The Arthur Walker Gregory Photograph Collection, approximately 1900 to 1920, consists of black-and-white photographic prints, and two corresponding negatives. Two of the images depict the first train to arrive in Las Vegas, Nevada from Salt Lake City, Utah in 1905, one with railroad employees in the foreground. The remaining images depict Arthur Walker Gregory’s class photographs at the Las Vegas Grammar School when he was in the first, third, and fifth grades.
Painting of railroad construction and Las Vegas auction. Depiction of locomotive in foreground is inaccurate for 1905 scene. Crosby DeMoss murals (WPA Art Project). Inscribed at top of photo: "To Fred Wilson. Sincerely, Crosby DeMoss."
The Los Angeles office files of H. I. (Horace Ingersoll) Bettis series (1901-1941) contains material relating to the establishment of Las Vegas, Nevada and the Las Vegas Land and Water Company; materials related to the Empire Construction Company that built the San Pedro, Los Angeles, and Salt Lake Railroad line; and financial information and accountancy materials created by the railroad's general auditor, H. I. (Horace Ingersoll) Bettis.
Archival Collection
San Pedro, Los Angeles & Salt Lake Railroad Company Records
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Collection Number: MS-00007 Collection Name: San Pedro, Los Angeles & Salt Lake Railroad Company Records Box/Folder: N/A