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Photograph of Walter Bracken inside the post office, Las Vegas (Nev.), 1908
Date
1908
Description
Walter Bracken stands inside the Las Vegas Post Office, which had been moved to the interior of the First State Bank on Fremont Street in 1907. Bracken served as Las Vegas' postmaster from 1904-1914. Pigeon holes containing sorted mail surround the room. Desks, stools and office equipment, including a postage scale, are seen. Calendars hang from the wall and electric lights hang from the ceiling.
Caption: Post Office, Las Vegas, 1908
Site Name: United States Post Office and Court House
Caption: Post Office, Las Vegas, 1908
Site Name: United States Post Office and Court House
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Photograph of Mohawk Mine and surroundings, Goldfield (Nev.), early 1900s
Date
Unknown year in the decade of the 1990s
Description
Inscription on back reads: "The wagon in the middle foregroundshows a dray hauling one of our 50 HP motors to the "Frances Mohawk" lease which is shown on the extreme left. This lease and the one in the center (the "Hayes-Monnetta") are each taking out over $40,000 per day. The houses in the distance are lying between Goldfield and Columbia. The large white building to the right and back is the Nevada Goldfield Reduction Works. The R.R. station is to the rear and left."
Caption: Mohawk Mine Goldfield, Nev. early 1900s. Railroad station to the rear and left.
Caption: Mohawk Mine Goldfield, Nev. early 1900s. Railroad station to the rear and left.
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Photograph of children in front of the Fifth Street Grammar School, Las Vegas (Nev.), 1936
Date
1936
Description
Children stand and play outside the Fifth Street Grammar School in Las Vegas. The school building is the center building in the photo. Built in 1910-1911 in the Mission architecture style, it housed Las Vegas' combined grammar and high schools until 1929, when Las Vegas High School was built. Some of the children are standing in a yard by what appears to be a volleyball or badminton net. Other children are seen walking towards the school building. All of the boys are wearing caps. Photograph taken between 1920-1933
Caption: Las Vegas Nev
Site Name: Fifth Street School (Las Vegas, Nev.)
Caption: Las Vegas Nev
Site Name: Fifth Street School (Las Vegas, Nev.)
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