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Photograph of the front of Wilbur Clark's Desert Inn (Las Vegas), 1950s
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Archival Collection
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The front of Wilbur Clark's Desert Inn with a full parking lot. Stamp on back of photo: "Please credit Union Pacific Railroad Photo"'
Site Name: Desert Inn
Address: 3045 Las Vegas Boulevard South
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Telegram from Walter R. Bracken (Las Vegas) to E. E. Calvin (Omaha), July 17, 1923
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Archival Collection
Description
Las Vegas was experiencing low water pressure because the fruit company was using full head through a direct 8 in. water main. Their cooling tower was installed, but not in service. Bracken wondered if there was a way to compel them to either use the tower or dig a well.
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Ferron and Bracken Photograph Collection
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The Ferron and Bracken Photograph Collection depicts Southern and Central Nevada and other western states from 1890 to 1961. The photographs primarily depict the development and growth of early Las Vegas, Nevada; mines and mining operations in Southern and Central Nevada; towns and mines in Nevada; and the Hoover (Boulder) Dam and the Colorado River.
Archival Collection
Photograph of warehouse construction, Henderson (Nev.), December 18, 1941
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Archival Collection
Description
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Memo from Edward C. Renwick to E. E. Bennett about the purchase price given to the Las Vegas Valley Water District, August 26, 1952
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Archival Collection
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Detailed discussion of why the purchase price set by the Nevada Public Service Commission for the purchase by the Las Vegas Valley Water District was too low.
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Postcard of the Las Vegas Depot, Las Vegas (Nev.), 1905
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Archival Collection
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Caption: Salt Lake Depot Las Vegas 1905
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Letter from Leo A. McNamee (Las Vegas) to Thomas A. Campbell (Las Vegas), March 19, 1954
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Archival Collection
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Summary of the water rights purchased by the Union Pacific Railroad from Helen Stewart to pass to the Las Vegas Valley Water District.
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Telegram from Frank Strong (Los Angeles) to Walter R. Bracken (Las Vegas), August 19, 1939
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Archival Collection
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Telegram informing Bracken that Union Pacific Railroad President Jeffers had approved the drilling of a well on the Las Vegas Ranch.
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Letter from H. Hawgood to J. Ross Clark, March 9, 1903
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Archival Collection
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