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Photograph of mining company, (Nev.), 1916
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Archival Collection
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Postcard of Columbia Street, Goldfield, Nevada, circa early 1900s
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Archival Collection
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McWilliams, J. T. (John Thomas), 1863-1941
Nevada pioneer, engineer, and surveyor John Thomas (J.T.) McWilliams was born in Owen Sound, Ontario, Canada, on December 10, 1863. In 1879, he moved to Detroit, Michigan, before settling in Chicago, Illinois in 1883. While in Chicago, McWilliams studied civil engineering at the University of Chicago, and in 1884 he began surveying for the Northern Pacific Railroad.
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Handwritten speech by Roosevelt Fitzgerald about a brief history of Las Vegas, Nevada
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Archival Collection
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From the Roosevelt Fitzgerald Professional Papers (MS-01082) -- Unpublished manuscripts file. For an unknown event.
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Transcript of interview with Isabella Jessie Curtis by Andrew B. Levy, February 15, 1979
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Archival Collection
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On February 15, 1979, Andrew Levy interviewed Isabella Jessie Curtis (born 1922 in Monroe, Wisconsin) about her experiences in Southern Nevada. Curtis first talks about her career in waitressing at several restaurants and casinos in Las Vegas before describing some of the early businesses in the Downtown Las Vegas area. The interview then moves to discussions on Curtis’s involvement in politics, her early recreational activities, and the atomic testing. The two later discuss the first telephones in Las Vegas, the Helldorado celebration, and her work at the Tropicana Las Vegas. The interview concludes with Curtis’s description on living in Sandy Valley, Nevada, and some of her first memories of the Union Pacific train depot in Las Vegas.
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Postcard of a locomotive engine, Las Vegas, circa 1930s
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Archival Collection
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James H. Down Sr. Scrapbooks
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The James H. Down Sr. Scrapbooks (1933-1979) contain newspaper clippings and political advertisements about his political and civic involvement in Las Vegas, Nevada.
Archival Collection