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Photograph of a car ferry crossing the Colorado River to the Arizona highway, circa 1926-1928

Date

1926 (year approximate) to 1928 (year approximate)

Description

Ferry that carried cars and people across the Colorado River to the Arizona highway

Transcribed Notes: Transcribed from back of photo: "The ferry which takes cars across to the Arizona highway. It is run by cables. This was taken about 1926 - or maybe 1928. I'm not sure which. The motor was a Jim Cashman truck motor."

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Panoramic photograph of Fortification Hill across the Colorado River, circa 1924

Date

1924 (year approximate)

Description

Fortification Hill near the Colorado River

Transcribed Notes: Transcribed from back of photo: "About 1924. The Colorado River before the Dam, above where Hoover Dam is now (1963)"

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Postcard showing a visualized Las Vegas after completion of the Hoover Dam, circa 1930

Date

1928 to 1932

Description

Postcard depicting an aerial view of the Las Vegas area as envisioned after the completion of Hoover Dam

Transcribed Notes: Transcribed from front of postcard: "Visualization of the Las Vegas District, Clark County Nevada, after completion of the Boulder Dam on the Colorado River Black Canyon Site"

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Postcard showing the Lake Mead boat landing at the Boulder Dam National Recreation Area, circa 1940

Date

1938 to 1942

Description

Postcard depicting the boat landing at Hemenway Wash on Lake Mead

Transcribed Notes: Transcribed from front of postcard: "Lake Mead Boat Landing, Boulder Dam, near Boulder City, Nevada. Boulder Dam National Recreational Area"

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Photograph of the McFarland Ranch with the Pintwater Mountains in the distance

Date

1915 to 1960

Description

View of McFarland Ranch from nearby mountains looking towards Pintwater Mountains.

Transcribed Notes: Transcribed from back of photo: "Pintwater Mountains in distance. The dark mass of growth are huge cottonwood and willow trees on ranch. House is hidden by trees. Taken from foothills behind ranch. McFarland Ranch - Indian Springs."

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Photograph of the goldfish pond at McFarland Ranch, Indian Springs (Nevada), Circa 1930

Date

1920 to 1940

Description

View of the McFarland Ranch pond from the kitchen of the ranch house

Transcribed Notes: Transcribed from back of photo: "The pond just outside the kitchen at the ranch. The pond is full of beautiful goldfish of all sizes and color combinations. McFarland Ranch - Indian Springs."

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Photograph of the lean-to and goldfish pond at McFarland Ranch, Indian Springs (Nevada), circa 1930

Date

1920 to 1940

Description

Showing the lean-to right next to the goldfish pond at the McFarland Ranch

Transcribed Notes: Transcribed from back of photo: McFarland's Ranch. This shows the fish pond and the 'lean to' by the house - very picturesque. I made a sketch here. Hope to work into a lithograph."

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Photograph of the Las Vegas Ranch looking northeast, circa 1940

Date

1938 to 1942

Description

Transcribed Notes: Transcribed from back of photo: "The Old Ranch - at the Old Mormon Fort, Las Vegas Nevada - about 1940"

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Photograph of a bridge over the Las Vegas Creek, circa 1940

Date

1938 to 1942

Description

Creek on the Las Vegas Ranch with a footbridge built over it

Transcribed Notes: Transcribed from back of photo: "The little creek at the Old Ranch used for irrigation - taken about 1940"

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Photograph of a man surveying the Colorado River from a boat in Black Canyon, circa 1931

Date

1929 to 1933

Description

Man standing on a boat traveling south on the Colorado River through Black Canyon

Transcribed Notes: Transcribed from photo sleeve: "Cruising the Colorado River in Black Canyon prior to Hoover Dam construction"

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