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Photograph of students on the steps of the Las Vegas High School, Las Vegas (Nev.), 1900-1925

Date
1900 to 1925
Description
Schoolchildren on the steps of Las Vegas High School. Many students were children of employees of the San Pedro, Los Angeles and Salt Lake Railroad Company. People identified in the photo: Barbara Bell, Enis Liddy, Bob Robbins, Art Mosbach, Tommy Loan, Glenn Trout, Dewey Higbee, Dave Kramer, Otto "Kelly Westlake", Ruth Schuyler, Elsie Goodrich, Iona Jurben. Date estimated between 1917-1918.
Site Name: Las Vegas High School (Las Vegas, Nev.)

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Aerial photograph of Alamo, Nevada, 1920-1925

Date
1920 (year approximate) to 1925 (year approximate)
Description

Alamo, Nevada from an overlooking hill

Transcribed Notes: Transcribed from front of photo: "Home Town. Alamo, Nevada. In 1920 to 1925."; Transcribed from photo sleeve: "An aerial of Alamo, Nevada looking west in the early 1920s. The four room schoolhouse where Logan Wright attended in 1954 is in the center-back of the picture. Alamo Services was owned and operated by Larry and Evy Davis."

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Queen Anne's Mansion, menu, January, 26, 1900

Date
1900-01-26
Description
Restaurant: Queen Anne's Mansions Location: London, England

Text

Photograph of the first artesian well near Taylor ranch, Las Vegas (Nev.), 1900-1925

Description
l-r John S. Park, W. R. Thomas, Ed von Tobel

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Photograph of a man and boy at a desk in the Delamar Lode newspaper office, Delamar (Nev.), 1900-1925

Date
1898 to 1906
Description
The Delamar Lode newspaper printing office during the letterpress era. Cast metal sorts, used to construct words for the paper, are in the background at the right. Examples of articles are posted on the wall in the upper left corner. This photograph is attributed to the Fred Steen Collection in Stanley W. Paher's book, Nevada Ghost Towns & Mining Camps, page 300. Mr. Steen, who lived in Delamar around the time of this photograph, moved with his family to Tonopah where he later worked as a mining bookkeeper.

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Photograph of a covered wagon travelling through a narrow rock formation, Eldorado Canyon (Nev.), 1900-1925

Date
1900 to 1925
Description
Caption: The Narrows, El Dorado Canyon.

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Photograph of Las Vegas Creek, Nevada, 1925

Date
1925
Description

Las Vegas Creek with what appears to be a wooden wire-wrapped pipeline running next to the creek.

Transcribed Notes: Transcribed from handwritten inscription on back of photo by Elizabeth Harrington: "Las Vegas Creek, formed by the overflow from one well that supplied the town of Las Vegas with its complete water supply for many years. This picture taken in 1925 near the head of the creek. Las Vegas Creek furnished a welcome playground for many youths, especially in the hot weather."

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Mormon Mountains, Ash Springs, Nevada, approximately 1925 August to 1925 September

Level of Description
File
Archival Collection
Chester R. Longwell Professional Papers
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Collection Number: MS-00017
Collection Name: Chester R. Longwell Professional Papers
Box/Folder: Box 02

Archival Component

Photograph of a street corner near the Las Vegas Opera House, Las Vegas (Nev.), 1900-1925

Description
Titile on front reads Opera House, Las Vegas, Nevada
Caption: Opera House, Las Vegas, Nevada
Site Name: Opera House (Las Vegas, Nev.)

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Caliente, Nevada, 1900-1930

Level of Description
Sub-Series
Scope and Contents

Materials contain photographs of Caliente, Nevada from 1900 to 1930, including photographs of the saloon fire from 1910, a bridge, a railroad tunnel, Caliente Grade School, and a mining crew.

Archival Collection
Elbert Edwards Photograph Collection
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Collection Number: PH-00214
Collection Name: Elbert Edwards Photograph Collection
Box/Folder: N/A

Archival Component