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Las Vegas Ranch and Las Vegas Fort photographs, approximately 1890-1940
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The Las Vegas Ranch and Las Vegas Fort photographs depict the Las Vegas Ranch (also known as the Stewart Ranch) and the Las Vegas Fort (also known as the Old Mormon Fort) from approximately 1900 to 1940. The land around the Stewart Ranch and the Las Vegas Fort eventually became the town site for the city of Las Vegas, Nevada. The photographs include the fort, houses at the Stewart Ranch, the orchard, and Las Vegas Creek. The items described include photographic prints and negatives; items listed are photographic prints unless otherwise specified.
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Collection Name: Helen J. Stewart Photographs
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Film transparency of the gravel testing laboratory, Las Vegas, September 20, 1929
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Architectural sketch of the Hacienda (Las Vegas), general layout of the property, 1951-1956
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Rough sketch of the general layout of the proposed Lady Luck, which later became the Hacienda (Las Vegas). Original medium: blue pen on notebook paper.
Site Name: Hacienda
Address: 3590 Las Vegas Boulevard South
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Don T. Walker Photograph Collection
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The Don T. Walker Photograph Collection (1900-1995) is comprised of black-and-white and color photographs taken by or belonging to Las Vegas photographer and Nevada historian Don Travis Walker. The photographs taken by Walker include ghost towns in Nevada, Arizona, and California, as well as a series on Phil Benson, editor and publisher of the Southern Nevada Times. Other items in the collection include photographs taken by other people related to the Moulin Rouge Hotel in Las Vegas, various photographs of historic sites in Nevada, and a program from the Nevada State Museum and Historical Society for its "Moulin Rouge: History in the Making" exhibition.
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Telegram from J. Ross Clark to W. H. Comstock, January 23, 1905
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Photograph of construction of roads and bridge across Colorado River, Hoover Dam, circa 1930-1935
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Photograph of construction of roads and bridge across Colorado River, Hoover Dam, circa 1930-1935
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Film transparency of Old Mormon Canal near Overton, Nevada, February 20, 1948
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Photograph of shoreline of Colorado River near Hoover Dam, approximately 1930-1936
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Photographic slide of Tule Springs, Nevada, January 16, 1963
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