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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 cars parked in front of the Hotel Fayle, Goodsprings (Nev.), 1900-1925

Description

Inscription on photo reads $27,000 Hotel Fayle at Goodsprings
Caption: $27,000 Hotel Fayle at Goodsprings
Site Name: Hotel Fayle (Goodsprings, Nev.)

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Photograph of the first permanent railroad depot, Las Vegas (Nev.), 1900-1925

Description

Inscription on back reads: First permanent R.R. Depot in Las Vegas

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Photograph of men gathered in the Goldfield gambling hall, Goldfield (Nev.), 1900-1925

Archival Collection

Description

Inscription on front reads: Faro Bank 576 Goldfield Nev.

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Photograph of Edwin S. Giles survey office, Goldfield (Nev.), 1900-1925

Archival Collection

Description

White Death Valley holly in Indian basket on wall. Drawers were 40" deep and went through the wall.

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Photograph of a group of people posing outdoors, Las Vegas (Nev.), 1900-1925

Date

1900 to 1925

Description

Group of students and teachers from a Sunday school pose outdoors around 1914. Original legend with the numbers has been lost. The remaining text reads: Small children in front: #5-Fay Kessler; #7-(?) Kessler; Daisy French behind #7. Sitting on end: Gertrude Martin and Martha Kramer. Standing: #3-Mrs. Chas. Ball holding George; #6-Wanda Ball; #11-Mrs. Noblitt; #12-Bob Griffith; #4-(?) Noblitt; #17-Mrs. Palmer; #18-Hazel Gray; #19-Lola May Ball; Rev. Palmer in back of her; #20-Nellie McWilliams; #21-Mrs. Bray

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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 horse-drawn ice carriage, Goldfield (Nev.), 1900-1925

Date

1900 to 1925

Description

Unidentified man stands next to carriage (possibly carrying ice) pulled by two horses. Side of car reads "Goldfield and Columbia Ice."

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Photograph of students and teachers outside of a school, Las Vegas (Nev.), 1900-1925

Date

1900 to 1925

Description

School children and teachers pose outside a one-story wooden building identified as "the only school in Las Vegas at the time". The school building was moved by railroad from Rhyolite to the corner of 2nd Street and Lewis in Las Vegas. People identified in the photo are, beginning with front row, left to right: #1: sister of #5 (name unknown); #5: sister of #1 (name unknown); #7: Kessler ( Ernie May's sister); #9: Otto "Kelly" Westlake; #10: Ernie May; #29 Older son of Tom Squires; #38: Tom Lake; #40: Mrs. Palmer (teacher who ran the high school); #41: Mrs. Bartlet (teacher who ran the grammar school). Approximate date between 1905-1910.

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