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Airplane as an entry for the Helldorado Parade: photographic print

Date

1952 (year approximate)

Description

From the Virginia LeLake Photograph Collection (PH-00244)

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Scene from Helldorado Parade: photographic print

Date

1952 (year approximate)

Description

From the Virginia LeLake Photograph Collection (PH-00244)

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Scene from Helldorado Parade: photographic print

Date

1952 (year approximate)

Description

From the Virginia LeLake Photograph Collection (PH-00244)

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Postcard and photographs of early Las Vegas buildings, circa 1914

Date

1914

Description

A postcard showing buildings on Fremont Street with a handwritten letter on back which reads: "Dear Grandmother, Does this photo look familiar to you? You will see I have marked our place of business with a cross. Business has been very good with us lately and I have not had much time to write. I love to write so well you know. Floyd is still working and doing fine. We had a bad fire in Vegas about a week ago. Dobson Bros. grocery store went up in smoke. Tell Grandad hello for me and tell [Maude?] to drop me a line. Earl." The second photograph shows The People's Store and has "1st State Bank" written on its back side.

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Postcard from Dubrovnik-Raguse (HR.), 1930

Date

1930

Archival Collection

Description

Postcard shows a building from downtown Dubrovnik-Raguse, 1930

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Photograph of a group of people standing outside of the First State Bank of Las Vegas and Post office, McWilliams' Townsite, Las Vegas (Nev.), 1905

Date

1905

Description

The view is looking west from Railroad Avenue. In front of the buildings is a group of unidentified men with two children and a dog. The First State Bank of Las Vegas was the second bank in the Las Vegas valley, located on Lot 9, Block 2 within the McWilliams' Original Las Vegas Townsite. The bank building was located on a lot owned by Walter Bracken. The lot the Post Office was located on, Lot 10, Block 2, was owned by Helen Stewart.
Site Name: First State Bank (Las Vegas, Nev.)

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Photograph of Jake Beckley and Ed Von Tobel, Sr. in front of the Ed. Von Tobel Lumber Company, Las Vegas (Nev.), 1900-1925

Date

1905 to 1976

Description

Ed Von Tobel, Sr. and Jake Beckley stand in front of the Von Tobel Lumber Company on South First Street in Las Vegas. Pictured are the office, lumber storage, shed and sales room. Beckley, Ed. Von Tobel Sr.'s business partner is seen standing on a horse-drawn wagon on the left. Behind the wagon are stacked shingles. The lumber company was founded in 1905, shortly after the Las Vegas townsite lot auction, but moved from its original location on South Main Street when that proved to be "too far out of town" for business. The South First Street building was destroyed by fire in 1914. Photograph taken 1905?-1906?

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Photograph of Fremont Street looking west (Las Vegas), circa 1942

Date

1940 to 1944

Archival Collection

Description

Looking west down Fremont Street in 1942. Signature on back of photo: "S Vinci for '91."
Site Name: Fremont Street
Address: Fremont street, Las Vegas, NV

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Photograph of Fremont Street looking west (Las Vegas), 1991

Date

1991

Archival Collection

Description

Looking West Down Fremont Street in 1991. Signature on back of photo: "S Vinci for '91."
Site Name: Fremont Street
Address: Fremont street, Las Vegas, NV

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Photograph of Fremont Street looking east (Las Vegas), 1991

Date

1991

Archival Collection

Description

Looking east down Fremont Street in 1991. Signature on back of photo: "S Vinci for '91."
Site Name: Fremont Street
Address: Fremont street, Las Vegas, NV

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