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Photograph of the Gay Nineties Bar and stagecoach at the Last Frontier Village (Las Vegas), 1950s
Date
1950 to 1959
Archival Collection
Description
The Gay Nineties Bar and the stagecoach used to pick up guests at the Last Frontier Village at the New Frontier Hotel. Stamp on back of photo: "Please credit Union Pacific Railroad Photo, Public Relations Department, 422 West 6th St., Los Angeles 14, Calif, File Print Stock, Los Angeles Neg."
Site Name: Frontier
Address: 3120 Las Vegas Boulevard South
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Letter from Walter R. Bracken (Las Vegas) to F. H. Knickerbocker (Los Angeles), May 21, 1927
Date
1927-07-29
Archival Collection
Description
Discussion of running a pipeline from the small spring to the reservoir supplying water to Las Vegas.
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Photograph of desert, Tecopa (Calif.), 1907-1918
Date
1907 to 1918
Archival Collection
Description
Desert landscape with hills and valleys; dirt in piles suggests this area was under construction. Inscription reads: "T&T grade at Tecopa end of famous Amargosa River Canyon."
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Photograph of Las Vegas, 1910
Date
1910
Archival Collection
Description
A black and white image of Las Vegas, Nevada. The then young town can be seen expanding its boundaries, as demonstrated by the shop being built on the right side of the street. Other stores, including a tailor shop and the Las Vegas Coffee House, are also visible from this angle, along with barren desert in the background. 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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Telegram from A. S. Halsted to Frank R. McNamee, August 7, 1922
Date
1922-08-07
Archival Collection
Description
Telegram from A. S. Halsted to Frank R. McNamee, August 7, 1922
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Telegram from E.E. Calvin , August 18, 1922
Date
1922-08-18
Archival Collection
Description
Telegram from E.E. Calvin , August 18, 1922
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Photograph of two women standing in front of locomotive number 3649, Las Vegas (Nev.), 1900-1925
Date
1900 to 1925
Archival Collection
Description
Two women (possibly Mrs. Owen Phaff and her mother) stand in front of San Pedro, Los Angeles and Salt Lake Railroad Company locomotive number 3649 in Las Vegas, approximate date 1912.
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Letter from W. H. Bancroft to J. Ross Clark, March 26, 1905
Date
1905-03-26
Archival Collection
Description
Letter deals with the necessity of prompt selling of lots in the Las Vegas townsite.
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Photograph of train attendant and train, circa 1900-1930s
Date
1900 to 1939
Archival Collection
Description
An unidentified train attendant standing next to a train in an unknown location.
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Photograph of a boxcar, Ludlow, California, 1907-1930
Date
1907 to 1930
Archival Collection
Description
A picture of the Tonopah and Tidewater boxcar at Ludlow, California on Bullfrog-Goldfield tender in the background.
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