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Telegram from W. R. Armstrong (Los Angeles) to A. L. Coey, March 21, 1931

Date

1931-03-21

Archival Collection

Description

List of the steps the Union Pacific Railroad Company would follow to switch their industrial users over from their previous water providers to the railroad.

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Letter from J. Ross Clark to Walter R. Bracken, July 16, 1904

Date

1904-07-16

Archival Collection

Description

Letter advises Bracken to respond to inquiries about Las Vegas with information on climate and overall conditions and refrain from giving out any information about the railroad.

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Photograph of "City of Las Vegas" Aerotrain, Las Vegas (Nev.), circa 1956

Date

1956 to 1957

Description

Black and white photograph of the Aerotrain "City of Las Vegas" which shuttled fun seekers between Southern California and Las Vegas, shown at Union Pacific Depot. Site Name: Union Pacific Railroad Passenger Station (Las Vegas, Nev.)

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Letter from William Reinhardt (Los Angeles) to A. E. Stoddard, September 30, 1952

Date

1952-09-30

Archival Collection

Description

Discussion of strategy to resist the railroad being forced to spend money to increase water production; Letter has date stamps from E.E.B., E.C.R. and U.P. R.R. Law Department, Los Angeles. "80-12" is written in red pencil in top right corner.

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Letter from F. H. Knickerbocker (Los Angeles) to Walter R. Bracken (Las Vegas), June 10, 1927

Date

1928-07-25

Archival Collection

Description

Letter from the Railroad stating that water meters were necessary to determine what a fair rate would be when the contract between the Railroad and the water company was re-negotiated.

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David Coons Photograph Collection

Identifier

PH-00029

Abstract

The David Coons Photograph Collection contains photographs and postcards depicting railroads in Nevada, California, and Utah from 1907 to 1956. The photographs depict trains and locomotives from the Tonopah & Tidewater Railroad, Union Pacific Railroad, San Pedro, Los Angeles & Salt Lake City Railroad, Bullfrog-Goldfield Railroad, Las Vegas & Tonopah Railroad, and Tonopah & Goldfield Railroad. The photographs also portray Arden, Nevada and the Arden Plaster Company Plant, Las Vegas High School after a fire, and early Fremont Street in Las Vegas, Nevada.

Archival Collection

Photograph of "City of Las Vegas" Aerotrain, Las Vegas (Nev.), 1957

Date

1957

Description

Black and white photograph of the later version of the Aerotrain "City of Las Vegas," later renamed "Las Vegas Holiday Special," shown at the Union Pacific Depot. Site Name: Union Pacific Railroad Passenger Station (Las Vegas, Nev.)

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Photograph of the future site of Boulder City, Nevada, April 18, 1931

Date

1931-04-18

Description

The grayscale, panoramic view of the area where the construction site of Boulder City was. A train and railroad tracks can be seen in the distant, rocky background.

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Letter from Frank Strong (Los Angeles) to C. H. Bloom, March 9, 1929

Date

1929-03-13

Archival Collection

Description

Details for contracts for industrial connections to pipelines owned by the railroad.

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Photograph of the future site of Boulder City, Nevada, April 18, 1931

Date

1931-04-18

Description

The grayscale, panoramic view of the area where the construction site of Boulder City was. A train and railroad tracks can be seen in the distant, rocky background.

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