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Letter from Ross W. Smith to J. K. W. Bracken, June 10, 1903
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Letter from B. W. Dunn to John Ryan, August 23, 1910
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Letter from A. S. Halstead to C. P. Smith, September 23, 1922
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Letter from J. G. Scrugham to F. R. McNamee, March 9, 1923
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Letter from R. T. Walker to Pacific Audit & System Corp., March 20, 1918
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Arthur Walker Gregory Photograph Collection
The Arthur Walker Gregory Photograph Collection, approximately 1900 to 1920, consists of black-and-white photographic prints, and two corresponding negatives. Two of the images depict the first train to arrive in Las Vegas, Nevada from Salt Lake City, Utah in 1905, one with railroad employees in the foreground. The remaining images depict Arthur Walker Gregory’s class photographs at the Las Vegas Grammar School when he was in the first, third, and fifth grades.
Archival Collection
Jeff McColl Sr. oral history interview
Oral history interview with Jeff McColl Sr. conducted by Dennis L. Weigang on March 09, 1976 for the Ralph Roske Oral History Project on Early Las Vegas. In the interview, McColl discusses his early life moving back and forth between California, Nevada, and Texas before settling in Las Vegas, Nevada in 1925. McColl also discusses his work as a locomotive engineer for the Union Pacific Railroad Company, life in Las Vegas during the late 1920s and 1930s, and industrial and urban growth in Las Vegas.
Archival Collection
Maurine and Fred Wilson and Dr. William S. Park Photograph Albums
The Maurine and Fred Wilson and Dr. William S. Park Photograph Albums (1900-1930s) consist of twelve albums containing black-and-white photographic prints and three black-and-white photographic negatives. The photographs are primarily related to the families of William S. Park, John S. Park, and Fred and Maurine Hubbard Wilson. Included are images of the Park homes in Las Vegas, Nevada; Park and Wilson family members; scenes of early Las Vegas, Nevada; outdoor activities, and vacation trips to California, Colorado, and Mexico.
Archival Collection
Photograph of train car on tracks at rail yard, Las Vegas (Nev.)
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Photograph of tracks' end at rail yard, Las Vegas (Nev.)
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