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Letter from F. H. Knickerbocker (Los Angeles) to Walter R. Bracken (Las Vegas), June 10, 1927
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
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.
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Photograph of the future site of Boulder City, Nevada, April 18, 1931
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Photograph of turntable, Caliente, Nevada, circa 1920s
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Letter from Frank Strong (Los Angeles) to C. H. Bloom, March 9, 1929
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
Collection Name: UNLV University Libraries Collection on Southern Nevada Mining
Box/Folder: Flat File 02
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Letter from Frank R. McNamee to A. S. Halsted, July 2, 1922
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Chart, revised charges to the Las Vegas Land and Water Company, September 22, 1942
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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Panorama of Candelaria Valley: entrance to Pickhandle Gulch at left; Northern Belle loading bins and tailings are to its right and Northern Belle hill in center upper; railroad grade to Northern Belle can be seen diagonally up face of hill; at right, road connects with Main Street; stone building and Tarpey stone store to south and north of Main Street; ruins of Princess Mill foundations in center right: photographic print, photographic negative, approximately 1970
Collection Name: Nan Doughty Photograph Collection
Box/Folder: Folder 07
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Letter from Leo McNamee to Fred E. Pettit, Jr., July 29, 1922
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