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Letter from Walter R. Bracken (Las Vegas) to F. H. Knickerbocker (Los Angeles), regarding water from well and springs, August 8, 1934.
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Archival Collection
Description
Walter Bracken asking for permission to fill in the swimming pool and use the company drag line to clean out the ditch to the Las Vegas Ranch so overflow could be used by the lesee rather than go to waste.
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Photograph of people in swimming pool, Las Vegas Ranch, Las Vegas, before 1920
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Archival Collection
Description
People swimming in the pool at the Las Vegas Ranch. Inscription on bottom of photo: In the plunge at Las Vegas.
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Photograph of people in and near a pool, Las Vegas, before 1920
Date
Archival Collection
Description
People swimming at the pool at the old ranch. Inscription at top of photo: In the plunge at Las Vegas.
Transcribed Notes: Notes on attached sheet: View of the plunge include Kong Slide
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Group photograph of men in swim wear at the Las Vegas Ranch, 1916
Date
Archival Collection
Description
Group of swimmers at the Lake Vegas Ranch with the ruins of the Mormon Fort in the background. Information provided by Special Collections included a photocopy of the photograph identifying three of the individual in the photograph. The second person from the top, on the left, is Robert Griffith. The fourth person down (standing) is Otto "Kelly" Westlake. The man sitting directly in front of Westlake is Jay Warren Woodard.
Transcribed Notes: Transcribed from photo sleeve: "Group at the old ranch - just north of the present Elks club. Group was mainly railroad employees, the picture was taken in 1916. [Identified are] Robert Griffith - (his dad, T. W. Griffith, developed the Mt. Charleston resort area.) Robert was chairman of the Colorado River Commission.; Otto "Kelly" Westlake (Kelly is a nickname); Jay Warren Woodward had the first Chevrolet agency."
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Photograph of swimmers at Lorenzi Park pool, circa 1931
Date
Archival Collection
Description
Swimmers at Lorenzi Park Pool. Frenchman Mountain in the background to the east.
Transcribed Notes: Stamped on back of photo: G. L. Ullom. 104 Fremont Street. Las Vegas, Nevada
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Photograph of the swimming pool at the Las Vegas Ranch, 1905-1910
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Archival Collection
Description
People swimming at the pool at the Las Vegas Ranch
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Photograph of a group of people in and around swimming pool at Ladd's Resort, Las Vegas, circa 1910
Date
Archival Collection
Description
Group of people, primarily children posing near the swimming pool at Ladd's Resort, the Las Vegas Ranch.
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Aerial photograph of Las Vegas in the mid to late 1930s
Date
Archival Collection
Description
Aerial photo of Las Vegas looking south.
Transcribed Notes: Transcribed from photo sleeve: "[L. Foreground, old city hall. R. foreground, post office. Circular Park w/Boy scout structures (7)] "Aerial view of Las Vegas shows old park with race track (about where municipal swimming pool is) Small huts in group were Boy Scout huts made of stone. Scout troups met here surrounded by park taken middle or late 30's."- Dave Coons"
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Photograph of the swimming pool at Las Vegas Spring, 1916
Date
Archival Collection
Description
People swimming in a pool at the ranch at Las Vegas Spring, 1916.
Transcribed Notes: Handwritten inscription on back: "Old Ranch pool 1916"
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Photograph of the Desert Inn tower and swimming pool (Las Vegas), circa 1960s
Date
Archival Collection
Description
Two female guests in the swimming pool at the Desert Inn with the tower in the background.
Site Name: Desert Inn
Address: 3045 Las Vegas Boulevard South
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