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Film transparency of the Eldorado Club's interior (Las Vegas), circa 1950s

Date
1950 to 1959
Description

Interior of the Eldorado Club.
Site Name: Eldorado Club
Address: 128 East Fremont Street

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Film transparency of gamblers at a roulette table (Las Vegas), circa 1950s

Date
1950 to 1959
Description

Color transparency of gamblers at a roulette table.
Address: Las Vegas; Clark County; Nevada

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Photograph of Elton Garrett and students, Boulder City, Nevada, circa 1940s

Date
Unknown year in the decade of the 1940s (year approximate)
Description
Elton Garrett [right] poses with students in front of a building in Boulder City. Note: Patron commented that Mary Jane Carter Smith of the Boulder City High School Class of 1943 identified the following individuals in this photograph: unnamed teacher, unknown male, Mary Robertson, Frank Shelton, Delores Brown, Bob Clark, Lola Dunbar, Elton Garrett (teacher). Also commented that the photograph was probably taken around 1942.

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Photograph of the Arivada Ferry, 1916-1920

Date
1916 (year approximate) to 1920 (year approximate)
Description

Arivada Ferry, owned by Jim Cashman and operated by Pop Emery. Its primary purpose was to provide a way for Arizonans to get to Nevada where prohibition was not as strictly enforced.

Transcribed Notes: Transcribed from photo sleeve: "Arivada Ferry, 1916-1920. This ferry was owned by Jim Cashman and operated by Pop Emery (standing, in picture). Originally located at the upper end of Cottonwood Island, a few miles below where the Cottonwood Cove Resort is located, it was later moved due to lack of business to TriState, Nevada, where it served for a short time between the Katherine Mine in Arizona and the TriState Mine in Nevada. Its main purpose here was to provide a way for Arizonans to get to Nevada where prohibition laws were not strictly enforced."

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Transcript of interview with Christopher Phipps by Dennis McBride, November 6, 1998

Date
1998-11-06
Description

Christopher Phipps, attorney in Las Vegas discusses his life. Hailing from Honolulu, Hawaii, and his adventure that led him to Las Vegas, Nevada.

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Photograph of the Eglington barn, Las Vegas, circa 1911-1912

Date
1911 to 1912
Description
Black and white image of three people, probably the Lake-Eglington family, in front of the Eglington barn home in Las Vegas. The barn home was where the Lake-Eglingtons lived on the ranch while their actual house was being built.

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Photograph of Indian rugs and blankets, Pahrump Valley or Ash Meadows, Nevada, circa 1880s-1890s

Date
1880 to 1899
Description
A line of rugs and blankets in front of an Indian karnee with a shade shelter. A wagon is visible behind a small bush. The location is either Ash Meadows, Nevada or Pahrump, Nevada.

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Photograph of a young Paiute/Shoshone Indian astride a black horse, Pahrump, Nevada, circa 1880s-1890s

Date
1880 to 1899
Description
Cowboy, a young Paiute/Shoshone Indian, astride a black horse. Photo was most likely taken at Manse Ranch in Pahrump, Nevada.

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Photograph of Earl Rockwell and Bill Pearson behind City Bakery, Las Vegas, Nevada, circa 1910s-1920s

Date
1900 to 1929
Description
Earl Rockwell and Bill "Limey" Pearson standing with Müller & Yost City Bakery horse-drawn delivery wagon behind the bakery building. The location later became that of the Fortune Club.

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Photograph of Maurine Wilson's great-grandfather, circa late 1800s

Date
1870 to 1899
Description
Description provided with image: "Maurine Wilson's great-grandfather Naylor on Conklin side of the family. (Maurine's mother was a Conklin)."

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