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Kiel (Taylor) Ranch, 1964

Level of Description

Sub-Series

Scope and Contents

Materials contain photographs from the Kiel (Taylor) Ranch from 1964, including photographs of the ranch, John Park's house, and other buildings. The Kiel Ranch was one of earliest non-indigenous settlements in the Las Vegas Valley, and it has become infamous as the site of the murders of Ed and William Kiel committed in 1900. The ranch is now in North Las Vegas and is administered by the North Las Vegas Neighborhood and Leisure Services Department.

Archival Collection

Elbert Edwards Photograph Collection
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Collection Number: PH-00214
Collection Name: Elbert Edwards Photograph Collection
Box/Folder: N/A

Archival Component

Photographs of East Fremont Street signs, Las Vegas (Nev.), 2016

Date

2016-01-31
2016-04-10
2016-04-28

Description

The neon signs including a red slipper, martini glass, the Buxom Beauty in a Neon Bikini and others sit along E Fremont St in Downtown Las Vegas
Site name: Fremont Street (Las Vegas, Nev.)
Site address: Fremont St
Sign keywords: Neon; Incandescent; Back to back; Sculptural; Pole sign; Oscillating

Mixed Content

Proposed improvements and costs of Las Vegas Valley Water District listed by James M. Montgomery (Pasadena, California), August 19, 1953

Date

1953-08-19

Archival Collection

Description

Detailed list by a consulting engineer itemizing costs of proposed improvements by the Las Vegas Valley Water District after the change in ownership of the Las Vegas water facilities.

Text

Photograph of rock and gravel plant, Hoover Dam, circa 1930-1935

Date

1930 to 1935

Archival Collection

Description

An image of the completed rock and gravel plant at the Hoover (Boulder) Dam construction site. Noted on the photo: "Taken by FAB."

Image

Postcard of the intake towers at Hoover Dam, circa 1935

Date

1935

Archival Collection

Description

A view of the completed intake towers and the rising waters of Lake Mead at the recently constructed Hoover (Boulder) Dam site.

Image

Photographic slide of Wall Creek Ranch, Nevada, August 2, 1963

Date

1963-08-02

Description

Written on the slide: "Site 26-Wa-272 in foreground (in wash). Wall Creek Ranch, Washoe County, Nevada."

Image

Photographic slide of a trench at Wall Creek Ranch, Nevada, August 2, 1963

Date

1963-08-02

Description

Written on the slide: "Site 26-Wa-272 in wash, btm. Wall Creek Ranch, Washoe County, Nevada."

Image

Photographic slide of a trench at Wall Creek Ranch, Nevada, August 2, 1963

Date

1963-08-02

Description

Written on the slide: "Site 26-Wa-272 in wash, btm. Wall Creek Ranch, Washoe County, Nevada."

Image

Photographic slide of a trench at Wall Creek Ranch, Nevada, August 2, 1963

Date

1963-08-02

Description

Written on the slide: "Site 26-Wa-272 in wash, btm. Wall Creek Ranch, Washoe County, Nevada."

Image

Photographic slide of Wall Creek Ranch, Nevada, August 2, 1963

Date

1963-08-02

Description

Written on the slide: "Wall Creek Ranch Site 26-Wa-272 in wash in foreground. Washoe County, Nevada."

Image