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Postcard of railroad cottages, Las Vegas (Nev.), 1911
Date
1911
Description
A row of railroad cottages in Clark's Las Vegas Townsite. The view is looking northeast to the corner of Third Street and Garces Street. The original image was from a Wharton Drug Company postcard. 64 railroad cottages were built between 1909 and 1911 by the Las Vegas Land and Water Company for employees of the San Pedro, Los Angeles and Salt Lake Railroad.
Caption: Wharton Drug Co.
Site Name: Clark's Las Vegas Townsite (Las Vegas, Nev.)
Caption: Wharton Drug Co.
Site Name: Clark's Las Vegas Townsite (Las Vegas, Nev.)
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Postcard of Main street at Bonneville, Las Vegas (Nev.), 1912
Date
1912
Description
A Wharton Drug Company postcard showing Clark's Las Vegas Townsite in 1912. The view is from the intersection of Main Street and Bonneville Street looking southeast with the railroad cottages in the background. The railroad cottages were built by the Las Vegas Land and Water Co. for employees of the San Pedro, Los Angeles & Salt Lake Railroad. 64 cottages, filling 4 blocks within Clark's Las Vegas Townsite, were completed in 1911
Caption: Wharton Drug Co.
Caption: Wharton Drug Co.
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Photograph of children and their lemonade stand in Las Vegas, 1932
Date
1932
Description
Left to right: Paul Harrington, Leslie H. Smith, John Harrington, Dorothy Snider and Vincent Harrington around a lemonade stand in the summer of 1932. Two automobiles in the background. The children are on the west side of the 500 block of Second Street with a row of the railroad cottages on the opposite side of the street. Leslie H. Smith was born in Las Vegas in 1927 and lived at 624 South 6th Street. Sixty-four railroad cottages were built by the Las Vegas Land and Water Company for employees of the San Pedro, Los Angeles and Salt Lake Railroad.
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Blueprint of a passenger station for the Union Pacific Railroad Company, A-1, August, 1939
Date
1939-08
Description
Sheet A-1 of 11 sheets. Job number 150. Passenger station for Union Pacific Railroad Company, Las Vegas, Nevada. Blueprint includes details of main stair, metal facia, drains for waiting room roof and main roof, gutter and roof guard, ladder to equipment room, and attic vent.
Site Name: Union Pacific Railroad Passenger Station (Las Vegas, Nev.)
Site Name: Union Pacific Railroad Passenger Station (Las Vegas, Nev.)
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