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Arthur Walker Gregory Photograph Collection

Identifier

PH-00197

Abstract

The Arthur Walker Gregory Photograph Collection, approximately 1900 to 1920, consists of black-and-white photographic prints, and two corresponding negatives. Two of the images depict the first train to arrive in Las Vegas, Nevada from Salt Lake City, Utah in 1905, one with railroad employees in the foreground. The remaining images depict Arthur Walker Gregory’s class photographs at the Las Vegas Grammar School when he was in the first, third, and fifth grades.

Archival Collection

Photograph of ruins of a train station, Goldfield (Nev.), 1918-1928

Date

1918 to 1928

Description

Abandoned buildings in Goldfield, Nevada are scattered across the desert with mountains in the distance. Inscription reads: "Ruins of LV & T station, Goldfield"

Image

Transcript of interview with John F. Cahlan by Radmila Radovich, February 27, 1980

Date

1980-02-27

Description

John Cahlan (1902-1988) is interviewed by Radmila Radovich about the beginning of Las Vegas, including the role of the Union Pacific Railroad and its need for water. Cahlan discusses the changes in Las Vegas over time, including the evolution of the Western Air Express station to Nellis Air Force Base, as well as his concerns for the future of Las Vegas.

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Photograph of railroad pass in the desert, (Nev.), 1906-1928

Date

1906 to 1928

Description

Shrubs line the desert floor and telephone poles stretch out across the landscape. Inscription reads: "LV T&T grade at Stonewall Pass, Nevada."

Image

Postcard of Union Pacific Station, Las Vegas, circa 1940

Date

1940

Description

Text on front of post card: "New Union Pacific Station, Las Vegas, Nevada; Gateway to Boulder Dam; Copyright Boulder Dam Service Bureau." Text on back of postcard: "The new passenger depot of the Union Pacific in Las Vegas, Nevada, is the world's first streamlined, completely air-conditioned railroad passenger station. Typically modernistic western in motif, the structure has been described by architects as one of the most beautiful in design and superlatively complete in appointments, in the United States. Desert Souvenir Supply, Boulder City, Nevada."

Image

Resolution by Las Vegas Valley Water District to amend June 1, 1953 agreement, March 26, 1954

Date

1954-03-26

Archival Collection

Description

Resolution by the Las Vegas Valley Water District to amend part of their agreement between Los Angeles & Salt Lake Railroad Company, Union Pacific Railroad Company, and Las Vegas Land and Water Company. The June 1, 1953 document stated that one of the conditions by which the agreement could be terminated was if the bonds were not sold by December 31, 1953. This resolution changed this date to May 1, 1954. Link to original agreement located in Relations field.

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Photograph of Tonopah & Tidewater station, Amargosa Valley (Nev.), 1920-1930

Date

1920 to 1930

Description

Former T&T station at Death Valley Junction, shown at its present location in Lathrop Wells, Nevada. Lathrop Wells is now known as Amargosa Valley.

Image

Photograph of bunkcar number 508, Death Valley Junction, California, 1940

Date

1940

Archival Collection

Description

A picture of Tonopah and Tidewater bunkcar no. 508 at Death Valley Junction, California (originally from Main -Central, car is now in Virginia City, Nevada).

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J. Ross Clark Scrapbook

Identifier

MS-00637

Abstract

The J. Ross Clark Scrapbook dates from approximately 1897 to 1972 and consists of newspaper clippings collected by his wife, Miriam Evans Clark. The clippings relate to professional events in the lives of J. Ross Clark and his brother, Senator William A. Clark. A small number of the clippings refer to births, marriages, and deaths in Miriam Evans and J. Ross Clark's families. Also included are documents written by J. Ross Clark's grand-niece, Dorothy Murdock Dunkley, that offer additional information about the Clark and associated families.

Archival Collection

Las Vegas Land & Water Company Records from the Las Vegas Valley Water District

Identifier

MS-00912

Abstract

The Las Vegas Land & Water Company Records from the Las Vegas Valley Water District (1918-1989) are primarily comprised of contracts, correspondence, and maps that document the establishment of a water distribution system in Las Vegas, Nevada that would provide water using the state's Colorado River allocation. The records include water main extension agreements, correspondence, and bills of sale for water main construction, as well as articles and correspondence documenting the groundwater shortage in Las Vegas. The collection also includes maps for water distribution systems and pipelines throughout the Las Vegas Valley.

Archival Collection