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Photograph of Fremont Street, buildings, and automobiles, Las Vegas (Nev.), 1900-1925

Date

unspecified year in 192X

Description

Fremont Street east of Main Street intersection in early 1920's. Photograph of parked cars and businesses including Bank of Southern Nevada, Las Vegas Hotel, Las Vegas Cafe, and a bakery.
Site Name: Fremont Street (Las Vegas, Nev.)

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Photograph of businesses in early Las Vegas, Las Vegas (Nev.), 1900-1925

Date

1900 to 1925

Archival Collection

Description

Businesses visible include The Gem (J. W. Horden proprietor), Arizona Club, Gem lunch counter, Saloon, Red Onion Club, and The Arcade.
Site Name: Arizona Club (Las Vegas, Nev.)
The Gem (Las Vegas, Nev.)
Red Onion Club Saloon (Las Vegas, Nev.)

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Photograph of people, automobiles and wagons on Main Street, Pioneer (Nev.), 1900-1925

Description

Inscription on front reads: Welch & Tune Photo Goldfield Goldfield Nev Main St. Pioneer Nev. Per patron comment, the second business from the left is the Vienna Bakery Cafe, and a fire started there on May 7, 1909 that burned down all of the businesses in that row. Patron also noted that the sign on the back of the car reads "Alkali Bill's Auto Line," and this was a company that provided transportation from the Bullfrog Goldfield Railroad depot in Springfield to Pioneer.

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Photograph of a street corner near the First State Bank, Las Vegas (Nev.), 1900-1925

Date

1900 to 1925

Description

Site Name: First State Bank (Las Vegas, Nev.)

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Photograph of Jake Beckley and Ed Von Tobel, Sr. in front of the Ed. Von Tobel Lumber Company, Las Vegas (Nev.), 1900-1925

Date

1905 to 1976

Description

Ed Von Tobel, Sr. and Jake Beckley stand in front of the Von Tobel Lumber Company on South First Street in Las Vegas. Pictured are the office, lumber storage, shed and sales room. Beckley, Ed. Von Tobel Sr.'s business partner is seen standing on a horse-drawn wagon on the left. Behind the wagon are stacked shingles. The lumber company was founded in 1905, shortly after the Las Vegas townsite lot auction, but moved from its original location on South Main Street when that proved to be "too far out of town" for business. The South First Street building was destroyed by fire in 1914. Photograph taken 1905?-1906?

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Map of downtown Las Vegas, Nevada, circa 1952-1955

Date

1952 to 1955

Description

Title in upper left and right margins: Las Vegas, Nevada. Identifies business tenants in the downtown area and includes property valuations, measurements, addresses, etc. Cadastral map. Oriented with north to the lower right.Text, illustrations, aerial photos, and ancillary map of the Las Vegas Strip on verso. Cataloger has determined date of map to be between 1952 and 1955 because the Sahara and the Sands Casinos are shown on the verso of the map, and they both opened in 1952, but the Riviera and the Dunes opened in 1955, and they are not shown on the map. Also, the Hotel Last Frontier is shown on the verso of the map, and its name was changed to New Frontier in 1955. Note: Many of the property names and addresses are erroneous when compared to Las Vegas business directories from the same period.

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Photograph of Hotel Nevada, Las Vegas (Nev.), 1912

Date

1912

Description

Site Name: Hotel Nevada (Las Vegas, Nev.)

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Postcard of scenes of Goldfield, Nevada and Gold Hill, Nevada, circa 1910s

Date

1910 to 1919

Description

A picture postcards with photographs of Goldfield, Nevada, Gold Hill, Nevada, George Wingfield in 1906, a 20-mule team, miners eating bacon around a campfire, and a gambling hall where men are playing roulette, faro and craps.

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