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Early Las Vegas, Nevada photographs, approximately 1900 to 1961, 1905 to 1930

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Scope and Contents

The early Las Vegas, Nevada photographs depict the development and growth of Las Vegas, Nevada from approximately 1900 to 1961. The photographs depict the Stewart Ranch (also known as the Las Vegas Ranch), the Mormon Fort, the Las Vegas Townsite Auction of 1905, Fremont Street, the Union Pacific Railroad depot, the San Pedro, Los Angeles and Salt Lake Railroad depot, and significant buildings. The items described include black-and-white photographic prints, postcards, and negatives; items listed are photographic prints unless otherwise specified. Numbered items inside oversized boxes are photographs within scrapbooks and have been digitized.

Archival Collection
Ferron and Bracken Photograph Collection
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Collection Number: PH-00001
Collection Name: Ferron and Bracken Photograph Collection
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Archival Component

Photograph of Caliente School, Nevada, late 1800s - early 1900s

Date
1870 to 1939
Description
The Ronnow children standing in front of the one-room Caliente School in Nevada.

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Postcard of the Hotel Nevada, Las Vegas, circa early 1900s

Date
1905 to 1911
Description
An exterior view of the Hotel Nevada before the 1911 fire, as indicated on the top left corner of postcard.

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Photograph of Lottie Wengert, Las Vegas, (Nev.), 1925-1945

Date
1925 to 1945
Description
Lottie Wengert posing on the front lawn in what is most likely Las Vegas, Nevada. This photograph was taken sometime between 1925-1945.

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Photograph of Sunrise Mountain, Southern Nevada, circa mid 1900s

Date
1935 to 1965
Description
A view of Sunrise Mountain that dominates the virgin Las Vegas Valley from the East in Southern Nevada.

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Photograph of Dyerbury building in Rhyolite, Nevada, circa early 1900s

Date
1920 to 1940
Description
An exterior view of the Dyerbury Building in Rhyolite, Nevada with broken windows. People and a parked car are in front of it.

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Photograph of area near Virginia City, Nevada, circa early 1900s

Date
1900 to 1910
Description
Area near Virginia City, Nevada.

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Photograph of Oliver Hardy (Nev.), 1925-1929

Date
1925 to 1929
Description
Oliver Hardy in costume as a character in a western comedy filmed in Nevada.

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Photograph of houses, Goldfield (Nev.), 1900-1920

Date
1900 to 1920
Description
Photograph of houses, Goldfield (Nev.), 1900-1920

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Photograph of a house in Goldfield (Nev.), 1900-1920

Date
1900 to 1920
Description
Photograph of a house in Goldfield (Nev.), 1900-1920

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