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Photograph looking west across the Las Vegas Valley towards the Spring Mountains
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Archival Collection
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Looking west across the Las Vegas Valley towards the Spring Mountains.
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Photograph looking east across the Las Vegas Valley from Whitney Mesa towards Lake Mead, before 1970
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Archival Collection
Description
Looking east across the Las Vegas Valley from Whitney Mesa towards Lake Mead.
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Photograph looking north across the Las Vegas Valley from Whitney Mesa towards the Sheep Mountains
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Archival Collection
Description
Looking north across the Las Vegas Valley from Whitney Mesa towards the Sheep Mountains.
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Photograph of a group of men in in front of sign for Leonard R. Fayle Reservoir and Pumping Station, May 1, 1969
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Archival Collection
Description
Group of men in front of a sign for the Leonard R. Fayle reservoir and pumping station
Transcribed Notes: Handwritten inscription on back: 1 May 1969 & names of men in photo (L-R)
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Transcript from interview with Rejoyce Williams by Claytee White, June 12, 1996
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Archival Collection
Description
Rejoyce Williams moved to Las Vegas with her husband and their six children in 1960. Williams grew up in Fordyce, Arkansas, and has also lived in California. When she arrived in Las Vegas, she worked as a maid at the Las Vegas Hilton and participated in the Culinary Union strike in 1970. In the interview, she discusses her involvement in church activities, and other anecdotes from her employment.
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Transcript from interview with Helen Anderson and Karen Walker by Claytee White and Barbara Tabach, February 21, 2014
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Archival Collection
Description
Helen Anderson came to Las Vegas in 1962 from Arkansas, and had her daughter, Karen, in 1967. The pair discusses the family business, Hamburger Heaven, and other businesses on Jackson Street and the Westside. They also talk about hte changes in the neighborhood and their work with the West Las Vegas Citizens for Hope group, and Karen's family services business.
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Photograph of Hemenway Wash and Colorado River from Highway 93, Clark County, circa 1929
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Archival Collection
Description
Looking east through Hemenway Wash towards the Colorado River from the newly constructed Highway 93.
Transcribed Notes: Handwritten inscription on back: Looking thru Hemenway wash to river from new hi-way to day site
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Photograph of two woman near springs in Las Vegas, circa 1912
Date
Archival Collection
Description
Two unidentified women standing next to the big Las Vegas Spring.
Transcribed Notes: Handwritten inscription on back: At Big Springs in Vegas - 1912?
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Photograph of bridge over Vegas Creek, Las Vegas, circa 1900
Date
Archival Collection
Description
Photograph of bridge over Las Vegas Creek south of the Old Mormon Fort.
Transcribed Notes: Printed on front: Vegas Creek and the old Bridge, Las Vegas Nevada, Oasis Confectionery Photo; Handwritten inscription on back: s. of Old Ranch - cross to school - 2nd & Lewis
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Postcard showing burros on the Stewart Ranch, before 1903
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Archival Collection
Description
A herd of wild burros drinking from the Las Vegas Creek on the Stewart Ranch
Transcribed Notes: Transcribed from front of postcard: "Burros: Stewart Ranch, Las Vegas, Nev." Transcribed from back of postcard: "W.P. Alter, Le Roy, Illinois."
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