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Letter enclosing report on Las Vegas water supply from Henry Albert (Reno) to Walter R. Bracken (Las Vegas) postmarked May 26, 1925

Date
1926-01-21
Description

Enclosed report entitled Investigation of the water supply of Las Vegas, Clark County, Nevada. On April 24, 1925, by Dr. Henry Albert, Director State Hygienic Laboratory, and Associate Sanitary Engineer, Isadore W. Mendelsohn, U.S. Public Health Service. Date stamp from the Las Vegas Land and Water Company

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Photograph of Edwin Kiel and Willard and Hampton George at Kiel Ranch, North Las Vegas (Nev.), 1893-1900

Date
1893 to 1900
Description
Adobe brick structure at the Kiel Ranch, between 1893 and 1900. Edwin Kiel (Sadie Kiel George's uncle) is in front of adobe. On horseback, left to right, Willard George, unidentified Native American man, Hampton George (Sadie's husband and Willard's father). 0105 0101 is a duplicate copy of this photo. Site Name: Kiel Ranch (North Las Vegas, Nev.)

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Series IX. Photographic prints, negatives, slides, and glass plate negatives, approximately 1900 to 1974

Level of Description
Series
Scope and Contents

The photographic prints, negatives, slides, and glass plate negatives series (1900-1974) consists of black-and-white and color prints and negatives of geological features, predominately in southern Nevada, California, and Arizona but including other locations in the United States, Europe, and Asia. Also included are photographs taken of the moon by the Mt. Wilson Observatory telescope, numerous negative albums, photographic slides used for instructional purposes, glass plate negatives, and several letters and documents associated with the photographic prints.

Archival Collection
Chester R. Longwell Professional Papers
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Collection Number: MS-00017
Collection Name: Chester R. Longwell Professional Papers
Box/Folder: N/A

Archival Component

Glaciation in the Kings River Canyon of the Sierra Mountains, MA thesis, draft and bound copy, 1925

Level of Description
File
Archival Collection
Jeanne Russell Janish Papers
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Collection Number: MS-00355
Collection Name: Jeanne Russell Janish Papers
Box/Folder: Box 07

Archival Component

Stardust New Years countdown (various cuts/options): video, 1995 December 20

Level of Description
File
Scope and Contents

Local news reports on Stardust showgirl image on the outside of a Western Pacific Airlines plane. Footage shows the showgirl whose image is used (Aki, who performs in Enter the Night) posing next to the plane and a small group of people gathered inside the airport for the reveal. Jim Seagrave (Stardust Marketing) explains how the photograph was taken, then sent off to a company to be made into a vinyl wrap for the plane. Original media VHS, color, aspect ratio 4 x 3, frame size 720 x 486.

Archival Collection
Stardust Resort and Casino Records
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Collection Number: MS-00515
Collection Name: Stardust Resort and Casino Records
Box/Folder: Digital File 00, Box 037

Archival Component

Anna Louise Trapnell high school graduation portrait from the Los Angeles High School, 1925 June

Level of Description
File
Archival Collection
Fayle Family Photographs
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Collection Number: PH-00113
Collection Name: Fayle Family Photographs
Box/Folder: Folder 03

Archival Component

Film transparency of Helen J. Stewart and another woman, circa early 1900s

Date
1900 to 1920
Description
Helen J. Stewart with an unidentified woman, probably in Las Vegas.

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Film transparency of Helen J. Stewart and two others, circa early 1900s

Date
1900 to 1920
Description
Helen J. Stewart with two unidentified people, probably in Las Vegas.

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Transparency of Las Vegas Fort, Las Vegas, circa early 1900s

Date
1900 to 1939
Description
A view of the Las Vegas Fort in Las Vegas, Nevada.

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Transparency of Las Vegas Fort, Las Vegas, circa early 1900s

Date
1900 to 1939
Description
The north end of Las Vegas Fort in Las Vegas, Nevada.

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