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Photograph of a drill rig putting down the hole for the first well in the Las Vegas Heights District, circa 1907

Date

1905 to 1909

Description

Drilling in the Las Vegas Heights District with Mr. Booth and Mr. Madison performing the work.

Transcribed Notes: Transcribed from front of photo: "1st well. Vegas Hts. About 1907. Booth & Madison, Drillers."; Transcribed from photo sleeve: "A drill rig which put down the hole for the first well in the Las Vegas Heights District in Las Vegas in 1907. The crew were Booth and Madison."

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Postcard showing Chrystal Beauty Well, before 1920

Date

open start to 1920

Description

Chrystal Beauty well owned by F. W. Eglington.

Transcribed Notes: Transcribed from front of postcard: "232 ft, deep and flows 69 [?] inches. Owned by F. W. Eglington, Las Vegas, Nevada." Handwritten inscription on back is difficult to decipher.

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Film transparency of gamblers at a roulette table (Las Vegas), circa 1950s

Date

1950 to 1959

Archival Collection

Description

Color transparency of gamblers at a roulette table.
Address: Las Vegas; Clark County; Nevada

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Two unidentified men: photographic print

Date

1880 to 1979

Description

Dorothy Bell Scans UNLV-Public Lands Institute

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Front of postcard

Date

1900 to 1989

Description

Front of the postcard illustrates a man trumpeting a horn with the deuce of hearts in front of him.

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Rex Bell with unidentified man: photographic print

Date

1880 to 1979

Description

Dorothy Bell Scans UNLV-Public Lands Institute. Photograph of two men, Rex Bell (George Francis Bell) is located on the right. Hand written on the back of image: "Death Valley Days - Please return to Gov. Bell."

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Film negative of the Police Commission, February 1980

Date

1980-02

Description

Members of the Police Commission, from left to right: Ron Lurie, Paul Christensen, and Al Levy, most likely in Las Vegas, Nevada.

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Photograph of Gus Greenbaum and Moe Sedway, 1940s-early 1950s

Date

1940 to 1952

Description

Gus Greenbaum (right), Moe Sedway (center), and an unidentified man (left) most likely in Las Vegas, Nevada.

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Photograph of Stanley Paher and Robert List, 1981

Date

1981

Description

Portrait of Stanley Paher (left) and Nevada Governor Robert List (right). List is holding Paher's book, Nevada: An Annotated Bibliography.

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Photograph of grade near Kiel Ranch, circa 1906

Date

1906 (year approximate)

Archival Collection

Description

Grading for a rail line near Kiel Ranch.

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