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Photograph of Rotarians Banquet, Las Vegas, March 28, 1941
Date
1941-03-28
Archival Collection
Description
The group view of Las Vegas Men's Group the Charter Member Rotary Club in Las Vegas, Nevada. Handwritten description on back of image: "Rotary Charter Members. March 28, 1941 (18th anniversary of LV Rotary Club. L-R: 1.) Sam Lawson 2.) Cyril Wengert 3.) Walter Bracken 4.) (?) 5.) W.E. Ferron 6.) Dr. Milburn 7.) Edward Clark 8.) Bill Pike 9.) Jim Cashman."
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Photograph of a burro pack train, circa 1880s-1890s
Date
1880 to 1899
Archival Collection
Description
A burro pack train hauling basketry supplies. Two Indian women are riding burros. A young man rides one of the loaded burros, and another, hiding his face, is standing behind the other loaded burro. The three riders are identified on the photo, L-R: Dora Lee, Clara Lee, & Gus Lee. The location of the photograph is unknown. Possible locations are Ash Meadows or Pahrump, Nevada.
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Photograph of John Gilbert and Ina Claire, Las Vegas, May 05, 1929
Date
1929-05-05
Archival Collection
Description
Film stars John Gilbert and Ina Claire signing a marriage license after they were wedded in Las Vegas, Nevada May 5, 1929. The man on the left, dressed in glasses and a tie, is A. E. Cahlan, editor of the Las Vegas Evening Review Journal. Charles P. "Pop" Squires, editor of the Las Vegas Age, is in background between the newlyweds. (See newspaper citations behind the photo.)
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Photograph of food rations being distributed at Paiute reservation, early 1900s
Date
1900 to 1920
Archival Collection
Description
Transcribed from the picture, "Northern Paiute - 10. After the Northern Paiutes were placed on reservations and could no longer hunt or gather food freely, the U.S. Government provided them with food rations or commodities. These food rations came in the form of flour, beans, bacon, sugar, coffee and meat. Bobbie Dodd and Hastings Pancho, shown here, are preparing to distribute meat. Inter-Tribal Council of Nevada. Courtesy of Katie Frazier."
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Photograph of a horse drawn stagecoach, Tonopah (Nev.), circa 1905
Date
1904 to 1906
Archival Collection
Description
Horse drawn stage leaving Tonopah for Manhattan, circa 1905. There was an inscription on the image. "The coaches were the primary mode of passenger transportation between central Nevada's early mining camps. They were eventually replaced by railroads which built into Rhyolite, Goldfield, Tonopah, and Blair, but served the area's smaller satellite camps until the mid-1910's when the automobile took their place. The photo was reproduced from an original 1905 colored postcard."
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Photograph album 2, Ferron-Bracken Collection, circa 1905-1935, page 10
Date
1909 to 1910
Description
Photographs on this page show people at a creek in Ogden Canyon, Utah, July 4, 1910; people posing by an automobile in Cedar Valley, Utah, July 10, 1910; a portrait of Reed Wimmer wearing collegiate athletic uniform, Salt Lake City, 1909; Doc Lucas and Jay Mitchell posing in an office, Ely, Nevada, 1910.
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Photograph of the front exterior of the Mint (Las Vegas), 1966
Date
1966
Archival Collection
Description
The Mint Hotel with its tower nearing completion. Stamped on original: "Las Vegas News Bureau. Las Vegas, Nevada. Convention Center. 11940. Don English. Jerry Abbott. Joe Buck. Milt Palmer. John Cook." Also visible is the California Club.
Site Name: Mint Las Vegas
Address: 128 East Fremont Street
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Postcard of a man with two burros, Hoover Dam, circa 1930s
Date
1930 to 1939
Archival Collection
Description
An artist's color rendering of a man riding a wagon cart pulled by two burros. Written on back of postcard: "The burro is a hardy, homely, pathetic, yet ludicrous little chap, an interesting bit in the colorful drama of the west. The burro and pack train are inseparably linked with the West's early history, especially with the prospector and mining." The postcard is titled "Blazing the Trail to Hoover Dam, Near Las Vegas, Nevada."
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Photograph of Union Pacific Railroad General Manager William H. Guild, Las Vegas, 1940
Date
1940
Archival Collection
Description
A black and white portrait of the General Manager of the Union Pacific Railroad, William H. Guild. Mr. Guild was general manager specifically of the south-central district of Salt Lake City, Utah. This photo was taken from a time capsule in the cornerstone of the Union Pacific Railroad station located in Las Vegas, Nevada. The time capsule was placed there in 1940 and was later retrieved when the building was demolished around 1970.
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Photograph of George Malone riding his horse PAYDIRT, circa 1947-1959
Date
1947 to 1959
Archival Collection
Description
Senator George Malone riding his horse PAYDIRT in what could possibly be Nevada. The postcard caption reads, "Senator Malone up on his "Cutting horse PAYDIRT" - the little Quarter horse mare stands 14 " hands high and weighs 1,050 pounds. PAYDIRT- a top competitor in any company- is cream colored buckskin with blue stripe down her back."
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