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Photograph of children in front of the Fifth Street Grammar School, Las Vegas (Nev.), 1936
Date
1936
Archival Collection
Description
Children stand and play outside the Fifth Street Grammar School in Las Vegas. The school building is the center building in the photo. Built in 1910-1911 in the Mission architecture style, it housed Las Vegas' combined grammar and high schools until 1929, when Las Vegas High School was built. Some of the children are standing in a yard by what appears to be a volleyball or badminton net. Other children are seen walking towards the school building. All of the boys are wearing caps. Photograph taken between 1920-1933
Caption: Las Vegas Nev
Site Name: Fifth Street School (Las Vegas, Nev.)
Caption: Las Vegas Nev
Site Name: Fifth Street School (Las Vegas, Nev.)
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Photograph of the Stewart family, Las Vegas (Nev.), 1900-1925
Date
1900 to 1925
Archival Collection
Description
Portrait of the Stewart family at Las Vegas ranch. In front of the wall, from left to right, Frank Stewart (Helen Stewart's second husband), Helen Stewart, Evaline (Eva) Stewart, and Eliza (Tiza) Stewart holding a cat. Crouched on the wall, from left to right, Will Stewart and Hiram Stewart.
Site Name: Las Vegas Ranch (Las Vegas, Nev.)
Site Name: Las Vegas Ranch (Las Vegas, Nev.)
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Photograph of students and teachers outside of a school, Las Vegas (Nev.), 1900-1925
Date
1900 to 1925
Archival Collection
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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Photograph of a group of people posing outdoors, Las Vegas (Nev.), 1900-1925
Date
1900 to 1925
Archival Collection
Description
Group of students and teachers from a Sunday school pose outdoors around 1914. Original legend with the numbers has been lost. The remaining text reads: Small children in front: #5-Fay Kessler; #7-(?) Kessler; Daisy French behind #7. Sitting on end: Gertrude Martin and Martha Kramer. Standing: #3-Mrs. Chas. Ball holding George; #6-Wanda Ball; #11-Mrs. Noblitt; #12-Bob Griffith; #4-(?) Noblitt; #17-Mrs. Palmer; #18-Hazel Gray; #19-Lola May Ball; Rev. Palmer in back of her; #20-Nellie McWilliams; #21-Mrs. Bray
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Photograph of a bath house in a tent near the Las Vegas, Las Vegas (Nev.), 1900-1925
Date
1900 to 1925
Archival Collection
Description
Date of photograph estimated between 1904-1905. View of a bath house inside a tent on Las Vegas Creek in Las Vegas Ranch. "...water diverted from Las Vegas Creek ran through the sawed board in the foreground and into a wooden tub sunk in the ground. A plank is provided to step on while drying off, and thick matting covers the bare earth. Canvas curtains provided privacy" (p. [88], "Las Vegas, as it began--and grew" by Stanley W. Paher).
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Blueprint of the S.P., L.A. & S.L. Railroad employees' four and five room cottages, showing details for roofing ventilation, July, 1909
Date
1909-07
Archival Collection
Description
Sheet 4 of 6 sheets. San Pedro, Los Angeles, & Salt Lake Railroad employees cottages, details, Las Vegas, Nevada. Includes various scales, details, and sections. The cottages were built by the Las Vegas Land and Water Company between 190-?-07
Caption: S.P., L.A. & S.L. R.R. employyes cottages, Las Vegas, Nevada, details (for four & five room cottages)
Caption: S.P., L.A. & S.L. R.R. employyes cottages, Las Vegas, Nevada, details (for four & five room cottages)
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Letter from A. E. Flint to R. T. Walker, March 12, 1918
Date
1918-03-12
Archival Collection
Description
Letter asks about employment openings.
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Letter from H. T. Yoder to R. T. Walker, May 19, 1918
Date
1918-05-19
Archival Collection
Description
Letter regards employment opportunitites.
Text
Letter from R. T. Walker to Pacific Audit & System Company, March 29, 1918
Date
1918-03-29
Archival Collection
Description
Letter of acceptance of assayer recommended for employment at the Techatticup Mine.
Text
Letter from Wilfred Watkins to R. T. Walker, April 13, 1918
Date
1918-04-13
Archival Collection
Description
Letter inquires about a mill and rates for handling custom ores.
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