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Wilma Noyes oral history interview
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Oral history interview with Wilma Noyes conducted by Claytee D. White on April 11, 2007 for the Boyer Early Las Vegas Oral History Project. In this interview, Noyes discusses her personal history and life in Las Vegas, Nevada from the 1920s onward. She describes moving to Las Vegas with her family in 1921 after her father got a job working for Union Pacific Railroad Company. Noyes explains how the railroad provided housing to its workers and what life was like in that housing. Noyes discusses attending the first schools in Las Vegas, one of them having had Maude Frazier as its principal. Noyes then describes what young people did for entertainment in Las Vegas, including dancing and going to movie theaters. Lastly, she discusses the history of the casinos and how the city has changed.
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Letter from Roy A. Wehe (San Francisco) to Edward C. Renwick (Los Angeles), November 23, 1951
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If the Union Pacific should divest itself of water production to the Las Vegas Land and Water Company, Wehe describes what the operation of the company should look like. Letter has several date stamps, including one from E. E. Bennett and one from the Union Pacific Railroad Law Department.
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Photograph of Combination Mine, Goldfield (Nev.),early 1900s
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J. Ross Clark Photograph Collection
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The J. Ross Clark Photograph Collection (approximately 1900-1920) consists of black-and-white photographic prints and some corresponding negatives. Images depict J. Ross Clark, his wife Miriam Evans Clark, their grandson James Ross Clark II, and several unidentified individuals.
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Photograph of a train passing the Yellow Tiger Mine, Goldfield (Nev.), 1900-1920
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Photograph of Mohawk Mine and Tonopah Goldfield Train, Goldfield (Nev.), early 1900s
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Letter from C. A. Earle Rinker to his family, October 25, 1906
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Some Advantages of Membership in Bureau of Explosives, 1900-1925
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Telegram from A. S. Halsted to W. H. Comstock, undated
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Panoramic photograph of a train crossing the desert, Pioche (Nev.), 1900-1925
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