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Letter from H. H. Larson (Los Angeles) to Walter R. Bracken (Las Vegas), August 26, 1938
Date
Archival Collection
Description
Larson asking Bracken if it was still the policy of the company to not sell water to an institution like the Railroad Pass Casino.
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Aerial photograph of Saint Thomas, Nevada, being covered by Lake Mead, June 1938
Date
Archival Collection
Description
Aerial view of St. Thomas, Nevada, being covered by Lake Mead. Stamped on back of photo: Photograph by Bureau of Reclamation, Boulder Canyon Project, Boulder City, Nevada
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Photograph of Union Pacific Railroad crews removing tracks at the St. Thomas line, 1938
Date
Archival Collection
Description
Union Pacific Railroad crews taking up the St. Thomas line in advance of Lake Mead.
Transcribed Notes: Transcribed from photo sleeve: "Taking up track, advancing waters of Lake Mead in background"
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Photograph of the top of the St. Thomas, Nevada school, Lake Mead, circa June, 1938
Date
Archival Collection
Description
The remains of the St. Thomas school building about to disappear under the waters of Lake Mead.
Transcribed Notes: Transcribed from photo sleeve: "The last of a once modern high school building (St. Thomas) about to disappear forever."
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"Getting One's Halls Decked": article draft by Roosevelt Fitzgerald
Date
Archival Collection
Description
From the Roosevelt Fitzgerald Professional Papers (MS-01082) -- Drafts for the Las Vegas Sentinel Voice file. Reflection on the author's Christmas years ago in Natchez, Mississippi.
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Slide of the Golden Nugget Gambling Hall and its neon signs, Las Vegas, circa 1970s
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Archival Collection
Description
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Pioneer Hotel and Gambling Hall double mounted pylon sign, Laughlin, Nevada: photographic print
Date
Archival Collection
Description
Exterior view of the Pioneer Hotel and Gambling Hall sign during the day, featuring "River Rick."
2200 S Casino Dr, Laughlin, NV 89029
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Photograph of Howard Hughes, with Ed Lund, Grover Whalen, Harry Connor, Richard Stoddart, and Lieutenant Thomas Thurlow, July 10, 1938
Date
Archival Collection
Description
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Photograph of the ribbon cutting ceremony for North Las Vegas City Hall, circa 1966
Date
Archival Collection
Description
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Letter from Walter R. Bracken (Las Vegas) to Mr. Will Wittwer (Las Vegas Ranch), May 5, 1938
Date
Archival Collection
Description
Responding to complaints that water from a spring located on the Las Vegas ranch property had been contaminated, directions were given to repair and protect the spring.
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