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Lake-Eglington Family Photograph Collection
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The Lake-Eglington Family Photograph Collection contains photographs of the Lake-Eglington Family in and around Las Vegas, Nevada from 1900 to 1976. The materials include photographs of early Las Vegas resident Olive Lake-Eglington and her family shortly after they moved to Las Vegas in 1904, as well as her eventual husband Earle Eglington after he moved to Las Vegas in 1911. The materials also include photographs of Native American artifacts, schools in Clark County, Nevada, artesian wells, the Hoover (Boulder) Dam, the Colorado River, Mt. Charleston, the Mormon Fort, the Stewart (Kiel) Ranch, the Las Vegas Ranch, and many early residents of Las Vegas.
Archival Collection
Film transparency of the gravel testing laboratory, Las Vegas, September 20, 1929
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Archival Collection
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Beckley Album, Page 02
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Letter from A. M. Folger to H. A. Shamberger (Carson City), February 28, 1948
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Archival Collection
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Request for the drill logs of area wells to see the probable chance of success for a contemplated well on the Las Vegas Ranch.
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Telegram from Frank Strong (Los Angeles) to Walter R. Bracken (Las Vegas), August 19, 1939
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Archival Collection
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Telegram informing Bracken that Union Pacific Railroad President Jeffers had approved the drilling of a well on the Las Vegas Ranch.
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Photograph of ranch land and trees, Las Vegas (Nev.)
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Archival Collection
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