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The Gateway to Las Vegas from Boulder City, image 002: photographic print

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Date
1930 to 1939
Description
Fremont Street decorated for Helldorado celebration, 1930's (This photo gives an excellent close-up of the "Welcome to Las Vegas: the gateway to Boulder Dam" arch). Inscription with the image reads, "The arch was built to welcome Sectratary of the Interior Ray Lyman Wilbur to Las Vegas. He came to town for the ceremony of driving to the silver spike for the railroad branch from Las Vegas to Boulder City, September 17, 1930. Governor Balzar declared to carry spectators and notables to Braken, juction 7 miles south of Las Vegas on the SLC-LA line. "
Digital ID
pho031045
Physical Identifier
0149_0003
Permalink
http://n2t.net/ark:/62930/d1ff3mb5v
Details
Subject
Signs and signboards
Railroad terminals
Automobiles
Ranches
Time Period
1930s (1930 - 1939)
Place
Las Vegas
Resource Type
Image
Material Type
photographs
black-and-white photographs
photographic prints
Citation

pho031045. Alicia Lawrence Photograph Collection, 1982. PH-00149. Special Collections and Archives, University Libraries, University of Nevada, Las Vegas. Las Vegas, Nevada. http://n2t.net/ark:/62930/d1ff3mb5v

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Digital Provenance
Digitized materials: physical originals can be viewed in Special Collections and Archives reading room
Publisher
University of Nevada, Las Vegas. Libraries
Format
image/tiff