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Photograph of a freight team hauling coal in Lincoln County (Nev.), 1900-1925
Date
1900 to 1925
Description
This is a coal team such [as] they drive in this country ha[uling] coal to the furnaces. From (?) 24. Twelve and fourteen is what they use hauling freight from the railroad to the inland camps. They are handled by one man and drove with a jerk line.
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Photograph of horse-delivered mail being loaded onto an airmail flight, Las Vegas (Nev.), 1900-1925
Date
1900 to 1925
Description
Photograph of horse-delivered mail being loaded onto an airmail flight, Las Vegas (Nev.), 1900-1925
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Photograph of businesses in early Las Vegas, Las Vegas (Nev.), 1900-1925
Date
1900 to 1925
Description
Businesses visible include The Gem (J. W. Horden proprietor), Arizona Club, Gem lunch counter, Saloon, Red Onion Club, and The Arcade.
Site Name: Arizona Club (Las Vegas, Nev.)
The Gem (Las Vegas, Nev.)
Red Onion Club Saloon (Las Vegas, Nev.)
Site Name: Arizona Club (Las Vegas, Nev.)
The Gem (Las Vegas, Nev.)
Red Onion Club Saloon (Las Vegas, Nev.)
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Photograph of adobe houses at Las Vegas Ranch, Las Vegas (Nev.), 1900-1925
Date
1900 to 1925
Description
Adobe houses at Stewart's old ranch. Side view of buildings comprising the main ranch house at Las Vegas Ranch. The buildings are made of adobe bricks. A covered porch is attached to the front of one of the houses. Large trees stand outside of the houses. A wire fence held up with wooden posts is seen to the left of the houses. Photograph undated. Ca. 1900-1905.
Site Name: Las Vegas Ranch (Las Vegas, Nev.)
Site Name: Las Vegas Ranch (Las Vegas, Nev.)
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Photograph of the first permanent railroad depot, Las Vegas (Nev.), 1900-1925
Description
Inscription on back reads: First permanent R.R. Depot in Las Vegas
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Photograph of the Salt Lake Depot railyard, Las Vegas (Nev.), 1900-1925
Description
Caption: Salt Lake Depot, Las Vegas, Nevada
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Photograph of men gathered in the Goldfield gambling hall, Goldfield (Nev.), 1900-1925
Description
Inscription on front reads: Faro Bank 576 Goldfield Nev.
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Photograph of the Shockley brothers (Walter Shockley, William Hillman Shockley, George Shockley), 1900-1925
Date
1900 to 1925
Description
l-r Walter Shockley, William Hillman Shockley, George Shockley
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Photograph of students and teachers outside of a school, Las Vegas (Nev.), 1900-1925
Date
1900 to 1925
Description
School children and teachers pose outside a one-story wooden building identified as "the only school in Las Vegas at the time". The school building was moved by railroad from Rhyolite to the corner of 2nd Street and Lewis in Las Vegas. People identified in the photo are, beginning with front row, left to right: #1: sister of #5 (name unknown); #5: sister of #1 (name unknown); #7: Kessler ( Ernie May's sister); #9: Otto "Kelly" Westlake; #10: Ernie May; #29 Older son of Tom Squires; #38: Tom Lake; #40: Mrs. Palmer (teacher who ran the high school); #41: Mrs. Bartlet (teacher who ran the grammar school). Approximate date between 1905-1910.
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Photograph of a group of people posing outdoors, Las Vegas (Nev.), 1900-1925
Date
1900 to 1925
Description
Group of students and teachers from a Sunday school pose outdoors around 1914. Original legend with the numbers has been lost. The remaining text reads: Small children in front: #5-Fay Kessler; #7-(?) Kessler; Daisy French behind #7. Sitting on end: Gertrude Martin and Martha Kramer. Standing: #3-Mrs. Chas. Ball holding George; #6-Wanda Ball; #11-Mrs. Noblitt; #12-Bob Griffith; #4-(?) Noblitt; #17-Mrs. Palmer; #18-Hazel Gray; #19-Lola May Ball; Rev. Palmer in back of her; #20-Nellie McWilliams; #21-Mrs. Bray
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