From the Howard Cannon Photograph Collection (PH-00192). Stamped on verso: "Las Vegas News Bureau - Las Vegas, Nevada Convention Center - Photographers Don English, Joe Buck, Jerry Abbott, Milt Palmer". Stamped on verso: "Southern Nevada Industrial Foundation, INC. 400 Stewart Ave. - P.O. Box 1688 Las Vegas, Nevada" Howard W. Cannon and Alan Bible (2nd and 3rd from left), Gov. Grant Sawyer (2nd from right)

From the Howard Cannon Photograph Collection (PH-00192). Stamped on verso: "Official USAF Photograph Maxwell AFB, Alabama"

From the Howard Cannon Photograph Collection (PH-00192). Stamped on verso: "Official USAF Photograph Maxwell AFB, Alabama"

From the Howard Cannon Photograph Collection (PH-00192). Stamped on verso: "U.S. Air Force Photograph - Office of the deputy commander AFSC for Aerospace Systems Los Angeles 45, California." Carter W. Bradley, Chief Clerk, Senate Committee on Aeronautics and Space Sciences.

Handwritten text on back of photo: "Auction sale of lots. Clarks Townsite, Las Vegas, Nevada. May 15 & 16th 1905. Tall man in shirt sleeves, standing on platform is C.O. Whittemore, Attorney for Salt Lake R.R. Short man on his left, with broad brim had on, is Ferd K. Rule, Treasurer of Salt Lake R.R. Man on his left with hat on and wearing black neck tie is Frank A. Watters, Roadmaster, Salt Lake R.R. Man with mustache, standing on ground on extreme right is Mr. Towner. (Original owner of Indian Springs Ranch) It was 110 Degrees in the shade of the old mesquite tree where auction took place, between present Freight Depot and Main Street -- near Woodards Down Town Camp. Heavy set man with white mustache standing on the ground is Mark Weight, Mayor of Pasadena California, 1905."

First State Bank, Las Vegas, 1905. Handwritten text on back of photo: "First State Bank - 1905 First & Fremont Street - Occupied same site as present Bank Building -- [in 1963 occupied by The Mint Club] Rooms upstairs were occupied by Masonic Lodge. This old building was later removed to an alley location just north of VonTobel's Lumber Yard." The insert that accompanies photo reads: "The history of Las Vegas and Southern Nevada might be well written around the history of the Las Vegas branch of the First National Bank of Nevada, a statewide banking system. For this branch has been an integral part of the growth of Las Vegas - sharing its hardships and its prosperity. Established as the First State Bank by a group of public spirited pioneers in 1905, the Bank, through the practice of sound banking policies has grown, until today it is symbolic of the strength of 'the One Sound State.'"

The view of where the Hoover Dam was to be built on the Colorado River in Black Canyon. Typed onto the front of the page: "Boulder Canyon. The dam is calculated to be 200 feet wide at the base, 600 feet high above water level, 1,000 feet wide at the top and extend 130 feet below water level at bedrock. This great dam would be capable of holding a year and one-half average flow of the Colorado River. Every dollar expended in this gigantic enterprise will pass through Las Vegas, Nevada - the Gateway to the Boulder Canyon Damsite - 36 miles away. The families of many of the men employed during construction days will reside in Las Vegas which will mean an increase in population and business. The power generated by the dam will mean wonderful possibilities in agriculture and mining; a smelter, factories, and other industries which will make Las Vegas the metropolis of Nevada."