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Photograph of old wagon wheels on trail, Las Vegas, 1940
Date
1940
Archival Collection
Description
Handwritten note on back of photo: "Old Wagon wheel on trail near Las Vegas, Nevada - by Doris Hancock - 1940." Stamp on back of photo: "Insist on Riley's Perfect Prints Jul 1, 1940 Guaranteed to Please."
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Postcard of Union Pacific Station, Las Vegas, circa 1940
Date
1940
Archival Collection
Description
Text on front of post card: "New Union Pacific Station, Las Vegas, Nevada; Gateway to Boulder Dam; Copyright Boulder Dam Service Bureau." Text on back of postcard: "The new passenger depot of the Union Pacific in Las Vegas, Nevada, is the world's first streamlined, completely air-conditioned railroad passenger station. Typically modernistic western in motif, the structure has been described by architects as one of the most beautiful in design and superlatively complete in appointments, in the United States. Desert Souvenir Supply, Boulder City, Nevada."
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Photograph of Doris Hancock Elementary School, Las Vegas, circa 1965
Date
1965 to 1970
Archival Collection
Description
A woman standing near the front entrance of Doris Hancock Elementary School, Las Vegas.
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Photograph of Doris Hancock Elementary School, Las Vegas, 1965
Date
1965
Archival Collection
Description
The front exterior of Doris Hancock Elementary School, Las Vegas. Handwritten note on back of photo: "1965."
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Photograph of Doris Hancock Elementary School, Las Vegas, circa 1965
Date
1965 to 1970
Archival Collection
Description
A woman standing outside of the Doris Hancock Elementary School kindergarten room.
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Photograph of Doris Hancock Elementary School, Las Vegas, 1965
Date
1965
Archival Collection
Description
Doris Hancock Elementary School, Las Vegas. Handwritten note on back of photo: "Kindergarten room - Doris Hancock School - 1965."
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Postcard of the Hoover Dam site, Las Vegas, circa 1930
Date
1929 to 1935
Archival Collection
Description
Postcard showing the site in Black Canyon where Hoover Dam was originally meant to be built. The name evolved from "Black Canyon Dam" to "Boulder Dam" and was officially named Hoover Dam in the late 1940s. Note on front of post card: "Looking upstream Colorado river Black Canyon Dam Site"; Handwritten note and diagram on back of photo: "Hold this to light and you can get some idea of dimensions of dam."
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