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Photograph looking west across the Las Vegas Valley towards the Spring Mountains

Date

open start to 1960

Archival Collection

Description

Looking west across the Las Vegas Valley towards the Spring Mountains.

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Photograph looking east across the Las Vegas Valley from Whitney Mesa towards Lake Mead, before 1970

Date

open start to 1970

Archival Collection

Description

Looking east across the Las Vegas Valley from Whitney Mesa towards Lake Mead.

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Photograph looking north across the Las Vegas Valley from Whitney Mesa towards the Sheep Mountains

Date

open start to 1970

Archival Collection

Description

Looking north across the Las Vegas Valley from Whitney Mesa towards the Sheep Mountains.

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Photograph of a group of men in in front of sign for Leonard R. Fayle Reservoir and Pumping Station, May 1, 1969

Date

1969-05-01

Archival Collection

Description

Group of men in front of a sign for the Leonard R. Fayle reservoir and pumping station

Transcribed Notes: Handwritten inscription on back: 1 May 1969 & names of men in photo (L-R)

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Photograph of Hemenway Wash and Colorado River from Highway 93, Clark County, circa 1929

Date

1929 (year approximate)

Description

Looking east through Hemenway Wash towards the Colorado River from the newly constructed Highway 93.

Transcribed Notes: Handwritten inscription on back: Looking thru Hemenway wash to river from new hi-way to day site

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Photograph of two woman near springs in Las Vegas, circa 1912

Date

1912 (year approximate)

Description

Two unidentified women standing next to the big Las Vegas Spring.

Transcribed Notes: Handwritten inscription on back: At Big Springs in Vegas - 1912?

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Photograph of bridge over Vegas Creek, Las Vegas, circa 1900

Date

1900 (year approximate)

Description

Photograph of bridge over Las Vegas Creek south of the Old Mormon Fort.

Transcribed Notes: Printed on front: Vegas Creek and the old Bridge, Las Vegas Nevada, Oasis Confectionery Photo; Handwritten inscription on back: s. of Old Ranch - cross to school - 2nd & Lewis

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Postcard showing burros on the Stewart Ranch, before 1903

Date

open start to 1903

Description

A herd of wild burros drinking from the Las Vegas Creek on the Stewart Ranch

Transcribed Notes: Transcribed from front of postcard: "Burros: Stewart Ranch, Las Vegas, Nev." Transcribed from back of postcard: "W.P. Alter, Le Roy, Illinois."

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Postcard showing Eglington Well, circa 1915

Date

1915 (year approximate)

Description

Well dug by Peter Buol on the Eglington Ranch.

Transcribed Notes: Transcribed from back of postcard: "Eglington Well - NE 1/4 NE 1/4 - S 24-20 (J)-60(R), [?], 232 fr deep flows 800 galls per minute. Peter Buol. 5[4] miles N West Las Vegas, Nevada."

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Photograph of artesian well, Eglington Ranch, Nevada, 1912

Date

1912

Description

A young boy standing next to an artesian well on Eglington Ranch.

Transcribed Notes: Handwritten inscription on back: well at Eglington ranch in Las Vegas, c 1912, one of Dara's boys

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