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Relda Leavitt Photograph Collection

Identifier

PH-00162

Abstract

The Relda Leavitt Photograph Collection (1983) consists of reproductions of black-and-white photographic prints and negatives of images taken between approximately 1913 and 1954. The images depict Leavitt’s relatives in Southern Nevada. Other images portray students at the 5th Street Grammar School in Las Vegas, Nevada.

Archival Collection

Elizabeth Casper Photograph Collection

Identifier

PH-00375

Abstract

The Elizabeth Casper Photograph Collection, approximately 1947 to 1960, contains photographic prints and slides that document the childhood of artist and schoolteacher, Elizabeth Casper, and her family life in Las Vegas, Nevada. Included are images of Casper and her family as well as the Helldorado parade, civic celebrations, churches, a nursery school, and casinos in Las Vegas.

Archival Collection

Nancy Cummings-Schmidt Papers

Identifier

MS-00822

Abstract

The collection is comprised of records that document Nancy Cummings-Schmidt's career as a librarian for the Clark County Library District from 1975 to 1981. Collection includes biographical information, photographs of the Sunrise Branch Library renovation, photographs and brochures about summer reading programs at the Clark County Library from 1975 to 1980, and documentation about the 1980 Energy Expo.

Archival Collection

Blueprint of S.P., L.A. & S.L. Railroad employees' five room cottages, July, 1909

Date

1909-07

Archival Collection

Description

Sheet 1A of 6 Sheets. San Pedro, Los Angeles, & Salt Lake Railroad employees' cottages, five rooms, Las Vegas, Nevada. Includes various scales, plans, and elevations. The cottages were built by the Las Vegas Land and Water Company between 190-?-07.
Caption: S.P., L.A. & S.L. R.R. employees cottages, Las Vegas, Nevada, five rooms

Image

Photograph of men standing outside the Arizona Club, Las Vegas (Nev.), 1900-1925

Date

1904 to 1949

Archival Collection

Description

Five men stand in front of the Arizona Club on North First street in Las Vegas. The third man from the right is identified as Al James, who acquired the Arizona Club from its builder about 1907. Photograph taken 1906-1907?
Site Name: Arizona Club (Las Vegas, Nev.)

Image

Photograph of a group of men outside businesses in the McWilliams' Townsite, Las Vegas (Nev.), 1905

Date

1905

Archival Collection

Description

Group of men standing outside businesses in McWilliams' Original Las Vegas Townsite. The Las Vegas Bank & Trust Company and Las Vegas Drug Company are visible. Signage includes the name, Doctor C A Rucker.

Image

Photograph of Zane Azbarea, North Las Vegas, circa late 1970s

Date

1975 to 1979

Description

North Las Vegas Municipal Court Judge Zane Azbarea.

Image

Film transparency of showing a child in front of Boulder Dam Service Bureau Building, Boulder City, Nevada, circa 1932-1940s

Date

1932 to 1949

Archival Collection

Description

An image of an unidentified boy in costume standing outside the Boulder Dam Service Bureau Building; the words "Boulder Theater Building General Offices" are printed on the window.

Image

Photograph of the First State Bank of Las Vegas (Nev.), 1905

Date

1905

Description

First State Bank, located on the northeast corner of First and Fremont Streets, was the first two-story structure in Clark's Las Vegas Townsite. Rooms upstairs were occupied by the Masonic Lodge.
Site Name: First State Bank (Las Vegas, Nev.)

Image

Photograph of Valerie Wiener at Louis Wiener Jr. Elementary School, Las Vegas (Nev.), late 1990s - early 2000s

Date

1996 to 2005

Description

Valerie Wiener tells first-graders a whale of a tale at Louis Wiener Jr. Elementary School. She is wearing a school shirt.

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