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Letter from F. H. Knickerbocker (Los Angeles) to Walter R. Bracken (Las Vegas), June 10, 1927

Date
1928-07-25
Description

Letter from the Railroad stating that water meters were necessary to determine what a fair rate would be when the contract between the Railroad and the water company was re-negotiated.

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David Coons Photograph Collection

Identifier
PH-00029
Abstract

The David Coons Photograph Collection contains photographs and postcards depicting railroads in Nevada, California, and Utah from 1907 to 1956. The photographs depict trains and locomotives from the Tonopah & Tidewater Railroad, Union Pacific Railroad, San Pedro, Los Angeles & Salt Lake City Railroad, Bullfrog-Goldfield Railroad, Las Vegas & Tonopah Railroad, and Tonopah & Goldfield Railroad. The photographs also portray Arden, Nevada and the Arden Plaster Company Plant, Las Vegas High School after a fire, and early Fremont Street in Las Vegas, Nevada.

Archival Collection

Photograph of the future site of Boulder City, Nevada, April 18, 1931

Date
1931-04-18
Description
The grayscale, panoramic view of the area where the construction site of Boulder City was. A train and railroad tracks can be seen in the distant, rocky background.

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Photograph of turntable, Caliente, Nevada, circa 1920s

Date
1920 to 1929
Description
Turntable. Railroad yard.

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Letter from Frank Strong (Los Angeles) to C. H. Bloom, March 9, 1929

Date
1929-03-13
Description

Details for contracts for industrial connections to pipelines owned by the railroad.

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Panoramic photograph entitled "Rose & Palmer’s Teams" by Ramsey & Pierce, Las Vegas, Nevada. Written on

verso: "First cargo leaving Las Vegas for the Bullfrog Mining District after the railroad completed at the South end of Las Vegas. Las

Vegas had 13 tents, 2 corrals, 1 honkeytonk, 1 roundhouse. Lead Driver George Cooker; Swamper R.A. Gibson; Team Skinner Jack Wilson; Swamper Marcino Rose", 1905

Level of Description
Item
Archival Collection
UNLV University Libraries Collection on Southern Nevada Mining
To request this item in person:
Collection Number: MS-01209
Collection Name: UNLV University Libraries Collection on Southern Nevada Mining
Box/Folder: Flat File 02

Archival Component

Letter from Frank R. McNamee to A. S. Halsted, July 2, 1922

Date
1922-07-02
Description
Letter gives a report of an assault on a railroad employee by strikers. McNamee suggests railroad guards and officers should be armed.

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Chart, revised charges to the Las Vegas Land and Water Company, September 22, 1942

Date
1942-09-22
Description

Chart showing revised charges to the Las Vegas Land and Water Company from the Union Pacific Railroad Company for the years 1939-1941 and the first nine months of 1942 based on projected and actual water consumption in Las Vegas.

Transcribed Notes: Auditor of Disbursements' Office, Omaha, Nebraska - September 22, 1942.

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Letter from Leo McNamee to Fred E. Pettit, Jr., July 29, 1922

Date
1922-07-29
Description
Letter reports how many and where copies of injunction against railroad strikers were posted. Asks for extra deputies.

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