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Aerial photograph of Las Vegas, westward direction, circa 1920

Date

1920 to 1925

Description

Aerial view of Las Vegas

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Aerial photograph of Las Vegas, northwest direction, circa 1920

Date

1920 to 1925

Description

Aerial view of Las Vegas

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Last Frontier Village at the Last Frontier Hotel: postcards

Date

1940 (year approximate) to 1949 (year approximate)

Description

Postcards of the Last Frontier Village at the Last Frontier Hotel in Las Vegas. (c. 1940s)

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Aerial photograph of Union Pacific Railroad yards, Las Vegas, late 1920s

Date

1925 (year approximate)

Description

Aerial view of Las Vegas and Union Pacific Railroad yards.

Transcribed Notes: Transcribed from back of photo: "[Identified by Dave Coons as LV Valley w/UPRR yards in Foreground. Late 1920s?] [Kim Geary - Roberts IDs ca 1931. EP 6-21-84]."

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Unidentified man standing on railroad tracks: photographic print

Date

1880 to 1979

Description

Bell Family Scrapbook scanning, Set 4, proofed 11.04.2010 Unidentified man standing on railroad tracks in the Mojave Desert. Several unidentified buildings are in the distance

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Telegram from Walter R. Bracken (Las Vegas) to F. H. Knickerbocker (Los Angeles), June 3, 1931

Date

1931-06-03

Archival Collection

Description

Bracken informing Knickerbocker that it is not legally possible for the water company to install water meters on the lines going to Industrial Unit No. 1.

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Aerial photograph of Las Vegas, full view of high school, southwest direction, 1930

Date

1930

Description

Aerial view of Las Vegas in 1930

Transcribed Notes: Notes on back of duplicate photo: Aerial view of Las Vegas w/ new high school on bottom left, c. 1933; Notes on photo sleeve: Aerial view of Las Vegas taken in the winter of 1930 (same day as #0123 002) in clip wing Jenny. Shows railroad and main street - essentially shows the whole city. (Credit: W.A. Davis)

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Letter from Perry J. Lynch (Omaha) to A. E. Stoddard, August 6, 1952

Date

1952-08-06

Archival Collection

Description

Discussion of the issues surrounding Union Pacific Railroad Company selling water to the Pacific Fruit Company

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Henry Schutte oral history interview

Identifier

OH-01648

Abstract

Oral history interview with Henry Schutte conducted by an unknown collector on an unknown date in approximately the 1980s for the Ralph Roske Oral History Project on Early Las Vegas. In this interview, Schutte discusses working on trains since childhood and explains the type of maintenance he performed. Schutte then describes his career at the Young Electric Sign Company (YESCO).

Archival Collection

Photograph of railroad, Hoover Dam, circa 1932

Date

1931 to 1933

Description

Portion of railroad leading to Hoover [Boulder] Dam. Workers can be seen in the background, with wheelbarrows and various materials in the foreground.

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