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Photograph of Union Pacific event, Las Vegas (Nev.), September 17, 1930
Date
1930-09-17
Archival Collection
Description
Black and white photograph of the crowd when the Union Pacific railroad connected with the Boulder City Branch of the railroad.
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Photograph of Mohawk Mine and surroundings, Goldfield (Nev.), early 1900s
Date
Unknown year in the decade of the 1990s
Archival Collection
Description
Inscription on back reads: "The wagon in the middle foregroundshows a dray hauling one of our 50 HP motors to the "Frances Mohawk" lease which is shown on the extreme left. This lease and the one in the center (the "Hayes-Monnetta") are each taking out over $40,000 per day. The houses in the distance are lying between Goldfield and Columbia. The large white building to the right and back is the Nevada Goldfield Reduction Works. The R.R. station is to the rear and left."
Caption: Mohawk Mine Goldfield, Nev. early 1900s. Railroad station to the rear and left.
Caption: Mohawk Mine Goldfield, Nev. early 1900s. Railroad station to the rear and left.
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Hal G. Curtis oral history interview
Identifier
OH-00464
Abstract
Oral history interview with Hal G. Curtis conducted by Bill Teepe on February 24, 1977 for the Ralph Roske Oral History Project on Early Las Vegas. Curtis talks first about his work on the Union Pacific Railroad before discussing changes and development in Las Vegas, Nevada, including development on the Strip and Downtown areas. He also talks about Block 16, the El Rancho Vegas fire, social clubs, and religion.
Archival Collection
Telegram from W. H. Comstock to E. E. Calvin, A. S. Halsted and C. P. Smith, July 11, 1922
Date
1922-07-11
Archival Collection
Description
Coded portions of the telegram have handwritten transcriptions above them.
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Photograph of Carl Gray, Elwood Mead, and F. B. Robinson, Las Vegas, September 17, 1931
Date
1931-09-17
Archival Collection
Description
From left to right, Carl Gray, President of the Union Pacific Railroad; Dr. Elwood Mead, Commissioner Bureau of Reclamation; and F. B. Robinson, Vice president of Union Pacific Railroad, in Las Vegas, Nevada.
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