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Photograph of Donna May Brown and Betty Lea Brown, Boulder City, Nevada, August 13, 1931

Date

1931-08-13

Description

The gray scale view of Donna May Brown and Betty Lea Brown in Boulder City, Nevada. Miss Donna Brown, four years old, and Miss Betty Brown, three years old, are wearing white jump suits and are standing in front of a truck with two unidentified men behind them.

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Photograph of the Las Vegas Chamber of Commerce, Las Vegas, February 27, 1940

Date

1940-02-27

Description

A black and white image from a Chamber of Commerce meeting in Las Vegas. This group of men and women are standing in front of an unidentified building with signs advertising its dining room and the Apache Beauty Salon. This photo was taken from a time capsule in the cornerstone of the Union Pacific Railroad station located in Las Vegas. The time capsule was placed there in 1940 and was later retrieved when the building was demolished around 1970.

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Photograph of Helen Slattery and Dutch Goerman, Las Vegas, 1940

Date

1940

Description

A black and white image of Helen Slattery, Chicago General Traffic employee for United Airlines, sitting with Dutch Goerman, Secretary of the Las Vegas Chamber of Commerce, in a vehicle from 1904 with the sign "Desert Love Buggy." This photo was taken from a time capsule in the cornerstone of the Union Pacific Railroad station located in Las Vegas. The time capsule was placed there in 1940 and was later retrieved when the building was demolished around 1970.

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Photograph of Union Pacific Railroad General Manager William H. Guild, Las Vegas, 1940

Date

1940

Description

A black and white portrait of the General Manager of the Union Pacific Railroad, William H. Guild. Mr. Guild was general manager specifically of the south-central district of Salt Lake City, Utah. This photo was taken from a time capsule in the cornerstone of the Union Pacific Railroad station located in Las Vegas, Nevada. The time capsule was placed there in 1940 and was later retrieved when the building was demolished around 1970.

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Photograph of a man sitting on a horse amid a group of people at a Union Pacific Old Timer's Club gathering at the Fremont Hotel, Las Vegas, circa 1940

Date

1938 to 1940

Description

A black and white image of a man with a drink sitting on a horse at a Union Pacific Old Timer's Club No. 23 gathering at the Fremont Hotel during Helldorado Days. This photo was taken from a time capsule left in the cornerstone of the Union Pacific Railroad Station in Las Vegas. The capsule was placed there in 1940 and retrieved when the building was demolished around 1970.

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Photograph of construction of an office building on Fremont Street, Las Vegas, Nevada, circa 1920s-1930s

Date

1920 to 1939

Description

Construction of an office building on Fremont Street, west of 4th Street, in Las Vegas, Nevada. A sign outside of the site reads: "Professional Building. Desirable office for rent. Janitor service. See owner Carl Ray. Boulder Lumber & Supply Co., 406 South 2nd, Phone 324." Another sign says that wiring is by Bruce Bros.

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Photograph of Hotel Las Vegas, Las Vegas, 1905

Date

1905

Description

The Hotel Las Vegas tent in Las Vegas, Nevada. The handwritten inscription on the back reads, "Hotel Las Vegas, built by Las Vegas Trading Company in 1905. It was located on North Main St. between Stewart St. and the creek, across from Woodards Downtown Camp on ground later occupied by Elwells Warehouse. All canvas and lumber used in building was cut to size and holes bored, in Los Angeles, ready to be bolted together, upon arrival in Las Vegas. Hotel had twenty rooms; floor space was 40 by 130 feet. Kitchen and dining room are seen next door to hotel in right. The hotel was managed by Charles P. Squire. Photo by Eddy Gillette 1905."

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Photograph of people boarding Bonanza Air Craft, Las Vegas, circa 1945-1950s

Date

1945 to 1959

Description

A group of women departing on a Bonanza Air Craft from McCarron International Airport in Las Vegas, Nevada. From left to right: Alta Ham, Juanita Gusewelle, Delphine "Mom" Squires, Florence Murphy, Phyllis "Phyl" Cherry, Ruth Ferron, Mal Morledge, Lola Woodbury, Leah Cashman, ?, Clara Breeze, Jean Boggs, and Anna Fayle.

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Photograph of people boarding Bonanza Air Craft, Las Vegas, circa 1945-1950s

Date

1945 to 1959

Description

A group of women departing on a Bonanza Air Craft from McCarron International Airport in Las Vegas, Nevada. From left to right: Orion Sims, Alta Ham, Florence Murphy, Juanita Gusewelle, Delphine "Mom" Squires, Phyllis "Phyl" Cherry, Ruth Ferron, Mal Morledge, Lola Woodbury, Leah Cashman, ?, Clara Breeze, Jean Boggs, and Anna Fayle.

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Photograph of women at luncheons, circa 1945-1950s

Date

1945 to 1959

Description

A luncheon, probably in Las Vegas, Nevada. From left to right: Ruth Ferron, Clara Breeze, ?, Delphine "Mom" Squires, ?, Lola Woodbury (standing), Jean Boggs, Veronica Harmon, Florence Murphy, ?, ?, ?, Orion Sims (standing), Phyllis "Phy" Cherry, Juanita Gusewelle, Leah Cashman, Mel Marledge, and Anna Fayle.

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