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Postcard of a tent store, Montezuma (Nev.), 1908
Date
1908
Archival Collection
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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Photograph of Walter Bracken inside the post office, Las Vegas (Nev.), 1908
Date
1908
Archival Collection
Description
Walter Bracken stands inside the Las Vegas Post Office, which had been moved to the interior of the First State Bank on Fremont Street in 1907. Bracken served as Las Vegas' postmaster from 1904-1914. Pigeon holes containing sorted mail surround the room. Desks, stools and office equipment, including a postage scale, are seen. Calendars hang from the wall and electric lights hang from the ceiling.
Caption: Post Office, Las Vegas, 1908
Site Name: United States Post Office and Court House
Caption: Post Office, Las Vegas, 1908
Site Name: United States Post Office and Court House
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Photograph of people at the pavilion during Clark's Las Vegas townsite sale, Las Vegas (Nev.), 1905
Date
1905
Archival Collection
Description
An auction held May 15-16, 1905 to sell lots within Clark's Las Vegas Townsite. A group of men and women stand on and around a covered wooden platform outdoors. The auctioneer stands to the left of center at the front of the platform. The decision to auction lots within Clark's Las Vegas Townsite was not made until May 10, 1905. Auctioneer C.O. Whittemore was the president of the Las Vegas Land and Water Company.
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Film transparency of Peter Lutzeier, location unknown, circa 1927-1928
Date
1925 to 1930
Archival Collection
Description
Peter Lutzeier at an unknown location, possibly Boulder City, Nevada, circa 1927-1928
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Photograph of Elbert Edwards, circa mid 1920s-early 1930s
Date
1925 to 1932
Archival Collection
Description
Elbert Edwards as a young man, standing outdoors. He is wearing a "Nevada" belt buckle.
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Photograph album, Henry Wieking Collection, circa late 1920s-early 1930s
Date
1925 to 1935
1905 to 1935
Archival Collection
Description
Album contains Wieking family photos, photos of Hoover Dam construction, Black Canyon, ferries on the Colorado River, ruins of Fort Callville, Englers Camp, Las Vegas Ranch, Mt. Charleston, deserts in Nevada and Arizona, Hoover Dam laboratory workers, the first train in Railroad Pass, and snow in Las Vegas. Also included are one color postcard titled "The Grand Canyon Bridge, Arizona," and prints of two poems, "Mornin' On The Desert" and "Nevada" (authors unknown). A paper finding aid is available in the album box.
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Photograph of Harold Stocker, Reading, Pennsylvania, circa 1915-1930
Date
1915 to 1925
Archival Collection
Description
Black and white photograph of Harold Stocker as a lifeguard in a pool in Reading, Pennsylvania.
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Film transparency of businessmen, politicians, and engineers at Hoover Dam, June 6, 1933
Date
1933-06-06
Archival Collection
Description
Black and white image of the group of men who witnessed the pouring of the first concrete in Hoover Dam proper. From left to right: H. J. Lawler, Director of Six Companies, Inc.; Walker R. Young, Construction Engineer, U.S. Bureau of Reclamation; Frank T. Crowe, General Superintendent, Six Companies, Inc.; C. A. Shea, Director of Construction, Six Companies, Inc. W. A. Bechtel, President, Six Companies, Inc.; R. F. Walter, Chief Engineer, U.S. Bureau of Reclamation; Theodore A. Walters, First Assistant Secretary of the Interior ; Ed Clark & C. P. Squires, members of the original Colorado River Commission. Note: Boulder Dam was officially renamed Hoover Dam in 1947.
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Two unidentified men: photographic print
Date
1880 to 1979
Archival Collection
Description
Dorothy Bell Scans UNLV-Public Lands Institute
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Photograph of a small boat on a river, circa late 1920s to early 1930s
Date
1925 to 1933
Archival Collection
Description
A group of unidentified men in a small boat on what is probably the Colorado River in Black Canyon. Photograph courtesy of Dickinson Library Special Collections Dept. University of Nevada, Las Vegas.
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