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Reports - Annual State Labor Commission, Water and Electric Light Utilities (1 of 2)

Date
1913 to 1946
Description
Series 2. Las Vegas Land and Water Company -- Walter Bracken and the Las Vegas, Nevada Office -- Water Company

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Maps of water bearing lands, 1953

Level of Description
File
Archival Collection
Las Vegas Land & Water Company Records from the Las Vegas Valley Water District
To request this item in person:
Collection Number: MS-00912
Collection Name: Las Vegas Land & Water Company Records from the Las Vegas Valley Water District
Box/Folder: Box 02

Archival Component

An unidentified couple sitting near a body of water: photographic print

Date
1890 (year approximate) to 1980 (year approximate)
Description
An unidentified couple sitting near a body of water. Several boats are visible in the background.

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Map of Las Vegas showing areas owned by the Union Pacific Railroad Company, water pipes and other water utilities, circa 1942

Date
1938 to 1946
Description
Map showing downtown Las Vegas and tracts to the west showing water supply lines, wells, springs, and settling basins. Various areas outlined in red and yellow. Scale [ca. 1:7,200] 1 in.=600 feet. Cadastral map. Blueline print. Areas owned by railroad outlined by hand in different colored markers. Library's copy includes hand-written calculations.

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Photograph of a couple water skiing on Lake Mead, 1936-1950

Date
1936 to 1950
Description
A boat pulls two people water skiing together on Lake Mead.

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Photograph of a man water skiing, Lake Mead, late 1940s

Date
1945 to 1949
Description
An unidentified man water-skiing on Lake Mead. He is holding on to the handle with one hand.

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LVLWC, Las Vegas, Nevada - Extension and Replacement of Water Lines

Date
1952 to 1953
Description
Series 2. Las Vegas Land and Water Company -- General Manager, Manager of Properties, and Manager of Industrial Development in Los Angeles, California -- Industrial Development Subject Files

Mixed Content

Panoramic view of a body of water: photographic slide

Date
1977 to 1991
Description

From the Sister Klaryta Antoszewska Photograph Collection (PH-00352)

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Water tank behind the Davies home on Main Street: photographic print

Date
1947 to 1949
Description

From the Nye County, Nevada Photograph Collection (PH-00221) -- Series III. Beatty, Nevada -- Subseries III.G. Reidhead Family. The water tank was a part of the old Revert water system in town and provided water to the homes in the vicinity of the Davies' residence. 

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Las Vegas, Nevada - water situation in Las Vegas Valley

Date
1944 to 1945
Description
Series 2. Las Vegas Land and Water Company -- General Manager, Manager of Properties, and Manager of Industrial Development in Los Angeles, California -- Industrial Development Subject Files

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