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Photograph of Jake Beckley and Ed Von Tobel, Sr. in front of the Ed. Von Tobel Lumber Company, Las Vegas (Nev.), 1900-1925

Date
1905 to 1976
Description
Ed Von Tobel, Sr. and Jake Beckley stand in front of the Von Tobel Lumber Company on South First Street in Las Vegas. Pictured are the office, lumber storage, shed and sales room. Beckley, Ed. Von Tobel Sr.'s business partner is seen standing on a horse-drawn wagon on the left. Behind the wagon are stacked shingles. The lumber company was founded in 1905, shortly after the Las Vegas townsite lot auction, but moved from its original location on South Main Street when that proved to be "too far out of town" for business. The South First Street building was destroyed by fire in 1914. Photograph taken 1905?-1906?

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Letter from W. H. Bancroft to J. Ross Clark, February 4, 1911

Date
1911-02-04
Description
Letter approving construction of railroad employees' cottages in Clark's Las Vegas Townsite.

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Blueprint of a passenger station for the Union Pacific Railroad Company, August, 1939

Date
1939-08
Description
Sheet A-5 of 11 sheets. Job number 150. Passenger station for Union Pacific Railroad Company, Las Vegas, Nevada. Blueprint includes plans and details of column and beam connection for arcade, framing arcade roof at northwest corner, letters on exterior, canopy at baggage room entrance, sections over check room, straight arcade connection to wall, south wall of cooling tower, south wall of equipment room, and framing plans for second floor over check room and canopy and typical curved arcade roof and east entrance canopy.
Site Name: Union Pacific Railroad Passenger Station (Las Vegas, Nev.)

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S.P., L.A. & S.L. Railroad plan of Las Vegas passenger station, sheet 4, March 31, 1905

Date
1905-03-31
Description
Pen and ink architectural drawings and text, including notations in pencil for the construction of the San Pedro, Los Angeles and Salt Lake Railroad passenger station, located northwest of Clark's Las Vegas Townsite. Set of sheets includes: no. 1. Elevations (rear, front and sides) -- no. 2. Floor plans (first and second floors) -- no. 2a. Water supply-soil and roof drainage -- 3 Foundation of roof plan -- no. 4. Sections and Details -- no. 5. Section and details (roof framing) -- no. 6. Details (details of baggage room frames) -- no. 7. Details (part elevation of main front gable) -- no. 8. Details (door and window frames) -- no. 9. Details (full size detail of cornice) -- no. 10. Details (cove and architraves moulding) -- no. 11. Details (full size mouldings) -- no. 12. Details (gutters) -- no. 13 Cesspool for passenger depot at Las Vegas Nevada. Scales vary.
Site Name: Las Vegas Passenger Station (Las Vegas, Nev.)

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