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Photograph of two men standing on ore car rails inside a mine, Goldfield (Nev.), 1907

Date

1907

Description

Photograph of two men standing on ore car rails inside a mine, Goldfield (Nev.), 1907

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Photograph of the Las Vegas post office, Las Vegas (Nev.), 1905

Date

1905

Description

Las Vegas, Nevada Post Office 1905. Walter Bracken Postmaster. Walter Bracken's poney [sic] "Ben" is standing at doorway. This post office was located in block 3 on South Main St. about where "Dusty Rhodes" garage is now.

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Photograph of a man and wagon outside the Las Vegas Trading Company, Las Vegas (Nev.), 1905

Date

1905

Description

Las Vegas Trading Company was located on the east corner of Main and Lewis streets within Clark's Las Vegas Townsite.
Site Name: Las Vegas Trading Company (Las Vegas, Nev.)

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Photograph of the deconstruction of the Las Vegas Hotel, Las Vegas (Nev.), 1905

Date

1905

Description

Workers dismantling the Las Vegas hotel in 1905. Hotel was located within Clark's Las Vegas townsite on Stewart and Main streets. It housed people for the townsite auction held on May 15-16, 1905.

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Photograph of the interior of the Las Vegas Hotel, Las Vegas (Nev.), 1905

Date

1905

Description

Hotel Las Vegas, located on North Main Street near Stewart Avenue. Charles "Pop" Squires (later editor of the Las Vegas Age) was the proprietor. Built in May 1905, it was torn down in March 1906.
Caption: L. V. Hotel Co.

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Photograph of people outside of the First State Bank of Las Vegas (Nev.), 1905

Date

1905

Description

Three buildings visible in McWilliams' Townsite. The center building is occupied by the First State Bank of Las Vegas and Kuhn's Mercantile. The building on the right is the U.S. Post Office. The building on the left is unidentified.
Site Name: First State Bank (Las Vegas, Nev.)

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Photograph of a group of men outside businesses in the McWilliams' Townsite, Las Vegas (Nev.), 1905

Date

1905

Archival Collection

Description

Group of men standing outside businesses in McWilliams' Original Las Vegas Townsite. The Las Vegas Bank & Trust Company and Las Vegas Drug Company are visible. Signage includes the name, Doctor C A Rucker.

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Postcard of Robert "Spud" Lake with men and horse-drawn wagons, Las Vegas (Nev.), December, 1914

Date

1914-12

Archival Collection

Description

Site Name: Cottage Hotel (Las Vegas, Nev.)

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Photograph of three men and U.S. Airmail bi-wing airplane, Las Vegas (Nev.), April 17, 1926

Date

1926-04-17

Archival Collection

Description

Las Vegas Nev April 17 '26 Oakes

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Postcard of a tent store, Montezuma (Nev.), 1908

Date

1908

Description

Montezuma was the site of extensive mining activity from the 1860s-1880s but was dormant in the early 1900s when the Goldfield strike was made. According to the information painted on the front of the "Road House" of the "Montezuma Trading Company", the traveler or prospector could purchase "Wines & Liquors, Tobacco, Miners Supplies, Hay & Grain, and Groceries" at the store. Montezuma was located in the Montezuma Mountains seven miles west of Goldfield and was experiencing a resurgence precipitated by the discoveries at Goldfield.

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