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Photograph of people outside of the First State Bank of Las Vegas (Nev.), 1905
Date
1905
Description
Three buildings visible in McWilliams' Townsite. The center building is occupied by the First State Bank of Las Vegas and Kuhn's Mercantile. The building on the right is the U.S. Post Office. The building on the left is unidentified.
Site Name: First State Bank (Las Vegas, Nev.)
Site Name: First State Bank (Las Vegas, Nev.)
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Photograph of a group of men outside businesses in the McWilliams' Townsite, Las Vegas (Nev.), 1905
Date
1905
Description
Group of men standing outside businesses in McWilliams' Original Las Vegas Townsite. The Las Vegas Bank & Trust Company and Las Vegas Drug Company are visible. Signage includes the name, Doctor C A Rucker.
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Photograph of C. A. Earle Rinker on his 24th birthday, Goldfield (Nev.), September 07, 1907
Date
1904-09-07
Description
Caption: In front of office next door to office where I worked. Taken on my 24th Birthday. Sept. 7-1907 Goldfield Nev.
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Photograph of Thanksgiving banquet at the Holland Hotel, Pioneer (Nev.),November 24, 1911
Date
1911-11-24
Description
Thanksgiving banquet at the Holland Hotel, Pioneer, Nevada, November 24, 1911
Caption: Handwritten in bottom margin of photograph:"Mrs. O'Brien at head of table. C W Thomas 2nd on right." Caption handwritten below photograph: "Thanksgiving banquet, Pioneer Hotel,Pioneer, Nevada, November 1911." The hotel was the Holland Hotel, in Pioneer, Nevada. It was managed by Mr. & Mrs. J. D. O'Brien at the time. Charles W. Thomas became the postmaster of Pioneer, Nevada in October 1911.
Site Name: Holland Hotel (Pioneer, Nev.)
Caption: Handwritten in bottom margin of photograph:"Mrs. O'Brien at head of table. C W Thomas 2nd on right." Caption handwritten below photograph: "Thanksgiving banquet, Pioneer Hotel,Pioneer, Nevada, November 1911." The hotel was the Holland Hotel, in Pioneer, Nevada. It was managed by Mr. & Mrs. J. D. O'Brien at the time. Charles W. Thomas became the postmaster of Pioneer, Nevada in October 1911.
Site Name: Holland Hotel (Pioneer, Nev.)
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Photograph of people at the pavilion during Clark's Las Vegas townsite sale, Las Vegas (Nev.), 1905
Date
1905
Description
An auction held May 15-16, 1905 to sell lots within Clark's Las Vegas Townsite. A group of men and women stand on and around a covered wooden platform outdoors. The auctioneer stands to the left of center at the front of the platform. The decision to auction lots within Clark's Las Vegas Townsite was not made until May 10, 1905. Auctioneer C.O. Whittemore was the president of the Las Vegas Land and Water Company.
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The "Rat Pack" performing at the Four Chaplains Memorial, Las Vegas, Nevada, February 7, 1960
Date
1960-02-07
Description
Peter Lawford, Frank Sinatra, Sammy Davis Jr., Joey Bishop, and Dean Martin on stage during the Four Chaplains Memorial Jack Entratter and the Sands put on at the Convention Center on Four Chaplains Day, Sunday, February 7, 1960. Site Name: Las Vegas Convention Center (Las Vegas, Nev.); Sands Hotel and Casino
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The "Rat Pack" performing at the Four Chaplains Memorial, Las Vegas, Nevada, February 7, 1960
Date
1960-02-07
Description
Sammy Davis Jr., Peter Lawford, Joey Bishop, and Dean Martin on stage during the Four Chaplains Memorial Jack Entratter and the Sands put on at the Convention Center on Four Chaplains Day, Sunday, February 7, 1960. Site Name: Sands Hotel and Casino
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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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Postcard of a tent store, Montezuma (Nev.), 1908
Date
1908
Description
Montezuma was the site of extensive mining activity from the 1860s-1880s but was dormant in the early 1900s when the Goldfield strike was made. According to the information painted on the front of the "Road House" of the "Montezuma Trading Company", the traveler or prospector could purchase "Wines & Liquors, Tobacco, Miners Supplies, Hay & Grain, and Groceries" at the store. Montezuma was located in the Montezuma Mountains seven miles west of Goldfield and was experiencing a resurgence precipitated by the discoveries at Goldfield.
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Photograph of Harold Stocker, Reading, Pennsylvania, circa 1915-1930
Date
1915 to 1925
Description
Black and white photograph of Harold Stocker as a lifeguard in a pool in Reading, Pennsylvania.
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