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Photograph album 1, Ferron-Bracken Collection, circa 1905-1935, page 80

Date

1905 to 1935

Description

Photograph in the upper left of this page shows the Clark's Las Vegas Townsite auction of May 15, 1905. Photograph at the bottom of the page is a panoramic view of the town of Las Vegas as seen from the railyard.

Image

Panoramas: Goldfield and Tonopah, Nevada: photographic prints

Date

1900 (year approximate) to 1902 (year approximate)

Description

From the Nevada Mining Photograph Collection (PH-00361).

Image

Deed for a parcel of land, Las Vegas Land and Water Company to the Las Vegas Valley Water District, Audit No. 5354, June 1, 1954

Date

1954-06-01

Archival Collection

Description

Deed of the land sold to the Las Vegas Valley Water District from the Las Vegas Land and Water Company. Notarized by Louis Scholnick in Douglas County, Nebraska on June 3, 1954.

Text

Toles-Turner Family, 1930-1951

Level of Description

Sub-Series

Scope and Contents

Materials contain photographs of the Toles-Turner Family from 1930 to 1951, including photographs of mushroom clouds produced by the Nevada Test Site, the Clay Camp in Ash Meadows, ore cars transporting ore, and the Tonopah and Tidewater Railroad.

Archival Collection

Nye County, Nevada Photograph Collection
To request this item in person:
Collection Number: PH-00221
Collection Name: Nye County, Nevada Photograph Collection
Box/Folder: N/A

Archival Component

Letter from G. F. Ashby (Omaha) to William Reinhardt, September 12, 1948

Date

1948-09-12

Archival Collection

Description

Ashby agreed with Reinhardt that extending water lines beyond the city limits, even for fire protection, set a dangerous precedent

Text

Letter from E. E. Cunningham (Yermo, Cal.) to J. P. Mack, November 27, 1930

Date

1930-11-27

Archival Collection

Description

Discussion of selling water to people living next to the Arden Pipeline, provided they were not using the water to manufacture moonshine.

Text

Letter from F. H. Knickerbocker (Los Angeles) to Walter R. Bracken (Las Vegas), August 26, 1930

Date

1930-08-26

Archival Collection

Description

Letter outlining the procedure for a one-time purchase of bulk drinking water on the St. Thomas line.

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