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Slide of men at the Arizona Club, Las Vegas, circa early 1900s
Date
1905 to 1912
Archival Collection
Description
A group of men standing in front of The Arizona Club.
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Film transparency of a Beta Sigma Phi USO meeting, circa 1930s to 1940s
Date
1930 to 1949
Archival Collection
Description
Description given with image: "Beta Sigma Phi United Service Organization (U.S.O.) meeting Sally McDermott (Mrs. Paul)-woman dark dress next to cookies; Sonya [?] (Honrath)-woman holding flag."
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Slide of unidentified men on a boat at Hoover Dam, circa late 1930s
Date
1936 to 1940
Archival Collection
Description
A group of unidentified men on a boat next to the Hoover Dam. The dam's intake towers stand behind the men.
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Photograph of George and Maribah Edwards, December 8, 1891
Date
1891-12-08
Archival Collection
Description
Ellbert Edwards's parents George Edwards and Maribah Woods Edwards. Probably a wedding portrait.
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Photograph of Lyman Lafayette Woods, circa 1860s to 1870s
Date
1860 to 1879
Archival Collection
Description
Portrait of Lyman Lafayette Woods, Elbert Edwards' maternal grandfather.
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Photograph of George L. Edwards, circa 1880s to 1890s
Date
1880 to 1899
Archival Collection
Description
George Lee Edwards (father of Elbert Edwards) posing in a photography studio.
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Photograph of Elbert Edwards, circa 1920s to 1930s
Date
1920 to 1939
Archival Collection
Description
Elbert Edwards wearing a checkered tie and bowler hat with a steer head decoration.
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Photograph of William J. Stewart, circa 1904
Date
1902 to 1906
Archival Collection
Description
Portrait of William J. ("Bill") Stewart, son of Helen J. Stewart. He was a city commissioner when the charter was passed to establish the City of Las Vegas in 1911.
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Photograph of Nathaniel V. Jones, circa 1850s-1863
Date
1850 to 1863
Archival Collection
Description
Nathaniel V. Jones, envoy for Brigham Young, was sent to the Mormon fort in Las Vegas in 1856 to develop lead mines near Mount Potosi.
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Photograph of James P. Beckwourth, circa 1850s-1866
Date
1850 to 1866
Archival Collection
Description
James P. Beckwourth, mountain man, fur trader and explorer. He discovered one of the easier routes (later called the Beckwourth Pass) across the Sierra Navadas, from the Truckee to the Yuba River.
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