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Letter from A. S. Halstead to C. P. Smith, September 23, 1922
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Shipping Ore at Tonopah: photograph
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UNLV Libraries Single Item Accession Photograph Collection
The UNLV Libraries Single Item Accession Photograph Collection (approximately 1869-1999) contains photographs, postcards, negatives, and slides primarily pertaining to Southern Nevada, with a focus on Las Vegas, Nevada, collected by the University of Nevada, Las Vegas University Libraries, Special Collections and Archives. The collection primarily includes images of early Las Vegas, hotels and casinos along Fremont Street and the Strip, railroad infrastructure, local businesses, and residential neighborhoods. Also included are images of Hoover (Boulder) Dam's construction, MX Missile testing, Nevada mining camps, and the natural desert environment. Other images depict towns throughout Nevada including Boulder City, Henderson, Reno, Luning, Tonopah, Goodsprings, Delmar, Beatty, Panaca, Overton, Caliente, Logandale, and Aurora.
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Photograph of settling basin at the head of Hemenway Wash for water purification works in Boulder City, circa 1931
Settling basin at the head of Hemenway Wash for water purification works in Boulder City.
Transcribed Notes: Stamped on back of photo: Photograph by W. A. Davis Box 1169, Las Vegas, Nevada; Notes on photo sleeve: [Setting basin for making concrete. Upstream from the Dam about 5-10 miles. R.R. track may have crossed over to Arizona.] Photographer W.A. Davis disagrees: says this is part of a water purification plant; the settling basin shown purifies water. (documentation, 4/92)
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Letter from E. E. Bennett (Los Angeles) to William Reinhardt, September 30, 1952
The ability of the railroad to resist demands to increase water production would be aided if water production facilities were solely in the possession of the Las Vegas Land and Water Company
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Letter from Frank R. McNamee to A. S. Halsted, July 2, 1922
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Blank contract between the Los Angeles & Salt Lake Railroad and industrial users, June 1922
Blank contract between the Los Angeles & Salt Lake Railroad and industrial users
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Letter from A. S. Halsted to W. H. Comstock, July 15, 1922
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Bernada French oral history interview
Oral history interview with Bernada French conducted by James Doohan on March 16, 1977 for the Ralph Roske Oral History Project on Early Las Vegas. French discusses her career in geology and railroads in Southern Nevada.
Archival Collection
Map of water pipelines owned by or to be sold to the Las Vegas Valley Water District, March 1, 1953
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