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Early Las Vegas, Nevada photographs, 1900-1940
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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
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Photograph of excavations in process at the Lost City near St. Thomas, Nevada, circa 1925
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Archival Collection
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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
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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
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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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Photograph of construction of rock and gravel plant, Hoover Dam, circa 1930-1935
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Photograph of rock and gravel plant, Hoover Dam, circa 1930-1935
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Photograph of rock and gravel plant, Hoover Dam, circa 1930-1935
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Archival Collection
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Photograph of barge on Colorado River, Hoover Dam, circa 1930-1935
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Photograph of construction of bridge across Colorado River, Hoover Dam, circa 1930-1935
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