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Photograph of the Von Tobel children, Las Vegas, December 25, 1923
Date
1923-12-25
Archival Collection
Description
The Von Tobel children, Christmas 1923, in front of the Von Tobel home at 114 N. 3rd Street. Physical object has an insert containing additional biographical information.
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Photograph of the Adcock & Ronnow Department Store, Las Vegas, circa 1925
Date
1922 to 1927
Archival Collection
Description
The Adcock & Ronnow Department Store about 1925. The store building was located on the south side of Fremont Street between First & Second Streets. On the light pole is the sign B.P.O.E. 1948. designating the lodge rooms of the Las Vegas Elks, organized in Las Vegas on June 7, 1923, with the late Harley A. Harmon as the first Exalted Ruler. The second floor of the building was occupied by the Elks for many years. Physical object has an insert containing additional biographical information.
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Photograph of residential downtown Las Vegas, 1926
Date
1926
Archival Collection
Description
Pictured is the residential area in downtown Las Vegas, 1926, on South Second Street. From left, the houses shown are: the home of State Senator E. W. Griffith; a rental house twenty feet wide; the Ed Von Tobel, Sr. house at 214 South Second; and a house originally built by Ed Smith, engineer on the first SP, LA & SL R.R. train to come to Las Vegas 1905. At the time of this photo, the Smith home was owned by Mr. and Mrs. William Norton Schuyler. Physical object has an insert containing additional biographical information.
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Photograph of six men at the signing of the Boulder Dam Bill, December 21, 1928
Date
1928-12-21
Archival Collection
Description
Left to right shown are: Elwood Mead, Comm. Of Reclamation; Phil Swing, author of the bill, a member of House of Representatives from California; President Coolidge; U.S. senator Hiram Johnson, another author of the boulder Dam bill; Addison T. Smith, Chairman, Committee on Reclamation, House of Representatives; W.B. Matthews, General Counsel, Boulder Dam Association, Los Angeles, California. The occasion is the signing of the Boulder Dam bill, Dec. 21, 1928.
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Photograph of the railroad depot, Las Vegas, 1929
Date
1929
Archival Collection
Description
The depot constructed by the SP, LA & SL R.R. which stood at the west end of Fremont Street. This photo was taken in 1929. Physical object has an insert containing additional biographical information.
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Photograph of Fremont Street, Las Vegas, June 2, 1931
Date
1931-06-02
Archival Collection
Description
Fremont Street, looking west, June 2, 1931. The El Portal Theatre is shown at the right of the photo. Physical object has an insert containing additional biographical information.
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Photograph of Las Vegas High School, Las Vegas, 1930
Date
1930
Archival Collection
Description
Las Vegas High School constructed in 1930. Physical object has an insert containing additional biographical information.
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Photograph of Night Club Row, Las Vegas, 1932
Date
1932
Archival Collection
Description
Night Club Row, which included the Red Mill (left) and the Black Cat (right), was located on East Charleston Boulevard, just east of Fremont Street intersection, 1932. Physical object has an insert containing additional biographical information.
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Photograph of the Hoover Dam construction site, April 23, 1932
Date
1932-04-23
Archival Collection
Description
On April 23, 1932, the Hoover Dam construction site was the scene for an unprecedented "hot sands" initiation ceremony by the Al Malaikah Temple of the Shrine of Los Angeles. Physical object has an insert containing additional biographical information.
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Photograph of a wedding, Las Vegas, circa 1935
Date
1932 to 1937
Archival Collection
Description
A "Golden Wedding." Mr. and Mrs. Peter Pauff rener their vows, circa 1935. See also 0204-0055. Physical object has an insert containing additional biographical information.
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