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Photograph of Tonopah & Tidewater station, Amargosa Valley (Nev.), 1920-1930

Date

1920 to 1930

Description

Former T&T station at Death Valley Junction, shown at its present location in Lathrop Wells, Nevada. Lathrop Wells is now known as Amargosa Valley.

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Sketch map of Nevada and the southeastern portion of California, 1906

Date

1906

Description

34 x 24 cm. Relief shown by hachures. Map may be a reprint of a map by George S. Clason, published by the Clason Map Co. in Denver, Colo., in 1906. Map is printed on blue paper. "OPHIR" and a star printed near Pueblo in Nye County. Shows railroad routes.

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Letter from J. M. Murphy (Las Vegas) to Frank Strong (Los Angeles), February 18, 1948

Date

1948-02-18

Archival Collection

Description

The Las Vegas City Manager informs Union Pacific Railroad that it would no longer be providing the one million gallons of effluent to the Las Vegas Ranch for use in irrigation.

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Photograph of the front of the Flamingo Hotel (Las Vegas), 1950s

Date

1950 to 1959

Description

View of the Flamingo Hotel and Casino, including a full parking lot. The Champagne Tower is seen on the right. Stamped on original: "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: Flamingo Hotel and Casino
Address: 3555 Las Vegas Boulevard South

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Photograph of the Googie style front entrance of the Thunderbird Hotel (Las Vegas), circa 1950s

Date

1950 to 1959

Description

Front entrance of the Thunderbird including the porte-cochère. Stamped on original: "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: Thunderbird Hotel
Address: 2755 Las Vegas Boulevard South

Architecture and Design Style: Googie

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Photograph of the Las Vegas Chamber of Commerce, Las Vegas, February 27, 1940

Date

1940-02-27

Description

A black and white image from a Chamber of Commerce meeting in Las Vegas. This group of men and women are standing in front of an unidentified building with signs advertising its dining room and the Apache Beauty Salon. 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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Postcard with photograph of caboose number 210, Death Valley Junction, California, 1920-1929

Date

1920 to 1929

Archival Collection

Description

A picture of Tonopah and Tidewater caboose no. 210 at Death Valley Junction, California.

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Letter from Walter R. Bracken (Las Vegas) to Fred Knickerbocker (Los Angeles), October 14, 1924

Date

1924-11-15

Archival Collection

Description

The temporary expedients they used to bring the new well into production, like the makeshift settling pond, needed to be permanently settled before the state and county health authorities got involved. The office of Mr. Osborne and Engineer McKee is mentioned.

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Letter from C. O. Whittemore to J. Ross Clark, April 8, 1904

Date

1904-04-08

Archival Collection

Description

In letter, Whittemore requests that Clark visits him at the Las Vegas Ranch to discuss the plans for Las Vegas.

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