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Photograph of a train station, Las Vegas, circa early 1900s
Date
1900 to 1939
Archival Collection
Description
The view of a Las Vegas train station with a SP, LA & A1 switcher engine (0-6-0) and caboose in early Las Vegas, Nevada. Handwritten onto the back of the image: "Original U. P. Depot."
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Photograph of Indian children, circa late 1800s - early 1900s
Date
1870 to 1939
Archival Collection
Description
Two unidentified Indian children by a tent probably in Southern Nevada.
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Photograph of an Indian child, circa late 1800s - early 1900s
Date
1870 to 1939
Archival Collection
Description
A small Indian child posing in what is probably Southern Nevada.
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Photograph of J. Irving Crowell on "Old Dinah" machine near Rhyolite (Nev.), circa 1925
Date
1924 to 1926
Archival Collection
Description
J. Irving Crowell sitting on top of a machine called "Old Dinah" somewhere south of Rhyolite.
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Annual Progress Report. Department of Public Works, City of Las Vegas, Nevada. Fiscal Year 1961-1962, 1961 to 1962
Level of Description
File
Archival Collection
Howard Cannon Papers
To request this item in person:
Collection Number: MS-00002
Collection Name: Howard Cannon Papers
Box/Folder: Box 37 (87th Session)
Collection Name: Howard Cannon Papers
Box/Folder: Box 37 (87th Session)
Archival Component
Photograph of Colorado Club, Las Vegas, circa early 1900s
Date
1900 to 1940
Archival Collection
Description
From left to right, Frank Duncan, Jake Holcourt, John Baldwin, Laff Holcourt, Billy Dole, and an unidentified man posing in front of the Colorado Club in Las Vegas, Nevada.
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Film transparency of Roy Mosback and Henry Lotts at Lucky Strike mine, Clark County, Nevada, circa early 1900s
Date
1900 to 1939
Archival Collection
Description
Black and white image of Roy Mosback and Henry Lotts at the "Lucky Strike" mine near Mount Charleston, per the handwritten description at the bottom of the image. Note: Image is from a family photo album that was loaned to UNLV Libraries Special Collections and returned to the family on July 17, 1984.
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Photograph of building at Las Vegas Rail Yards, Las Vegas (Nev.), early 1900s
Date
unspecified decade in 19XX
Archival Collection
Description
Machine Shop building at the LV Rail yards. Image taken in the early 1900s.
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Postcard of a wild jackalope, circa mid to late 1900s
Date
1950 to 1999
Archival Collection
Description
The view of a jackalope, a cross between a jackrabbit and an antelope, in the wild. The back of the postcard reads: "Wild Jackalope: Also often called the Antelabbit, this, the most amazing of all desert animals, is reputed to be a cross between a Jack Rabbit and an Antelope. Rumor has it that the Jackalope sings at night in a voice that sounds almost human." Individual Creator credit goes to Bob Petley.
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Photograph of groundbreaking ceremony, late 1800s or early 1900s
Date
1890 to 1910
Archival Collection
Description
Groundbreaking ceremony including (left to right): 1) Al Coradetti, City Commissioner; 2) Rodney Colton, County Commissioner; 3) unidentified; 4) Ira Earl, County Commissioner; and 5) Frank Gusewelle, County Commissioner.
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