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Photograph of the El Rancho Vegas swimming pool (Las Vegas), 1950s

Date

1950 to 1959

Description

Swimming pool at the El Rancho Vegas. Stamp on back of photo: "Please credit Union Pacific Railroad Photo."
Site Name: El Rancho Vegas
Address: 2500 Las Vegas Boulevard South

Image

Letter from F. M. Grace to J. Ross Clark, July 21, 1905

Date

1905-07-21

Archival Collection

Description

Letter concerns horse-drawn freight teams moving away from Las Vegas to roads that provide better water and feed. Suggest railroad company build wells closer to Las Vegas.

Text

Telegram from Edward C. Renwick (Los Angeles) to G. A. Cunningham (Salt Lake City), April 30, 1959

Date

1959-04-30

Archival Collection

Description

The Water District advised that they did not have the facilities to supply enough water to Las Vegas and would not object to the Union Pacific Railroad providing water from its shop well.

Text

Photograph of Harry Suiter in front of Rhyolite depot (Nev.), circa 1930

Date

1929 to 1931

Archival Collection

Description

Harry Suiter stands in front of Rhyolite railroad depot. Site Name: Rhyolite Depot (Rhyolite, Nev.)

Image

Letter from F. H. Knickerbocker to W. R. Bracken (Las Vegas), June 4, 1931

Date

1931-06-04

Archival Collection

Description

Knickerbocker giving the water company authority to operate the pipeline to Industrial Unit No. 1. Letter has a date stamp from the L.A. & S.L. R.R. Office of Industrial Engineer, Los Angeles, Calif. Also has a W.H. date stamp at the bottom.

Text

From the Humboldt Mountains to the Mud Lakes

Date

1855

Description

'From explorations and surveys made under the direction of the Hon. Jefferson Davis, Secretary of War, by Capt. E.G. Beckwith, 3rd Artillery, E.G. Egloffstein, topographer for the route. 1855.' ''Selmar Siebert's Engraving & Printing Establishment, Washington, D.C.' Proposed railroad lines highlighted in red. 'Line explored in 1854' highlighted in yellow. Published by the War Dept. Scale 1:760,320. 12 miles to 1 in. Relief shown by hachures and spot heights.

Image

Photograph of the swimming pool at Wilbur Clark's Desert Inn (Las Vegas), circa 1950's

Date

1950 to 1959

Description

Staged photo of swimmers at the Desert Inn's swimming pool. Stamp on back of photo: "Please credit Union Pacific Railroad Photo."
Site Name: Desert Inn
Address: 3045 Las Vegas Boulevard South

Image

Photograph of the front of El Rancho Vegas (Las Vegas), 1950s

Date

1950 to 1959

Description

The front of the El Rancho Vegas with a woman in a bikini. Stamp on back of photo: "Please credit Union Pacific Railroad Photo."
Site Name: El Rancho Vegas
Address: 2500 Las Vegas Boulevard South

Image

Postcard of Winnemucca, Nevada, circa 1910s-1920s

Date

1910 to 1929

Description

A picture postcard showing a panoramic view of Winnemucca, Nevada, including the railroad depot.

Image

Albert C. Phillips Photograph Collection

Identifier

PH-00159

Abstract

The Albert C. Phillips Photograph Collection is comprised of sixteen black-and-white photographic reprints and four photographic negatives depicting buildings in Caliente, Nevada which were originally taken between 1900 to 1967 and reproduced in approximately 1999 to 2005.

Archival Collection