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Photograph of people at Minnehaha Falls, Minnesota, circa 1888
Date
1888
Archival Collection
Description
Identification given with photograph: "Taken at Minnehaha Falls, near St. Paul, Minnesota (about 1888) Ed Parson, Lillie Warner, Lyman Sherwood, Chas P. Squires standing. Gertrude Sherwood, Delphine and Matt Ellis, can't remember man selling-handwritten inscription." S. P. Cox at Minnehaha Falls is listed as the photograph's creator.
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Photograph of Squires family and friends, Las Vegas, circa 1954
Date
1954
Archival Collection
Description
Identification given with photograph: "1st row: Pop, Anna Fayle, Mom, Florence Boyer. 2nd row: Leonard Fayle, C. C. Boyer. Taken at the George Franklin home on 5th place."
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Film transparency of Las Vegas Land and Water Company, circa early 1900s
Date
1900 to 1915
Archival Collection
Description
The Las Vegas Land & Water Company off of Fremont Street. This image is from the second Squires photo album page 8 image 4. Site Name: Las Vegas Land and Water Company (Las Vegas, Nev.)
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Photograph of people in the vicinity of Hoover Dam, circa early 1930s
Date
1930 to 1933
Archival Collection
Description
Overlooking Hemenway Wash and the future bed of Lake Mead (second from left): R. F. Walter, chief engineer for U.S. Bureau of Reclamation; (standing behind woman): Glen E. "Bud" Bodell, chief of Six Companies' security.
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Photograph of William S. O' Brien and James C. Flood, circa 1860s-1888
Date
1860 to 1888
Archival Collection
Description
L-R: William S. O' Brien and James C. Flood. They were two San Francisco stockbrokers who teamed up with two miners (James G. Fair and John W. Mackay) to break the power and influence of William Sharon and the Bank of America on the Comstock Lode.
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Photograph of William Lytle Woods and Albert Andrew Woods, Springerville, Arizona, August 1979
Date
1979-08
Archival Collection
Description
Brothers William "Bill" Lytle Woods and Albert Andrew "Andy" Woods II at a family reunion at the Woods family home in Springerville, Arizona. They were cousins of Elbert Edwards.
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Photograph of unidentified members of Elbert Edwards family on Las Vegas Day train ride, 1980
Date
1980
Archival Collection
Description
An unidentified man and woman, wearing costume crowns, seated aboard a passenger train, during a Las Vegas Day celebration. They are probably members of the Elbert Edwards family.
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Photograph of Woods family members at a reunion in Springerville, Arizona, August 1979
Date
1979-08
Archival Collection
Description
Four men at a Woods family reunion in Springerville, Arizona, near the Woods family home. L-R: unidentified, brothers Albert Andrew "Andy" Woods II and William "Bill" Lytle Woods, unidentified. The Woods were cousins of Elbert Edwards.
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Slide of people in a visitor's tunnel at Hoover Dam, circa late 1930s
Date
1935 to 1939
Archival Collection
Description
An image of two men in one of the visitor's tunnels at Hoover Dam. Note: Boulder Dam was officially renamed Hoover Dam in 1947.
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Slide of Hoover Dam generators, circa late 1930s
Date
1935 to 1939
Archival Collection
Description
An image of hydroelectric generators inside the powerhouse at Hoover Dam. A man standing next to one of the generators shows their scale. Note: Boulder Dam was officially renamed Hoover Dam in 1947.
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