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Letter from A. M. Folger (Las Vegas) to E. W. Cragin (Las Vegas), October 18, 1948

Date

1948-10-18

Archival Collection

Description

Las Vegas Land and Water Company firmly refuses to extend water lines past Las Vegas city limits for fire protection due to insufficient amounts of water in the artesian channel

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Las Vegas Club in downtown Las Vegas: postcards, image 001

Description

Postcards of the Las Vegas Club in downtown Las Vegas. (n.d.) (Corner of Main and Fremont Streets)

Las Vegas Club in downtown Las Vegas: postcards, image 002

Description

Postcards of the Las Vegas Club in downtown Las Vegas. (n.d.) (Corner of Main and Fremont Streets)

Las Vegas Club in downtown Las Vegas: postcards, image 003

Description

Postcards of the Las Vegas Club in downtown Las Vegas. (n.d.) (Corner of Main and Fremont Streets)

Las Vegas Club in downtown Las Vegas: postcards, image 004

Description

Postcards of the Las Vegas Club in downtown Las Vegas. (n.d.) (Corner of Main and Fremont Streets)

Photograph of the Las Vegas strip and UNLV campus, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, Las Vegas, October 4, 1991

Date

1991-10-04

Description

Views of the campus and the Las Vegas strip from the roof of the Rod Lee Bigelow Health Sciences (BHS) building during construction at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV).

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Photograph of Vegas Heights Elementary School, Las Vegas, 1946

Date

1946

Description

School staff and children standing outside of the Vegas Heights Elementary School in Las Vegas, Nevada. The flag was donated to the school in the name of an unidentified WWII casualty. The man involved in the war casualty was the father of Billy, who is identified standing by the flag Pole.

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Photograph of students and teachers posing on the steps of the Las Vegas School, Las Vegas (Nev.), 1910

Date

1910

Description

Photograph of students and teachers posing on the steps of the Las Vegas School, Las Vegas (Nev.), 1910

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Map showing improvements made to the Las Vegas Valley Water District and vicinity under $8,700,000 bond issue,circa 1957

Date

1953 to 1961

Description

Relief shown by contour lines and spot heights. Includes inset location map of the Water District. Shows township and range grid. Boundary of Las Vegas Valley Water District marked in dark blue. 'Cole '57' in lower left corner. Scale [ca. 1:72,000. 1 in. to approx. 6,000 ft.]

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Photograph of the Las Vegas Rotary Club's Christmas Party, Las Vegas, 1940

Date

1940

Description

A black and white image of Las Vegas Rotary Club members at a Christmas party in Las Vegas. The group is in front of the Apache Hotel. Club President A.C. Grant is seated beside a waving Santa Claus in an automobile bearing a sign that reads: "Rotary Xmas Party." Secretary Bryan L. Bunker is standing second from the right in the first row. This photo was taken from a time capsule in the cornerstone of the Union Pacific Railroad station located in Las Vegas. The time capsule was placed there in 1940 and was later retrieved when the building was demolished around 1970.

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