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Film transparency showing Helldorado parade in Las Vegas, circa 1940s-1950s
Date
1940 to 1959
Archival Collection
Description
An overhead view of Helldorado parade festivities on 1st & Fremont Street; a horse drawn parade carriage reads Eldorado Club.
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Film transparency of the buckboard dubbed "3 Kids Mine" in the Helldorado Parade on Fremont Street, Las Vegas, Nevada, May, 1958
Date
1958-05
Archival Collection
Description
Entry number 92 in the Helldorado Parade on Fremont Street, Las Vegas, Nevada, May, 1958 The buckboard is dubbed "3 Kids Mine," and is being pulled by two young oxen. Three young children are riding on the buckboard, while an unidentified man guides the livestock. They are in front of the Boulder Club, located at 118 Fremont Street. The Boulder Club was in operation from 1931-1960. A sign on the Boulder Club reads ""Farmer" Page - Enjoy the Old West - Jackpots, Craps, Bar, Keno, Roulette, Twenty-One." A smaller banner reads "J. K. Houssels - "Farmer" Page - Jim Young - Larry Hezzelwood."
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Photograph of airmen driving a horse-drawn coach, Nellis Air Force Base, Nevada, November 26, 1982
Date
1982-11-26
Archival Collection
Description
Two military airmen drive the Budweiser Clydesdale team on the landing field at Nellis Air Force Base, Nevada, alongside military aircraft. Site Name: Nellis Air Force Base (Nev.)
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Map of Lincoln and Clark Counties, Nevada, 1908
Date
1908
Description
'Map of Lincoln County, Nevada. Compiled by H.E. Freudenthal from official surveys. Copyright, 1908, by H.E. Freudenthal.' Relief shown by hachures and spot heights. Shows range and township grid. Shows towns, railroads, proposed railroads, wagon roads and springs. Scale [ca. 1:380,160]. 1 in. to approx. 6 miles (W 116°--W 114°/N 39°--N 35°).
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Photograph of people camped on the Colorado River in the Vegas Wash, 1910
Date
1910
Archival Collection
Description
People camping next to their wagon in the Las Vegas Wash near the Colorado River.
Transcribed Notes: Handwritten inscription on back: "Camped on Colorado River, Vegas Wash, Mother, Floyd, Shorty Mattuci, Capt. Jim Ladd's stage coach, Frank Toffs [or Totts?], mules, dog Dusty 1911."
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Photograph of men loading sacks of ore at Florence Lease, Goldfield (Nev.), early 1900s
Archival Collection
Description
Caption: No. 22. Loading. Ore. At. Florence.
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County agent project progress report, Domestic water supply for Bunkerville and Mesquite, November 1, 1936
Date
1936-11-01
Archival Collection
Description
Having been unsuccessful in obtaining reliable domestic water, Bunkerville and Mesquite were beginning an all-out lobbying campaign on various agencies for help.
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