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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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Tonopah and Tidewater Railroad Engine No. 10 at Death Valley Junction: 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. 

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Photograph of Combination Mine, Goldfield (Nev.),early 1900s

Description
Caption: Combination Mine Goldfield, Nev.

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Photograph of Mohawk Mine and Tonopah Goldfield Train, Goldfield (Nev.), early 1900s

Date
1900 to 1925
Description
Photograph of Mohawk Mine and Tonopah Goldfield Train, Goldfield (Nev.), early 1900s

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Photograph of a train passing the Yellow Tiger Mine, Goldfield (Nev.), 1900-1920

Date
1900 to 1920
Description
Caption: Yellow Tiger

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Letter from C. A. Earle Rinker to his family, October 25, 1906

Date
1906-10-25
Description
Letter home from Earle. He arrived in Goldfield. The letter touches upon his trip, his first impressions, he speaks of women, dust, elevation, his new job at MacMaster & MacMaster, costs of living, wages, and a fight in the city, there is a particularly interesting paragraph about Goldfield being lively and the amounts of money changing hands.

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Photograph of railroad cottages, Las Vegas (Nev.), 1911

Date
1911
Description
Row of railroad cottages in Clark's Las Vegas Townsite. Photograph is of a Wharton Drug Company postcard. 64 railroad cottages were built between 1909 and 1911 by the Las Vegas Land and Water Company for employees of the San Pedro, Los Angeles and Salt Lake Railroad.
Caption: R. R. cottages, Las Vegas, Nev. 1911

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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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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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Photograph of a building, Ralston (Nev.), 1906-1928

Date
1906 to 1928
Description
Abandoned building, possibly a railroad station, in Ralston, Nevada.

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