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Photograph of a house in West Las Vegas, located adjacent to the North Project Boundary, Las Vegas, Nevada, October, 1957

Date

1957-10

Archival Collection

Description

A house in West Las Vegas adjacent to the North Project Boundary. A sign leaning against a metal tank next to the house has the number "6" on it. The photograph was taken by Henry Elder, City Building Inspector, October, 1957. Refer to photo #0310 0058 (pho017999) for an aerial view of the area.

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Photograph of a shack house in West Las Vegas, located at 711 Van Buren Avenue, Las Vegas, Nevada, October, 1957

Date

1957-10

Archival Collection

Description

A shack house in West Las Vegas, located at 711 Van Buren Avenue (south side, in a trailer park). A sign leaning against the building has the the numbers "P-5" and R-107" on it. The photograph was taken by Henry Elder, City Building Inspector, October, 1957. Refer to photo #0310 0058 (pho017999) for an aerial view of the area.

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Photograph of a shack house in West Las Vegas, located at 1511 H Street, Las Vegas, Nevada, October, 1957

Date

1957-10

Archival Collection

Description

A shack house in West Las Vegas, located at 1511 H Street. A sign leaning against the building has the numbers "5" and "26" written on it. The photograph was taken by Henry Elder, City Building Inspector, October, 1957. Refer to photo #0310 0058 (pho017999) for an aerial view of the area.

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Virginia & Truckee Railroad engine No. 5, circa 1940s

Date

1940 to 1949

Description

Virginia & Truckee Railroad engine No. 5 stopped at Minden, Nevada. Minden is located in Douglas County, Nevada. The population was 3,001 at the 2010 census. It is the county seat of Douglas County and is adjacent to the city of Gardnerville. It was founded in 1906 by Heinrich Friedrich Dangberg Jr., who named it after the town of Minden, in the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia, which was near his father's birthplace. Minden was founded on company land of the Dangberg Home Ranch and Dangberg commissioned most of the town's early buildings. Minden has had a post office since 1906. U.S. Highway 395 runs through Minden. It is also the terminus of State Route 88, which becomes California State Route 88 on the west side of the state line.

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Film transparency of Kershaw Canyon, south of Caliente, Nevada, 1954

Date

1954

Description

Kershaw Canyon, south of Caliente, Nevada. Kershaw–Ryan State Park is a state park situated in a canyon that was homesteaded in 1873. Located just south of the town of Caliente on Nevada State Route 317, it is in the Eastern Nevada Region of Nevada State Parks. The canyon was settled in 1873 by Samuel and Hannah Kershaw, who operated a ranch called the Meadow Valley Wash Ranch. In 1904, they sold the property to rancher James Ryan, who donated the land to the state in 1926 to be a public park. The Civilian Conservation Corps developed visitor amenities in 1934, and Kershaw–Ryan State Park was officially established the following year.

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Film transparency of the "Wonders of the Space Age" float in the Helldorado Parade, Fremont Street, Las Vegas, Nevada, May, 1957

Date

1957-05

Description

Two women ride the "Wonders of the Space Age" float in the Helldorado Parade, May 1957. They are passing the Boulder Club, located at 118 Fremont Street. The Boulder Club was in operation from 1931-1960. A sign on the Boulder Club reads ""Farmer" Page - Enjoy the Old West - Jackpots, Craps, Bar, Keno, Roulette, Twenty-One." The Fremont Casino is visible in the background.

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