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Letter from Walter R. Bracken to C. O. Whittemore, January 17, 1908

Date
1908-01-17
Description
Letter concerns railroad oil pumping run-off into Las Vegas Creek affecting Bracken's crops.

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Aerial photograph of Las Vegas looking northwest, late 1950s

Date
Unknown year in the decade of the 1950s (year approximate)
Description

Aerial view of Las Vegas looking northwest. Fremont Street in center, running west.

Transcribed Notes: Notes on photo sleeve: Aerial view of Las Vegas looking west. Fremont Street in center, running west.

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"Las Vegas & Tonopah Railroad - The Goldfield Route" map

Date
1910
Description

Map showing "Las Vegas & Tonopah Railroad 'The Goldfield Route.'" On the back it lists a timetable, railroad employees and executives, and descriptions of districts and towns: Johnnie, Beatty, Rhyolite, Bonnie Clare, Goldfield, Tonopah, Manhattan, Round Mountain, and Hornsilver.

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Photograph of Pacific Coast Borax Company Mill, Death Valley Junction (Calif.), 1915

Date
1915
Description
Pacific Coast Borax Company mill at Death Valley Junction. This is the south end of the mill, with railroad tracks leading out of the image at the bottom left corner.

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Panoramic photograph of the railroad yards, Las Vegas (Nev.), 1907

Date
1907
Description
San Pedro, Los Angeles and Salt Lake Railroad yards, located within the Las Vegas Valley, opposite Clark's Las Vegas Townsite. Clark's Townsite is visible and at right is Las Vegas Ice and Manufacturing Company.
Site Name: Las Vegas Ice and Manufacturing Company (Las Vegas, Nev.)

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Photograph of Fraternal Order of Eagles Aerie Float at Tonopah Railroad Carnival, Tonopah (Nev.), early 1900s

Date
Unknown year in the decade of the 1900s
Description
Photograph of Fraternal Order of Eagles Aerie Float at Tonopah Railroad Carnival, Tonopah (Nev.), early 1900s

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Photograph of people watching the driving of the silver spike at the Tonopah Railroad Carnival, Tonopah (Nev.), early 1900s

Date
Unknown year in the decade of the 1900s
Description
Photograph of people watching the driving of the silver spike at the Tonopah Railroad Carnival, Tonopah (Nev.), early 1900s

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Aerial photograph of Union Pacific Railroad yards, Las Vegas, late 1920s

Date
1925 (year approximate)
Description

Aerial view of Las Vegas and Union Pacific Railroad yards.

Transcribed Notes: Transcribed from back of photo: "[Identified by Dave Coons as LV Valley w/UPRR yards in Foreground. Late 1920s?] [Kim Geary - Roberts IDs ca 1931. EP 6-21-84]."

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Railroad by the Colorado River: photographic print

Date
1932
Description
Six Companies gravel pit railroad near the Colorado River.

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Telegram from Leo A. McNamee to A .S. Halsted, July 6, 1922

Date
1922-07-06
Description
Message concerns keeping strikers off railroad property.

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