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Photograph of men digging the railbed for the San Pedro, Los Angeles & Salt Lake Railroad Company, 1900-1925

Date

1900 to 1925

Description

Photograph of men digging the railbed for the San Pedro, Los Angeles & Salt Lake Railroad Company, 1900-1925

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Photograph of a woman and man wearing hats while sitting outdoors on a log, Las Vegas (Nev.), 1900-1925

Date

1900 to 1925

Description

Photograph of a woman and man wearing hats while sitting outdoors on a log, Las Vegas (Nev.), 1900-1925

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Photograph of horse-delivered mail being loaded onto an airmail flight, Las Vegas (Nev.), 1900-1925

Date

1900 to 1925

Archival Collection

Description

Photograph of horse-delivered mail being loaded onto an airmail flight, Las Vegas (Nev.), 1900-1925

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Photograph of adobe houses at Las Vegas Ranch, Las Vegas (Nev.), 1900-1925

Date

1900 to 1925

Description

Adobe houses at Stewart's old ranch. Side view of buildings comprising the main ranch house at Las Vegas Ranch. The buildings are made of adobe bricks. A covered porch is attached to the front of one of the houses. Large trees stand outside of the houses. A wire fence held up with wooden posts is seen to the left of the houses. Photograph undated. Ca. 1900-1905.
Site Name: Las Vegas Ranch (Las Vegas, Nev.)

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Photograph of the Shockley brothers (Walter Shockley, William Hillman Shockley, George Shockley), 1900-1925

Date

1900 to 1925

Description

l-r Walter Shockley, William Hillman Shockley, George Shockley

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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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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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