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Photograph of parade celebrating Goldfield extension of Tonopah Railroad, Tonopah (Nev.), circa 1905
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Letter from Walter R. Bracken to C. O. Whittemore, January 17, 1908
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Letter from J. G. Scrugham to F. R. McNamee, March 2, 1923
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A railroad crossing Eastern Avenue north of Warm Springs Road is flanked by a single family neighborhood on one side and commercial development on the other, looking north-west in Las Vegas, Nevada: digital photograph
From the UNLV University Libraries Photographs of the Development of the Las Vegas Valley, Nevada (PH-00394). Part of the collection documents the entire 19 mile length of the north/south Eastern Avenue / Civic Center Drive alignment. This photograph was captured in the section of Eastern Avenue between Sunset and Warm Springs Roads.
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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.
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Letter from C. A. Earle Rinker to his family, October 25, 1906
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Photograph of railroad cottages, Las Vegas (Nev.), 1911
Caption: R. R. cottages, Las Vegas, Nev. 1911
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Letter from J. K. W. Bracken to J. Ross Clark, December 14, 1904
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Panoramic photograph of the railroad yards, Las Vegas (Nev.), 1907
Site Name: Las Vegas Ice and Manufacturing Company (Las Vegas, Nev.)
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Letter from J. G. Scrugham to F. R. McNamee, March 9, 1923
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