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

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Scope and Contents

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.

Archival Collection

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

Archival Component

Letter from Walter R. Bracken to F. H. Knickerbocker, April 23, 1925

Date

1925-04-23

Archival Collection

Description

Letter concerns handling of paychecks to railroad employees.

Text

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

Date

1900 to 1930

Description

A picture postcard of Robinson Canyon, Ely.

Image

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.

Image

Photograph of Las Vegas, circa 1925

Date

1925

Description

An aerial view looking west of downtown Las Vegas.

Image

Aerial view of Searchlight, Nevada: photographic print, negative, and slide, approximately 1925 to 1935

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Item

Archival Collection

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, Binder PB-001 (Restrictions apply)

Archival Component

Telephone office in Searchlight, Nevada: photographic print, negative, and slide, approximately 1925 to 1935

Level of Description

Item

Archival Collection

James Cashman Sr. Photograph Collection
To request this item in person:
Collection Number: PH-00013
Collection Name: James Cashman Sr. Photograph Collection
Box/Folder: Folder 06, Box SH-015, Binder PB-001 (Restrictions apply)

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Quartette Mill in Searchlight, Nevada: photographic print, negative, and slide, approximately 1915 to 1925

Level of Description

Item

Archival Collection

James Cashman Sr. Photograph Collection
To request this item in person:
Collection Number: PH-00013
Collection Name: James Cashman Sr. Photograph Collection
Box/Folder: Folder 07, Box SH-015, Binder PB-001 (Restrictions apply)

Archival Component

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.

Image

Photograph of corrals in Fort Callville, Nevada, circa early 1900s

Date

1900 to 1930

Description

Description given with photograph: "Fort Callville, bull corrals."

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