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Photograph of a crowd gathered for the Los [sic] Vegas Democratic delegation for county division, Las Vegas (Nev.), 1900-1925

Date

1900 to 1925

Description

Undated photograph, approximate date 1908. A group of men, accompanied by two boys standing in front of a wooden hotel. Two signs pictured state, "For County Division" and "Los [sic] Vegas Democratic Delegation for County Division." The Lincoln County Division Club was formed in Las Vegas in July 1908 to convince the state government to separate the Las Vegas area from Lincoln County and make Las Vegas the new county seat. Lincoln County covered the entire southeastern portion of Nevada at this time and government administration was conducted from Pioche. Petitions for county division had started as early as 1905. Clark County was eventually founded on July 1, 1909.

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Photograph of students and teachers outside of a school, Las Vegas (Nev.), 1900-1925

Date

1900 to 1925

Description

School children and teachers pose outside a one-story wooden building identified as "the only school in Las Vegas at the time". The school building was moved by railroad from Rhyolite to the corner of 2nd Street and Lewis in Las Vegas. People identified in the photo are, beginning with front row, left to right: #1: sister of #5 (name unknown); #5: sister of #1 (name unknown); #7: Kessler ( Ernie May's sister); #9: Otto "Kelly" Westlake; #10: Ernie May; #29 Older son of Tom Squires; #38: Tom Lake; #40: Mrs. Palmer (teacher who ran the high school); #41: Mrs. Bartlet (teacher who ran the grammar school). Approximate date between 1905-1910.

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Rex Bell Jr. riding on a hobby horse at Walking Box Ranch, Nevada: photographic print

Date

1880 to 1979

Description

Bell Family Scrapbook scanning, Set 4, proofed 11.04.2010 Rex Anthony Bell, Jr (Toni Larbow Beldam) at age 3 dressed in western cowboy outfit on a hobby horse that Tom Mix gave him. Location unknown

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Letter from Frank R. McNameer to A. S. Halsted, March 1, 1923

Date

1923-03-01

Archival Collection

Description

Relays another letter from Nevada Governor J.G. Scrugham regarding supplies furnished to state police by the railroad.

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Letter from Frank R. McNamee to C. C. Barry, June 6, 1923

Date

1923-06-06

Archival Collection

Description

Letter from Frank R. McNamee to C. C. Barry, June 6, 1923

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Telegram from Labor leaders protesting gambling bill, March 1, 1927

Date

1927-03-01

Archival Collection

Description

Telegram from Labor leaders protesting gambling bill, March 1, 1927

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Letter from H. Hawgood to F. A. Waters, February 9, 1904

Date

1904-02-09

Archival Collection

Description

Letter regarding right of way for Pioche railway branch.

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Leter from A. M. Folger to Charles Adams, May 20, 1947

Date

1947-05-20

Archival Collection

Description

Letter concerns original items from the Las Vegas townsite sale of 1905.

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