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Aerial photograph of the Las Vegas Valley looking northwest towards Mount Charleston, 1945
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Archival Collection
Description
Aerial view of the Las Vegas Valley looking northwest towards Mount Charleston.
Transcribed Notes: Handwritten inscription on back: Las Vegas about 1945 looking toward Charleston Mountains (North West). Road intersection in immediate foreground is that of Fremont Street from the right, Charleston Blvd from the left (Charleston Blvd runs due West); Stamped on back: Las Vegas News Bureau, Las Vegas - Nevada, Photographers Don English - Joe Buck - Jerry Abbott
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Photograph looking west over the Colorado River and Hemenway Wash from Fortification Hill, before 1931
Date
Archival Collection
Description
Looking west over the Colorado River and Hemenway Wash from Fortification Hill.
Transcribed Notes: Handwritten collection note on back of photo: [Las Vegas Wash and area under water now(?)]; Notes on photo sleeve: [Las Vegas Wash area] from top of Fortification Mountain. (Credit: W.A. Davis); 'Wint made a fire at night on top then kicked it off into space. Lacey hired Wint to do it for some tourists.' - James J. Hester, son-in-law of W.A. ('Wint') Davis, 1992
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Aerial photograph of Las Vegas, full view of high school, southwest direction, 1930
Date
Archival Collection
Description
Aerial view of Las Vegas in 1930
Transcribed Notes: Notes on back of duplicate photo: Aerial view of Las Vegas w/ new high school on bottom left, c. 1933; Notes on photo sleeve: Aerial view of Las Vegas taken in the winter of 1930 (same day as #0123 002) in clip wing Jenny. Shows railroad and main street - essentially shows the whole city. (Credit: W.A. Davis)
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Photograph of water storage tank construction in Boulder City, circa 1931
Date
Archival Collection
Description
Construction of a water tank in Boulder City by the Clearfire Water Company.
Transcribed Notes: Notes on photo sleeve: 'Hill leveled with dynamite before building tank - Clearfire Water Co. Water came into booster plant from river. Dumps at river were on inclined steel rails and went up and down with water level. Then went from booster plant to clarification station, then on to this storage tank.' (W.A. Davis)
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Photograph of settling basin at the head of Hemenway Wash for water purification works in Boulder City, circa 1931
Date
Archival Collection
Description
Settling basin at the head of Hemenway Wash for water purification works in Boulder City.
Transcribed Notes: Stamped on back of photo: Photograph by W. A. Davis Box 1169, Las Vegas, Nevada; Notes on photo sleeve: [Setting basin for making concrete. Upstream from the Dam about 5-10 miles. R.R. track may have crossed over to Arizona.] Photographer W.A. Davis disagrees: says this is part of a water purification plant; the settling basin shown purifies water. (documentation, 4/92)
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Photograph of the Arivada Ferry, 1916-1920
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Archival Collection
Description
Arivada Ferry, owned by Jim Cashman and operated by Pop Emery. Its primary purpose was to provide a way for Arizonans to get to Nevada where prohibition was not as strictly enforced.
Transcribed Notes: Transcribed from photo sleeve: "Arivada Ferry, 1916-1920. This ferry was owned by Jim Cashman and operated by Pop Emery (standing, in picture). Originally located at the upper end of Cottonwood Island, a few miles below where the Cottonwood Cove Resort is located, it was later moved due to lack of business to TriState, Nevada, where it served for a short time between the Katherine Mine in Arizona and the TriState Mine in Nevada. Its main purpose here was to provide a way for Arizonans to get to Nevada where prohibition laws were not strictly enforced."
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Photograph of a drill rig putting down the hole for the first well in the Las Vegas Heights District, circa 1907
Date
Archival Collection
Description
Drilling in the Las Vegas Heights District with Mr. Booth and Mr. Madison performing the work.
Transcribed Notes: Transcribed from front of photo: "1st well. Vegas Hts. About 1907. Booth & Madison, Drillers."; Transcribed from photo sleeve: "A drill rig which put down the hole for the first well in the Las Vegas Heights District in Las Vegas in 1907. The crew were Booth and Madison."
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Photograph of two women posing on a giant dead Cottonwood tree in the remains of St. Thomas, 1945
Date
Archival Collection
Description
Two women on the trunk of a very large dead Cottonwood tree in the remains of St. Thomas
Transcribed Notes: Transcribed from photo sleeve: "This is one of the oldest trees in this section and was covered by nearly 70 feet of water (Lake Mead) for about seven years. The height may be compared by the two girls on the trunk of the tree."
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Aerial photograph of Las Vegas, looking east down Fremont Street, circa late 1940s
Date
Archival Collection
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 Tamarisk trees sticking out of the water in St. Thomas, Nevada, circa June, 1938
Date
Archival Collection
Description
The tops of tamerisk trees show above the water line of Lake Mead at St. Thomas, Nevada.
Transcribed Notes: Transcribed from photo sleeve: "What was once the main throughfare and entrance to the prosperous little Mormon town of St. Thomas now shows only the tops of the tamarix (sic) trees which lined its irrigation ditches. (phto by E. Edwards)"
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