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Mallory H. Ferrell Photograph Collection

Identifier
PH-00305
Abstract

The Mallory H. Ferrell Photograph Collection (approximately 1900-1935) is comprised of nine black-and-white photographic prints depicting railroads, locomotives, and mines in Tonopah, Nevada and Tecopa, California.

Archival Collection

Looking southeast from the pedestrian bridge where I-15, the railroad tracks, and the Las Vegas Wash meet in North Las Vegas, Nevada: digital photograph

Date
2018-11-27
Description

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 Civic Center Drive between Alexander Road and Cheyenne Avenue.

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Letter from J. K. W. Bracken to J. Ross Clark, December 14, 1904

Date
1904-12-14
Description
Letter discusses the need to pay the deputy sheriff in Las Vegas extra to patrol company property to protect against gang pillaging.

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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

Letter from H. T. Yoder to R. T. Walker, May 19, 1918

Date
1918-05-19
Description
Letter regards employment opportunitites.

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Maurine and Fred Wilson and Dr. William S. Park Photograph Albums

Identifier
PH-00222
Abstract

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

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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Looking south-southeast from the pedestrian bridge where I-15, the railroad tracks, and the Las Vegas Wash meet in North Las Vegas, Nevada: digital photograph

Date
2018-11-27
Description

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 Civic Center Drive between Alexander Road and Cheyenne Avenue.

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Letter from J. G. Scrugham to F. R. McNamee, March 9, 1923

Date
1923-03-09
Description
Letter calls into question expenses for protecting railroad property.

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Railroad tracks lead towards Black Mountain off Eastern Avenue north of Warm Springs Road, looking east-southeast in Las Vegas, Nevada: digital photograph

Date
2019-03-18
Description

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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