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Map of California, and territories of Utah, Nevada, Colorado, New Mexico and Arizona, 1864
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Map of California, Utah, Nevada, Colorado, New Mexico and Arizona, 1864
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Group photograph of men in swim wear at the Las Vegas Ranch, 1916
Group of swimmers at the Lake Vegas Ranch with the ruins of the Mormon Fort in the background. Information provided by Special Collections included a photocopy of the photograph identifying three of the individual in the photograph. The second person from the top, on the left, is Robert Griffith. The fourth person down (standing) is Otto "Kelly" Westlake. The man sitting directly in front of Westlake is Jay Warren Woodard.
Transcribed Notes: Transcribed from photo sleeve: "Group at the old ranch - just north of the present Elks club. Group was mainly railroad employees, the picture was taken in 1916. [Identified are] Robert Griffith - (his dad, T. W. Griffith, developed the Mt. Charleston resort area.) Robert was chairman of the Colorado River Commission.; Otto "Kelly" Westlake (Kelly is a nickname); Jay Warren Woodward had the first Chevrolet agency."
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Marcelina Sandusky standing in backyard located within the original Sunrise Acres community with the water tower visible in the background: photographic print
Around the turn of the century, Ramon Sanchez emigrated from Spain to the United States where he became a rancher in Tremonita, New Mexico. Many years later, his son, Cesario, migrated to Liberal, Kansas, to work on the railroad. It was there that his daughter, Marcelina, pictured above, was born and raised and where she eventually met and married her musician husband, Gene Sandusky. In 1941, the Sanduskys moved to Las Vegas where they settled in a new housing tract called Sunrise Acres. Some 45 years later, Mrs. Sandusky stands in her back yard with the original Sunrise Acres community well and water tower looming prominently in the background. Presently, Mrs. Sandusky is working hard to gather the history of that still cohesive neighborhood, one of the earliest in Las Vegas.
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Transcript of interview with Chet Carrigan by Robert Kahre, February 17, 1981
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Marie Horseley oral history interview
Oral history interview with Marie Horseley conducted by Suzanne Becker on June 13, 2007 for the Voices of Historic John S. Park Neighborhood Oral History Project. In this interview Horseley discusses marrying her husband, moving to Las Vegas, Nevada into the historic John S. Park neighborhood, and the state of the neighborhood when she moved there. She also discusses how she used to know all of her neighbors no matter their background, the changes in the neighborhood, and how she would never relocate to a different house.
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Ray D. Merrill interview, March 14, 1978: transcript
On March 14, 1978, collector Rick Merrill interviewed his father Ray Merrill (born May 22nd, 1933 in Wynona, Oklahoma) about living in Southern Nevada. In this interview, Mr. Merrill speaks extensively about working while growing up in Las Vegas, Nevada. From eleven years old on, he worked as a paperboy, shoe shiner, and grocery store clerk, among other jobs. He also talks about being a student at Las Vegas High School and what he and others did for recreation. The discussion also includes the history of hospitals in Las Vegas as well as what doctors’ offices were like.
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United States Harbor Reports, 1914-1940
The United States Harbor Reports series (1914-1940) contains blueprints, photographs, and maps of freight terminals related to transportation in and around various United States seaports, including Boston, Massachusetts; Norfolk, Virginia; Baltimore, Maryland; New York City, New York; New Orleans, Louisiana; Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; Houston, Texas; and Los Angeles, California.
Collection Name: Union Pacific Railroad Collection
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Walter Bracken and the Las Vegas, Nevada Office, 1828-1968
The Walter Bracken and the Las Vegas, Nevada office sub-series (1828-1968) is comprised of information related to the development of Las Vegas, Nevada and Yermo, California, including land and water purchases and sales, company cottage leases, accounting, Board of Directors meetings, the Las Vegas Ranch and other documentation.
Collection Name: Union Pacific Railroad Collection
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Las Vegas, Nevada hotel and casino photographs, 1940-1959
Materials depict hotels and casinos in Las Vegas, Nevada from approximately 1940 to 1959. The photographs primarily depict the Desert Inn, El Rancho Vegas, the Flamingo Hotel, the Hotel Fremont, the Last Frontier Hotel, the Riviera Hotel, the Sands Hotel, and the Thunderbird Hotel. The photographs also depict the Helldorado Days Parade in Las Vegas and the parade floats sponsored by hotels.
Collection Name: Union Pacific Railroad Photographs
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