Search Results
Photograph of streets of after the boom, Beatty (Nev.), early 1900s
Date
1900 to 1925
Archival Collection
Description
Per patron comment, the building on the far left is the Beatty Cash Store, also known as Mom and Pop Richings' Store, but is now called the Beatty Club. It has signs for Red Crown Gasoline, as well as one that reads "Welcome to Leadfield," and could be from the late 1920s.
Caption: Beatty after the boom. Awaiting another one.
Caption: Beatty after the boom. Awaiting another one.
Image
Photograph of the Adcock & Ronnow Department Store, Las Vegas, circa 1925
Date
1922 to 1927
Archival Collection
Description
The Adcock & Ronnow Department Store about 1925. The store building was located on the south side of Fremont Street between First & Second Streets. On the light pole is the sign B.P.O.E. 1948. designating the lodge rooms of the Las Vegas Elks, organized in Las Vegas on June 7, 1923, with the late Harley A. Harmon as the first Exalted Ruler. The second floor of the building was occupied by the Elks for many years. Physical object has an insert containing additional biographical information.
Image
Photograph of Stocker residence, Las Vegas, Nevada, November 1925
Date
1925-11
Archival Collection
Description
The Stocker home on 605 S. 3rd Street in Las Vegas, Nevada. Oscar Stocker, Harold's father, is pictured on the front porch at the right. A woman, probably Harold's mother, Mayme Stocker, is on the left.
Image
Photograph of Oliver Hardy and Jim Finlayson (Nev.), 1925-1929
Date
1925 to 1929
Archival Collection
Description
Oliver Hardy and Jim Finlayson dressed as characters in a western comedy filmed in Nevada. Oliver Hardy is pushing Jim Finlayson in a wheelbarrow.
Image
Photograph of Oliver Hardy and Milton Steele (Nev.), 1925-1929
Date
1925 to 1929
Archival Collection
Description
Oliver Hardy and Milton Steele in costume playing characters in a western movie fight scene.
Image
Photograph of a movie scene, Valley of Fire (Nev.), 1925-1929
Date
1925 to 1929
Archival Collection
Description
A stage coach-hold up scene being filmed in Red Anderson Wash, at the north end of Valley of Fire.
Image
Photograph of a movie scene, Valley of Fire (Nev.), 1925-1929
Date
1925 to 1929
Archival Collection
Description
A stage coach hold up scene being filmed at the north end of Valley of Fire.
Image
"Hearts Are Trumps" by L.W. Young, 1900
Level of Description
Item
Archival Collection
UNLV Libraries Collection of Gambling Related Sheet Music
To request this item in person:
Collection Number: MS-01100
Collection Name: UNLV Libraries Collection of Gambling Related Sheet Music
Box/Folder: Oversized Box 01
Collection Name: UNLV Libraries Collection of Gambling Related Sheet Music
Box/Folder: Oversized Box 01
Archival Component
Photograph of men at a mine entrance, Goldfield (Nev.), 1925-1935
Date
1925 to 1935
Archival Collection
Description
Men in suits gather at a mine entrance behind the Goldfield Hotel.
Image
Letter from H. T. Coffey (Las Vegas) to Walter R. Bracken, January 3, 1925
Date
1925-05-26
Archival Collection
Description
Coffey recommends not installing a hydropower water wheel on the Las Vegas Creek, but increasing capacity at the Las Vegas Power plant. The higher initial cost would be beneficial in the long run. "W-2-4-2" in pencil in upper right corner, letter also has numerous pencil corrections.
Text