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Photograph of a bath house in a tent near the Las Vegas, Las Vegas (Nev.), 1900-1925
Date
1900 to 1925
Archival Collection
Description
Date of photograph estimated between 1904-1905. View of a bath house inside a tent on Las Vegas Creek in Las Vegas Ranch. "...water diverted from Las Vegas Creek ran through the sawed board in the foreground and into a wooden tub sunk in the ground. A plank is provided to step on while drying off, and thick matting covers the bare earth. Canvas curtains provided privacy" (p. [88], "Las Vegas, as it began--and grew" by Stanley W. Paher).
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Photograph of students on the steps of the Las Vegas High School, Las Vegas (Nev.), 1900-1925
Date
1900 to 1925
Archival Collection
Description
Schoolchildren on the steps of Las Vegas High School. Many students were children of employees of the San Pedro, Los Angeles and Salt Lake Railroad Company. People identified in the photo: Barbara Bell, Enis Liddy, Bob Robbins, Art Mosbach, Tommy Loan, Glenn Trout, Dewey Higbee, Dave Kramer, Otto "Kelly Westlake", Ruth Schuyler, Elsie Goodrich, Iona Jurben. Date estimated between 1917-1918.
Site Name: Las Vegas High School (Las Vegas, Nev.)
Site Name: Las Vegas High School (Las Vegas, Nev.)
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Photograph of a man and boy at a desk in the Delamar Lode newspaper office, Delamar (Nev.), 1900-1925
Date
1898 to 1906
Archival Collection
Description
The Delamar Lode newspaper printing office during the letterpress era. Cast metal sorts, used to construct words for the paper, are in the background at the right. Examples of articles are posted on the wall in the upper left corner. This photograph is attributed to the Fred Steen Collection in Stanley W. Paher's book, Nevada Ghost Towns & Mining Camps, page 300. Mr. Steen, who lived in Delamar around the time of this photograph, moved with his family to Tonopah where he later worked as a mining bookkeeper.
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Photograph of the first artesian well near Taylor ranch, Las Vegas (Nev.), 1900-1925
Archival Collection
Description
l-r John S. Park, W. R. Thomas, Ed von Tobel
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Mormon Mountains, Ash Springs, Nevada, approximately 1925 August to 1925 September
Level of Description
File
Archival Collection
Chester R. Longwell Professional Papers
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Collection Number: MS-00017
Collection Name: Chester R. Longwell Professional Papers
Box/Folder: Box 02
Collection Name: Chester R. Longwell Professional Papers
Box/Folder: Box 02
Archival Component
Photograph of a street corner near the Las Vegas Opera House, Las Vegas (Nev.), 1900-1925
Archival Collection
Description
Titile on front reads Opera House, Las Vegas, Nevada
Caption: Opera House, Las Vegas, Nevada
Site Name: Opera House (Las Vegas, Nev.)
Caption: Opera House, Las Vegas, Nevada
Site Name: Opera House (Las Vegas, Nev.)
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Actors in Southern Nevada, 1925-1940
Level of Description
File
Archival Collection
Nevada Division of State Parks Photograph Collection
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Collection Number: PH-00105
Collection Name: Nevada Division of State Parks Photograph Collection
Box/Folder: N/A
Collection Name: Nevada Division of State Parks Photograph Collection
Box/Folder: N/A
Archival Component
Aerial photograph of Alamo, Nevada, 1920-1925
Date
1920 (year approximate) to 1925 (year approximate)
Archival Collection
Description
Alamo, Nevada from an overlooking hill
Transcribed Notes: Transcribed from front of photo: "Home Town. Alamo, Nevada. In 1920 to 1925."; Transcribed from photo sleeve: "An aerial of Alamo, Nevada looking west in the early 1920s. The four room schoolhouse where Logan Wright attended in 1954 is in the center-back of the picture. Alamo Services was owned and operated by Larry and Evy Davis."
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Gilbert, Nevada, 1925 February 25
Level of Description
File
Archival Collection
Central Nevada Historical Society Photograph Collection
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Collection Number: PH-00082
Collection Name: Central Nevada Historical Society Photograph Collection
Box/Folder: Folder 01
Collection Name: Central Nevada Historical Society Photograph Collection
Box/Folder: Folder 01
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Nevada School System, 1925-1970
Level of Description
File
Archival Collection
Las Vegas Library Regional History Files Collection
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Collection Number: MS-00809
Collection Name: Las Vegas Library Regional History Files Collection
Box/Folder: Box 17
Collection Name: Las Vegas Library Regional History Files Collection
Box/Folder: Box 17
Archival Component