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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

Slide of Las Vegas, 1913

Date

1913

Description

Black and image image of Las Vegas. A train is visible in the foreground.

Image

Railroad by the Colorado River: photographic print

Date

1932

Description

Six Companies gravel pit railroad near the Colorado River.

Image

Memo about water usage in 1935 in Las Vegas, March 24, 1938

Date

1938-03-24

Archival Collection

Description

Paper from notepad listing the number of gallons of water used in 1935 by the water company and the railroad. Information is provided by Johnson, Office Engineer. Typed telephone message from Mr. Johnson, Office Engineer.

Text

Transcript of interview with Ralph Daly by Charles Malkowski, February 25, 1977

Date

1977-02-25

Archival Collection

Description

Charles Malkowski interviews Ralph Daly (born in Texas in 1903) about his experience of moving to Las Vegas during its early growth. Daly talks specifically about Block 16 and the Arizona Club and the extent of gambling and prostitution that took place there in the early 1900s. Daly, who worked in oil fields but became paralyzed due to an injury, also talks about moving to Las Vegas to make his living on gambling after becoming disabled. He also describes how the construction of Boulder Dam attracted many migrant workers and how, after World War II, Las Vegas attracted tourists and became more of a gambling town as more casinos were built and worldwide advertising for those casinos started. Daly also discusses the end of prostitution in Las Vegas, certain famous gamblers he met, and the forms of cooling used before air conditioning was introduced.

Text

Aerial photograph of the Hotel Last Frontier, 1940s

Date

1940 to 1949

Description

Aerial view of the Hotel Last Frontier with a Union Pacific train in the background
Site Name: Frontier
Address: 3120 Las Vegas Boulevard South

Image

Photograph of a Union Pacific Railroad train at the train station, Las Vegas, 1958

Date

1958

Description

A black and white image of a Union Pacific Railroad train at the train station in Las Vegas.

Image

Photograph of a burned railroad trestle, circa 1910s-1930s

Date

1910 to 1939

Archival Collection

Description

A burned railroad trestle possibly located at Meadow Valley Wash near Caliente on the Union Pacific Railroad line.

Image

Photograph of telegraph office, McClellan, Arizona, circa 1920s-1930s

Date

1920 to 1939

Archival Collection

Description

The telegraph office in McClellan, Arizona.

Image

Photograph of telegraph office, McClellan, Arizona, circa 1920s-1930s

Date

1920 to 1939

Archival Collection

Description

The telegraph office in McClellan, Arizona. There is an unidentified man on the left, and Clarence Stocker, the shorter man, on the right.

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