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Arthur Walker Gregory Photograph Collection

Identifier
PH-00197
Abstract

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

Photograph of unidentified buildings, circa early 1900s

Date
1900 to 1939
Description
An unidentified building, possibly near Las Vegas, Nevada.

Image

Santa Fe Railroad Depot: photographic print

Date
1930 (year approximate) to 1980 (year approximate)
Description
The Santa Fe Railroad Depot, located in Searchlight, Nevada.

Image

Tonopah and Tidewater Engine No. 9: photographic print

Date
1930 to 1939
Description

From the Nye County, Nevada Photograph Collection (PH-00221) -- Series III. Beatty, Nevada -- Subseries III.G. Reidhead Family. Beatty Mountain is visible in the background. 

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Water tank belonging to the Tonopah and Tidewater Railroad: photographic print

Date
1937 to 1939
Description

From the Nye County, Nevada Photograph Collection (PH-00221) -- Series III. Beatty, Nevada -- Subseries III.G. Reidhead Family. The man in the foreground has been identified as Mr. Hilton.

Image

Film transparency of a railroad yard, Las Vegas, 1913

Date
1913
Description
Black and white image of a railroad yard in Las Vegas, Nevada.

Image

Film transparency of a railroad yard, Las Vegas, 1913

Date
1913
Description
Black and white image of a railroad yard in Las Vegas, Nevada.

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Film transparency of a railroad yard, Las Vegas, 1913

Date
1913
Description
Black and white image of a railroad yard in Las Vegas, Nevada.

Image

Transcript of interview with John F. Cahlan by Radmila Radovich, February 27, 1980

Date
1980-02-27
Description
John Cahlan (1902-1988) is interviewed by Radmila Radovich about the beginning of Las Vegas, including the role of the Union Pacific Railroad and its need for water. Cahlan discusses the changes in Las Vegas over time, including the evolution of the Western Air Express station to Nellis Air Force Base, as well as his concerns for the future of Las Vegas.

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Supplemental agreement (blanks not filled) between Los Angeles & Salt Lake Railroad and partner companies and the Las Vegas Water District, C. L. D. No. 11362-1, 1954

Date
1954
Description

The purchase contract for the Las Vegas Land and Water Company allows for the contract to be annulled if its bonds are not sold by December 31, 1953. This contract rescinds that deadline, allowing as much time as needed for the sale of the bonds. Agreement that all parties will ignore the provision that any party can terminate the agreement if the bonds do not sell by May 1, 1954.

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