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Photograph of flooding in the Las Vegas area, circa 1950s
Date
Archival Collection
Description
Flooding in Las Vegas
Transcribed Notes: Transcribed from photo sleeve: "Flooding in the Las Vegas area, ca. 1950's"
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Aerial photograph postcard of Las Vegas looking north, circa 1920s
Date
Archival Collection
Description
Aerial view of Las Vegas
Transcribed Notes: Transcribed from photo sleeve: "Aerial view of Las Vegas - 1920's. Railroad and station at left in photo (looking north)."
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Aerial photograph of Las Vegas, looking east down Fremont Street, circa late 1940s
Date
Archival Collection
Description
Aerial view of Las Vegas, looking east down Fremont Street. Jackie Gaughan's Plaza was originally named Union Plaza and is currently called the Plaza Hotel and Casino.
Transcribed Notes: Transcribed from back of photo: "Fremont Street in downtown Las Vegas as it appeared in the late 1940s. In the foreground stands the Union Pacific Depot where Jackie Gaughan's Plaza stands today."
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Photograph of flooding in the Nevada desert, circa 1950
Date
Archival Collection
Description
Flooding in the desert
Transcribed Notes: Transcribed from photo sleeve: "Unidentified location in flood
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Photograph of White Rock Spring at the Nevada Test Site, post-1960
Date
Archival Collection
Description
White Rock Spring on the Nevada Test Site. [Caption in N[evada] T[est] S[ite] News n. d. p. 8]
Transcribed Notes: Transcribed from photo sleeve: "White Rock Springs - Oasis on the Test Site"
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Photograph of the Von Tobels and the Beckleys with their first artesian well, 1909
Date
Archival Collection
Description
Mr. and Mrs. Ed Von Tobel, Sr., and Jake and William Beckley are shown on their Paradise Valley property with their first artesian well
Transcribed Notes: Transcribed from photo sleeve: "L-R: Mr. & Mrs. Ed Von Tobel, Sr., Jake and Wm. Beckley are shown on their Paradise Valley Property with their first artesian well, 1909."
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Aerial photograph of Las Vegas looking northeast, circa 1931
Date
Archival Collection
Description
Aerial view of Las Vegas looking northeast
Transcribed Notes: Transcribed from photo sleeve: "Aerial view of Las Vegas, 1931. Center foreground are the Union Pacific R.R. Co. shops with two tall standpipes. Las Vegas High School, gym, and adjoining Butcher Memorial Football Field are at the right of center."
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Aerial photograph of Las Vegas looking west, 1945
Date
Archival Collection
Description
Aerial view of Las Vegas immediately following the close of World War II
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Photograph of Lake Mead approaching the Lost City restorations, spring 1938
Date
Archival Collection
Description
The waters of Lake Mead are approaching the Lost City restorations
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Photograph of a collapsing pit house, part of the Lost City restoration, undermined by the seeping waters of Lake Mead, 1939
Date
Archival Collection
Description
Waters of Lake Mead seep through to undermine Lost City restorations
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