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Locations in the Southwestern United States photographs, approximately 1860-1940
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Series
Scope and Contents
The locations in the Southwest United States photographs depict settlements and mining operations in Nevada, California, and Arizona from approximately 1860 to 1940. The photographs include the Colorado River, Goldfield, Nevada, desert landscapes, railroad surveyors, workers, and Native Americans.
Archival Collection
Helen J. Stewart Photographs
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Collection Number: PH-00104
Collection Name: Helen J. Stewart Photographs
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Collection Name: Helen J. Stewart Photographs
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Archival Component
Photograph of Harley L. Harmon, 1965
Date
1965
Archival Collection
Description
Harley L. Harmon posing outside of a Union train car.
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Photograph of open valves at Hoover Dam, circa 1934-1936
Date
1934 to 1936
Archival Collection
Description
A view of open valves at Hoover Dam outlet works.
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Photograph of children on a train at Last Frontier Village, Las Vegas (Nev.), 1949
Date
1949
Archival Collection
Description
Pat Murphy & Garry Dillingham sitting in and on a train at the Last Frontier Village in Las Vegas in 1949. Site Name: Last Frontier Village (Las Vegas, Nev.)
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Photograph of children and their lemonade stand in Las Vegas, 1932
Date
1932
Archival Collection
Description
Left to right: Paul Harrington, Leslie H. Smith, John Harrington, Dorothy Snider and Vincent Harrington around a lemonade stand in the summer of 1932. Two automobiles in the background. The children are on the west side of the 500 block of Second Street with a row of the railroad cottages on the opposite side of the street. Leslie H. Smith was born in Las Vegas in 1927 and lived at 624 South 6th Street. Sixty-four railroad cottages were built by the Las Vegas Land and Water Company for employees of the San Pedro, Los Angeles and Salt Lake Railroad.
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