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Photograph of people camped on the Colorado River in the Vegas Wash, 1910
Date
1910
Archival Collection
Description
People camping next to their wagon in the Las Vegas Wash near the Colorado River.
Transcribed Notes: Handwritten inscription on back: "Camped on Colorado River, Vegas Wash, Mother, Floyd, Shorty Mattuci, Capt. Jim Ladd's stage coach, Frank Toffs [or Totts?], mules, dog Dusty 1911."
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Last Frontier Village, Silver Slipper Gambling Hall in Las Vegas, Nevada: postcard
Date
1900 to 1999
Archival Collection
Description
From the UNLV Libraries Single Item Accession Photograph Collection (PH-00171)
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Salt Lake City street scene, Utah: photographic print
Date
1870 (year approximate) to 1979 (year approximate)
Archival Collection
Description
From the KLVX Steamboats on the Colorado Photograph Collection (PH-00156)
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Photograph of a carriage leaving the tent camp in Bullfrog (Nev.), 1905
Date
1905-12-01
Archival Collection
Description
Freight team leaving Bullfrog, Nevada, December 1, 1905. There is an inscription on the back of the photo: "Headed for Goldfield, 65 miles to the north. Bullfrog was founded after the discovery of gold in the area in 1904. By 1907 Rhyolite, the tent camp at the left in the picture, had become the city of the district with a population of over 6000. The boom was over by the end of 1907." There is a date stamp: 1980.
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Photograph of the Desert Love Buggy in Helldorado parade, Las Vegas (Nev.), 1934-1950
Date
1934 to 1950
Archival Collection
Description
The "Desert Love Buggy" drives down the street during the Helldorado Days festival parade. A sign on the vehicle reads: "Desert Love Buggy Las Vegas, Nevada. 'Still a frontier town.'"
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Photograph of the Desert Love Buggy in the Helldorado parade, Las Vegas (Nev.), 1934-1950
Date
1934 to 1950
Archival Collection
Description
Three people ride in the Desert Love Buggy during the Helldorado Days festival parade. A sign on the vehicle reads: "Desert Love Buggy Las Vegas, Nevada. 'Still a frontier town.'"
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Photograph of the Desert Love Buggy in the Helldorado parade, Las Vegas (Nev.), 1934-1950
Date
1934 to 1950
Archival Collection
Description
People crowd around the Desert Love Buggy outside of Tivoli Tavern during the Helldorado Days festival parade. A sign on the vehicle reads: "Desert Love Buggy Las Vegas, Nevada. 'Still a frontier town.'"
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