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Register of the Hotel Nevada, July 1, 1910-Sept. 12, 1911

Date

1910 to 1911

Archival Collection

Description

Guest register for the Hotel Nevada which opened on the southeast corner of Main Street and Fremont Street in Las Vegas in 1906. This particular volume lists guest names and their home cities for the period spanning July 1910 through September 1911.
Site Name: Hotel Nevada (Las Vegas, Nev.)

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Letter from R. H. Beauchamp to Walter R. Bracken, December 21, 1922

Date

1922-12-21

Archival Collection

Description

Letter discusses possible peaceful measures that can be taken against strikers and the I.W.W. in Las Vegas. R.H. Beauchamp was the Special Representative of the Vice President of the Union Pacific System Lines.

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Jacque Ruud at the cotton gin: photographic print

Date

1963 to 1964

Description

From the Nye County, Nevada Photograph Collection (PH-00221) -- Series IV. Pahrump, Nevada -- Subseries IV.B. Ruud Family. Jacque Ruud at the cotton gin in 1963 or 1964, Nevada, standing beside the year's first bale of cotton. A prize was awarded for the first bale of the year, and growers used to practically handpick their first bale to try to win that prize. The sign says, "NEVADA GIN 1st COTTON BALE". There are some ineligible words on the bottom of the sign. 

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