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Train crossing a dry wash: photograph

Date
1910 (year approximate) to 1920 (year approximate)
Description
Train crossing a dry wash, Las Vegas. Handwritten in the back: "Old original dry wash going to Las Vegas. Train driven by John Charles Fremont Gregory." Handwritten front margin: "1st train to leave Las Vegas from Salt Lake City. Train driven by J.C.F. Gregory."

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Photograph of the Las Vegas Rotary Club's Christmas Party, Las Vegas, 1940

Date
1940
Description

A black and white image of Las Vegas Rotary Club members at a Christmas party in Las Vegas. The group is in front of the Apache Hotel. Club President A.C. Grant is seated beside a waving Santa Claus in an automobile bearing a sign that reads: "Rotary Xmas Party." Secretary Bryan L. Bunker is standing second from the right in the first row. This photo was taken from a time capsule in the cornerstone of the Union Pacific Railroad station located in Las Vegas. The time capsule was placed there in 1940 and was later retrieved when the building was demolished around 1970.

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Scrapbook of J. Ross Clark, undated

Description
Scrapbook of J. Ross Clark, undated

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Photograph of Amargosa Hotel, Death Valley Junction (Calif.), 1920-1935

Date
1920 to 1935
Description
Amargosa Hotel in Death Valley Junction, California. The sign above the entryway says that the hotel features a dining room and a coffee shop. Gentlemen sit and stand outside together under the shade.

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