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Beckley Family Photograph Collection

Identifier
PH-00148
Abstract

The Beckley Family Photograph Collection (approximately 1891-1982) consists of black-and-white photographic prints and negatives and color photographic slides. The images depict the Beckley family, their businesses in southern Nevada, and Las Vegas, Nevada as the city developed during the first half of the twentieth century. Also included are images of airplanes at the first Las Vegas airport Anderson Field, later renamed Rockwell Field in 1925, Fremont Street in Las Vegas, and postcards of mining towns across southern Nevada.

Archival Collection

Kiel (Taylor) Ranch, 1964

Level of Description
Sub-Series
Scope and Contents

Materials contain photographs from the Kiel (Taylor) Ranch from 1964, including photographs of the ranch, John Park's house, and other buildings. The Kiel Ranch was one of earliest non-indigenous settlements in the Las Vegas Valley, and it has become infamous as the site of the murders of Ed and William Kiel committed in 1900. The ranch is now in North Las Vegas and is administered by the North Las Vegas Neighborhood and Leisure Services Department.

Archival Collection
Elbert Edwards Photograph Collection
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Collection Number: PH-00214
Collection Name: Elbert Edwards Photograph Collection
Box/Folder: N/A

Archival Component

Native American children: photographic print

Date
1909 (year uncertain) to 1988 (year uncertain)
Description

From the Nye County, Nevada Photograph Collection (PH-00221) -- Series V. Smoky Valley, Nevada and Round Mountain, Nevada -- Subseries V.C. Lofthouse-Berg Families (Round Mountain). Children unidentified; date unknown, possibly circa 1900-1930s.

Image

Black-and-white photograph of two women in the Stewart family ranch yard, Las Vegas (Nev.), 1908

Date
1908
Description

Photograph of two women in the Stewart family ranch yard, Las Vegas (Nev.), 1908

Image

Black-and-white photograph of two women in Stewart family ranch yard, Las Vegas (Nev.), 1908

Date
1908
Description

Photograph of two women in Stewart family ranch yard, Las Vegas (Nev.), 1908

Image

Postcard of a man standing in front of house made of metal cans, Tonopah, (Nev.), 19000-1920

Date
1900 to 1920
Description
Caption: The Can House, Tonopah, Nevada.

Image

Photograph from Ferron-Bracken Collection photograph album 2, page 79

Date
1905 (year approximate) to 1935 (year approximate)
Description

Photograph of a person in a hat sitting on a rock in a creek. Boulders and desert plants surround the creek. A small tree and mountains are visible in the background.

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