred Balzar, Las Vegas, 1929-1932

Date

1929 to 1932

Description

Las Vegas Mayor J. Fred Hesse, left, and Nevada Governor Fred Balzar, right, at opening an artesian well in Las Vegas, Nevada.

Image

Sarah Vinci Photograph Collection

Identifier

PH-00268

Abstract

The Sarah Vinci Photograph Collection (approximately 1920-1991) consists of black-and-white photographic prints and negatives. The images depict Fremont Street in Las Vegas, Nevada, highlighting the changes over the years. Other images include the artesian well at the Cragin family home and Methodist churches in Las Vegas.

Archival Collection

Film transparency of J. Fred Hesse and others, Las Vegas, 1929-1932

Date

1929 to 1932

Description

From left to right, an unidentified man; J. Fred Hesse, a Las Vegas Mayor, and another unidentified man at the opening of an artesian well in Las Vegas, Nevada.

Image

Photograph of men tipping hats at a well, Goldfield (Nev.), 1927

Date

1927

Archival Collection

Description

Group of men tip their hats while standing at an artesian well near a mine.

Image

Letter from Walter R. Bracken (Las Vegas) to J. Ross Clark, February 15, 1912

Date

1912-02-15

Archival Collection

Description

Well No. 1 had just been completed and Bracken advised Clark that they would need to keep an eye on the flow from the Big Spring to see if the new well had an effect on the water flow.

Text