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Photograph of Tonopah Railroad Carnival, Tonopah (Nev.), early 1900s

Description

Caption: Drilling Contest. R.R. Carnival

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Photograph of Fraternal Order of Eagles marching in parade, Tonopah (Nev.), early 1900s

Date

Unknown year in the decade of the 1900s

Description

Photograph of Fraternal Order of Eagles marching in parade, Tonopah (Nev.), early 1900s

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Photograph of packtrain on Main Street, Tonopah (Nev.), early 1900s

Date

Unknown year in the decade of the 1900s

Description

Photograph of packtrain on Main Street, Tonopah (Nev.), early 1900s

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Map of downtown Las Vegas, Nevada, circa 1952-1955

Date

1952 to 1955

Description

Title in upper left and right margins: Las Vegas, Nevada. Identifies business tenants in the downtown area and includes property valuations, measurements, addresses, etc. Cadastral map. Oriented with north to the lower right.Text, illustrations, aerial photos, and ancillary map of the Las Vegas Strip on verso. Cataloger has determined date of map to be between 1952 and 1955 because the Sahara and the Sands Casinos are shown on the verso of the map, and they both opened in 1952, but the Riviera and the Dunes opened in 1955, and they are not shown on the map. Also, the Hotel Last Frontier is shown on the verso of the map, and its name was changed to New Frontier in 1955. Note: Many of the property names and addresses are erroneous when compared to Las Vegas business directories from the same period.

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Maps of the Las Vegas Strip, downtown and metropolitan Las Vegas area, the Grand Canyon and southern Nevada, circa 1997

Date

1995 to 1999

Description

'Detail maps for downtown, neighborhoods, out of town, Grand Canyon' -- front panel. Maps on verso: Downtown -- Out of town and short adventures -- Greater Las Vegas -- Grand Canyon, South Rim Village. Major buildings and points of interest on the Las Vegas Strip shown pictorially. Includes text and notes. Originally published by MapEasy, Inc. Scale [ca. 1:10,560. 1 inch to approximately 1/6 mile].

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Photograph album 1, Leon Rockwell Collection, circa 1900s-1910s

Date

1900 to 1910
1905 to 1919

Description

Photographs taken circa 1907-1914 in the Las Vegas, Nevada area, including Fort Callville, and during travels in California; Washington State; Idaho; Montana; and Oregon, with emphasis on Yosemite National Park and Yellowstone National Park. Album also features photographs taken at the 1911 Yakima (Washington) State Fair and in Salt Lake City, Utah, and Goodsprings, Nevada during the same period.

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