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Early Las Vegas, Nevada photographs, approximately 1900 to 1961, 1905 to 1930

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The early Las Vegas, Nevada photographs depict the development and growth of Las Vegas, Nevada from approximately 1900 to 1961. The photographs depict the Stewart Ranch (also known as the Las Vegas Ranch), the Mormon Fort, the Las Vegas Townsite Auction of 1905, Fremont Street, the Union Pacific Railroad depot, the San Pedro, Los Angeles and Salt Lake Railroad depot, and significant buildings. The items described include black-and-white photographic prints, postcards, and negatives; items listed are photographic prints unless otherwise specified. Numbered items inside oversized boxes are photographs within scrapbooks and have been digitized.

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Ferron and Bracken Photograph Collection
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Collection Number: PH-00001
Collection Name: Ferron and Bracken Photograph Collection
Box/Folder: N/A

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Truck stuck in mud, possibly near Mount Charleston, Nevada, approximately 1905-1925

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Charles P. Squires Photograph Collection
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Collection Number: PH-00002
Collection Name: Charles P. Squires Photograph Collection
Box/Folder: Folder 12

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Air show in Las Vegas, Nevada: photographic print and negative, approximately 1925 to 1935

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James Cashman Sr. Photograph Collection
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Collection Number: PH-00013
Collection Name: James Cashman Sr. Photograph Collection
Box/Folder: Folder 06, Box SH-015

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Air show in Las Vegas, Nevada: photographic print and negative, approximately 1925 to 1935

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James Cashman Sr. Photograph Collection
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Collection Number: PH-00013
Collection Name: James Cashman Sr. Photograph Collection
Box/Folder: Folder 06, Box SH-015

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Postcard of Robinson Canyon, Ely, Nevada, circa early 1900s

Date

1900 to 1930

Description

A picture postcard of Robinson Canyon, Ely.

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Photograph of train, Big Springs, Nevada, circa early 1900s

Date

1900 to 1910

Description

A train watering station up the canyon out of Caliente toward Panaca.

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Early years of Boulder City, Nevada: photographic print, approximately 1932

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Franklin M. Murphy Photograph Collection
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Collection Number: PH-00232
Collection Name: Franklin M. Murphy Photograph Collection
Box/Folder: Folder 02

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State of Nevada Budgetary Basis Report Fiscal Year 1988, 1988

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File

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John Vergiels Political Papers
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Collection Number: MS-00283
Collection Name: John Vergiels Political Papers
Box/Folder: Box 082 (Restrictions apply)

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Photograph of combination of high school first year and District School, Nevada, circa 1927

Date

1926 to 1928

Description

Black and white photo of combination of high school first year and District School. First high school graduates. Graduated in three years. They were: Edna Wadsworth, Sue Heaps, Amy Coverwell, Washington Edwards, Elmer B. Edwards, George Quincy Keele, and Lawrence Wadsworth.

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Photograph of Pat McCarran, Henderson, Nevada, circa 1900-1910

Date

1900 to 1910

Description

Senator Pat McCarran checks over 141 tons of silver bullion borrowed from the U.S. Treasury for use as bus bars at Basic Magnesium Inc. plant.

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