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Postcard of trees at Mormon Fort, Las Vegas (Nev.), 1924

Date

1924 (year uncertain)

Description

Scene at Mormon Fort (Las Vegas Ranch) underneath the trees. Inscription with image reads: "A shady spot at Las Vegas, NV. (early 1900s) postcard. (1924?)"

Image

Close-up of Orville Knighton Reed: photographic print

Date

1900 (year approximate)

Description

From the Nye County, Nevada Photograph Collection (PH-00221) -- Series VII. Other areas in Nye County -- Subseries VII.H. Reed Family (Kawich Mountains, Nevada). Known to all in Nye County, Nevada, as O.K. Reed. Knighton was his mother’s maiden name. Reed came to the Tonopah area in 1900.

Image

Junior League of Las Vegas Photograph Collection

Identifier

PH-00097

Abstract

The Junior League of Las Vegas Photograph Collection contains photographic prints and negatives, as well as postcards of locations in and around Las Vegas, Nevada between approximately 1900 and 1980. Early photographs in the collection offer views of the Las Vegas townsite, buildings, railroads, the Las Vegas High School, Overland Hotel, Arizona Club, and residential areas. Other photographs during this time depict the Hoover Dam (Boulder Dam) construction and Death Valley, California. Later photographs show the University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV) campus, downtown Las Vegas, and the Las Vegas Strip.

Archival Collection

Raymond Brooks Papers on Mining

Identifier

MS-01153

Abstract

The Raymond Brooks Papers on Mining (approximately 1900-1955) document Brooks' time working in the mining and railroad industries in central and southern Nevada, as well as in Rhodesia (Zimbabwe). Brooks worked as a mining engineer and executive in many Nevada mining districts, including Goldfield, Tonopah, Bullfrog, Rawhide, Chloride, Beatty, Wonder, and Searchlight. The collection consists of photographs, photograph albums, ledgers and mining certificates, correspondence, and publications that all relate to mining. Notable figures mentioned in material throughout the collection include George Nixon, George Wingfield, William MacMaster, and James Butler.

Archival Collection