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Cercle des Capucines, dinner menu, May 26, 1900

Date

1900-05-26

Archival Collection

Description

Note: Handwritten menu. Features illustration of five women and a cherub figure, signed by Gaston Linden, 1894. One woman is painting or drawing; another is playing a stringed instrument; another is raising a glass in a toast; another, holding an armful of books, appears to be writing the menu with a quill; a nude woman holds a cornucopia Restaurant: Cercle de Capucines Location: Paris, France

Text

Photograph of a man and boy at a desk in the Delamar Lode newspaper office, Delamar (Nev.), 1900-1925

Date

1898 to 1906

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.

Image

Photograph of students on the steps of the Las Vegas High School, Las Vegas (Nev.), 1900-1925

Date

1900 to 1925

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.)

Image

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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Mt. Charleston, Nevada, 1925

Level of Description

File

Archival Collection

Doris Hancock Photograph Collection
To request this item in person:
Collection Number: PH-00003
Collection Name: Doris Hancock Photograph Collection
Box/Folder: Folder 05 (Restrictions apply)

Archival Component

Mt. Charleston, Nevada, 1925

Level of Description

File

Archival Collection

Doris Hancock Photograph Collection
To request this item in person:
Collection Number: PH-00003
Collection Name: Doris Hancock Photograph Collection
Box/Folder: Folder 05 (Restrictions apply)

Archival Component

Photograph of a street corner near the Las Vegas Opera House, Las Vegas (Nev.), 1900-1925

Description

Titile on front reads Opera House, Las Vegas, Nevada
Caption: Opera House, Las Vegas, Nevada
Site Name: Opera House (Las Vegas, Nev.)

Image

Panaca, Nevada - general, 1925

Level of Description

File

Archival Collection

Union Pacific Railroad Collection
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Collection Number: MS-00397
Collection Name: Union Pacific Railroad Collection
Box/Folder: Box 86 (Restrictions apply)

Archival Component

Boomtown Casino and Hotel: archived website, 2016 to 2022

Level of Description

Other Level

Archival Collection

University of Nevada, Las Vegas Gaming Web Archive
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Collection Number: MS-01020
Collection Name: University of Nevada, Las Vegas Gaming Web Archive
Box/Folder: N/A

Archival Component