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MGM construction party, image 09
Description
Two unidentified people stand next to Stuart Mason in the middle of the MGM construction site.
Photograph of fencing used around Ivanpah Solar facilities, September 24, 2014
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Archival Collection
Description
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Photograph of construction of roads in Black Canyon, Hoover Dam, circa 1930-1935
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Archival Collection
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Home of the Good Shepherd church: photographic print
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Archival Collection
Description
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Photograph of Hoover Dam construction, June 21, 1933
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Archival Collection
Description
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Early Las Vegas, Nevada photographs, 1900-1940
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Scope and Contents
The early Las Vegas, Nevada photographs document early Euro-American settlers in the Las Vegas Valley and the development of the original Las Vegas town site from approximately 1900 to 1940. The photographs depict the Union Pacific Railroad depot, early businesses on Fremont Street, the Clark County Courthouse, saloons, hotels, and casinos. The items described include black-and-white photographic prints, postcards, and negatives; items listed are photographic prints unless otherwise specified.
Archival Collection
Collection Name: Charles P. Squires Photograph Collection
Box/Folder: N/A
Archival Component
Photograph of excavations in process at the Lost City near St. Thomas, Nevada, circa 1925
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Archival Collection
Description
Transcribed Notes: Transcribed from handwritten inscription by D. Hancock on back of postcard: "This shows some of the excavators at work at the Buried City or 'Lost City' as it is sometimes called. This is near St. Thomas if you wish to look up its approximate location on the map. It was here I went last Spring on one of my trips."
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Letter from Frank Strong (Los Angeles) to Walter R. Bracken (Las Vegas), May 30, 1943
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Archival Collection
Description
Strong is reluctant to commit the company to a specific amount of water to be delivered to the Las Vegas Ranch.
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Letter from F. H. Knickerbocker to Walter R. Bracken (Las Vegas), March 6, 1929
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Archival Collection
Description
Knickerbocker was asking Bracken to investigate the Winterwood property as the president of the Railroad company was interested in properties that they had not yet managed to acquire.
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