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0001Ferron-Bracken
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Old Ranch
0001 Anna Bracken
0002 Burros, Stewart Ranch (postcard)
0003 Swimming pool
0004 Mr. Stewart and "Baboon", 1906
Early Las Vegas
0005 First depot SP, LA, & SL No. 12 coach, Las Vegas
0006 SP, LA & SL Depot Las Vegas 1908?
0007 SP, LA & SL Depot Las Vegas 1908
0008 Drag-Line hoist-on fill at sta. 334, UPRR const.
0009 First State Bank, 1905 (frame bldg.)
0010 Las Vegas Pharmacy
0012 Old Fifth Street School, 1910 (postcard)
0013 Old Fifth Street School (copy of postcard)
0014 Old Fifth Street School, (included high school and kindergarten buildings., c. 1920)
0015 Episcopal Church (copy of postcard)
0016 Nevada hotel, Main and Fremont (copy of postcard)
0017 Golden Hotel, s.w. corner 4th and Fremont
0018 Hotel Charleston
0019 Las Vegas Hospital
0020 1st and Fremont (copy of postcard)
0021 1st and Fremont, Frashers photo
0022 1st and Fremont, ca. 1930
0023 3rd and Fremont Oakes photo
0024 Main and Bonneville (copy of postcard)
0025 Squires home, s. side Fremont between 4th and 5th
0026 Desert Homes… (4th and Fremont) (copy of postcard)
0027 John S. Park (later Ferron) residence, 4th and Fremont (postcard)
0028 W.R. Thomas residence (postcard)
Mounted Photographs (dup. Wilson 0014-0093-100)
0029 Aerial view
0030 Fireworks
0031 Fairgrounds
0032 Fairgrounds
0033 Exhibits at fair
0034 Cars at fairground
0035 Exhibits at fairground
0036 Horserace
Folder 1-2
Later Las Vegas
0037 Aerial view, downtown
0038 Fremont and 2nd, night scene, Oakes photo (postcard)
0039 Fremont Street looking east, BDSB photo (postcards)
0040 Clark County House BDSB, photo )postcard)
0041 Clark County House and landscaping, Oakes photo (postcard)
0042 B.P.O. Elks Lodge, BDSB photo (postcard)
0043 N. 3rd Street
0044 Las Vegas High School, Oakes photo (postcards)
0045 Corner 4th and Fremont, 1937 Oakes photo (postcard)
0046 Meadows Country Club, Oakes photo (postcard)
0047 Lorenzi Park, Oakes photo (postcard)
Nevada
0048 Boulder City view towards downtown (postcard)
0049 Bullfrog Miner print shop
Colorado River, Boulder (Hoover) Dam
0050 Prayer of thanks, signing bill to build dam
0051 Colorado River, looking downstream from dam, BDSB (postcard)
0052 Looking downstream in Boulder Canyon, Oakes photo (postcard)
0053 Aerial, Hoover Dam site, Boulder Canyon
0054 High scalers, Oakes photo (postcard)
0055 Construction activities, 1934 (postcard)
0056 Looking upstream, construction midway (postcard)
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Colorado River (continued)
0057 Entrance to one of the four 56-foot diversion tunnels (postcard)
0058 Construction, Jan. 1934, Oakes photo (postcard)
0059 Construction, 1934, Oakes photo (postcard) Night scene
0060 Upstream face and intake towers, Frashers, photo (postcard)
0061 Concrete mixers (postcard)
0062 Hoover Dam, as it will look, U.P. photo (postcard)
0062 Hoover Dam, as it will look, U.P. photo (postcard)
0064 Water discharge, canyon wall outlets, Frashers photo (postcard)
0065 Water discharge, looking downstream, Frashers photo (postcard)
0066 Boulder Dam at night, Frashers photo (postcard)
0067 Elevator towers, Frashers photo (postcard)
0068 Downstream face, Herz postcards (postcard)
0069 Lowering loaded boxcar, BDSB (postcard)
0070 On the top of Boulder Dam (postcard)
0071 Nevada lookout point (postcard), BDSB photo
0072 Visitors gallery, Oakes photo (postcard)
0073 Boulder lake, Oakes photo (postcard)
0074 Boulder Lake, Oakes photo (postcard) Note: This photo used as publicity shot: fish imported from S. Calif.
0075 Boating on Boulder lake, BDSB, photo (postcard)
Folder 1-3
Nevada (cont.)
0076 Old Fort Collville (Callville), Oakes photo (postcard)
0077 Yellow Pine Mine no. 1 shay locomotive, Goodsprings, NV.
0078 School children, St. Thomas (postcard)
0079 Valley of Fire (postcard)
0080 Valley of Fire, Oakes photo (postcard)
Desert flora, fauna, characters
0081 Cart and burros entitled "Blazing the Trail to Hoover Dam", Oakes photo (postcard)
0082 Desert from Arrowhead Trail, Oakes (postcard)
0083 "A Native Son of Southern Nevada," (burro), Oakes photo (postcard)
0084 "The Desert in Southern Nevada, near Las Vegas", Oakes photo (postcard)
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Desert Flora, fauna, characters (cont.)
0085 Panamint Mountains, Death Valley
0086 "An Old Prospector on the desert , Southern Nevada", Oakes photo (postcard)
People
0087 Jim Wilson, sons, Walter Bracken at Sandstone ranch, 1904
0088 Four generations of Squires Women (Delphine grandmother Anderson, Florence Squires Boyer, Alice Boyer)
0089 Paying cards: Ruth Ferron, Delphine Squires, Peggy Schuyler, Anna Bracken, Leva Beckley, Down photo, 1944.
0090 Production cast of "The Mikado"
0091 Founders of Rotary Club, 1941
0092 Signing of Six Companies contract (OVERSIZED), including Al Cahlan, Walker Young Henry J. Kaiser, C.P. Squires (Dup. In the Lake Eglington #0010 0071)
0093 Rotary Club in military costume, ca 1940
0094 Las Vegas Chamber of Commerce Board of Directors (OVERSIZED) 1961
0095 Unidentified group; individuals include Bruce Beckley, Ernie Cragin, Wayne Kirch (OVERSIZED)
0096 United Fund Board, including Gerry Hyland, Margaret Fendell, Bill Lewis
Additions to Ferron Collection
0097 Aerial view, downtown Las Vegas (OVERSIZED)
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Nevada
Folder 1-4
Las Vegas
0098 Old Ranch.
0099 Two ladies standing near gate, probably Old Ranch
0100 Two boys standing near pond, probably Old Ranch
0101 Man standing near artesian well, probably Old Ranch.
0102 Man sitting near artesian well, probably Old Ranch
0103 Probably old Las Vegas scene.
0104 Original U.P. Depot- now site of Union Plaza Hotel
0105 Townsite-probably early Las Vegas scene
0106 Railroad employee homes from South 1st, 2nd, 3rd?
0107 1917 looking west from 1st and Fremont
0108 Ice House upper right in distance probably early Las Vegas
0109 Methodist Church upper right Palace Hotel left center
0110 Union Pacific Railroad Yards
0111 Department store-early Las Vegas
0112 NE corner 1st and Fremont
0113 NE corner 1st and Fremont
0114a NW corner 1st and Fremont
0114b 1917 looking SE from 1st and Fremont
0115 Colossal shows (circus in Las Vegas)
0116 Same as above
0117 Same as above
0117a Advertisement on elephant in parade for :Beckley-Stetson Hats, Gents Furnishings, Walk Over Shoes, Hotel Nevada Blk." (neg. only)
0118 Mesquite Market SE corner 1st and Fremont
0119 Mesquite Grocery
0120 Colossal Shows
0121 Mesquite Grocery
0122 Colossal Shows (Circus in Las Vegas)
0123 Mesquite Grocery, Colossal Shows (Circus in Las Vegas)
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Rotary Affair
0124 Possibly a Rotary affair, 1941 when Army Air Base Began
Miscellaneous
0125 Freighter with 8-mule team
0126 Looking for gold
0127 Handsome Joe
0128 Landscape scene, mule team
0129 Possible scene from early Las Vegas
0130 Man standing near stream
0131 Moonlight view of Delamar Mill
0132 Miscellaneous---no identification. Possible Black Canyon and the dam site, c. 1930's (pre-construction) (Neg. only) Groups of people in some.
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Album 1
1:1.2 (neg. only) man panning outside tent, 1907
1:1.5 Camp Eldorado Canon, March 1907
1:2.1-6 1)Eldorado Canon 1907: 2) Boarding house; and Mill, Eldorado, 1907; 3) Parachant, 1907; 4) Mrs. Dugan, 1908; 5) Meadow Valley Wash, 1905; 6) Meadow Valley Wash, April 1907
1:3. 1-5 Narrow Eldorado Canon 2) St. George, UT temple 1907 3) Mio (Indian Women) 1907 4) Colorado River at Eldorado Canon, 1907 5) Wharf at Eldorado Canon 1907
1:5.1-5 1) Views of Callville w/Indian brush shelter lean-to 2) Corrals, Callville 3) Unidentified Man 4) Home of Daniel Bonelli
1:7.1 (neg. only) picnic, Red Rock
1:13.5 San Pedro, Los Angeles, & Salt Lake RR survey party, Feb. 1902
1:21.2 Old Fort area w. ranch house in background
1:21.3 (neg. only) Old ranch house
1:21.4 Orchard, Old Ranch L.V.
1:22.2 (neg. only) Out buildings, Old ranch L.V. 1907
1:22.4 Scene at Stewart Ranch
1:23.1 (neg. only) Old Ranch, L.V. , Nev., April 1907
1:24.1 Walter Bracken and unid. Man in car in desert
1:24.2 Walter and Anne Bracken in auto 1908
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Album 1 (cont.)
1: 26.4 (neg. only) "Jim" Salisbury 1907
1:27.1 (neg. only) Walter Bracken 1906
1:27.2 Walter Bracken, Post Office, L.V. 1908
1:40 Mountain of salt, Virgin Valley, near Colorado River
1:41 Salt Mine, Virgin Valley, near Colorado River
1:47.8 (neg. only) "Bill and Pete", 1908
1:48.3 (neg. only) at camp, March 1908
1:48.7 Sandstone quarry, near L.V. 1908
1:48.8 (neg. only) Pine Canon, Nov. 1908
1:50. 2-3 Early view of L.V. railroad yards
1:51.3 (neg. only)
1:52.4 (neg. only) Walter Bracken 1st postmaster, L.V.
1:53.1 (neg. only) Bracken home, Anne Bracken
1:58.8 Stewart residence at the "Old Ranch
1:60.1 Indian Village (Folk architecture) NV
1:60.4 Indian Frank's Colorado River, folk architecture
1:67.2 Dining room, ranch house , Old Ranch, LV
1:67.3 Old L.V. Ranch, L-R: Mrs. Helen Stewart, Anna Bracken
1:74.5 Las Vegas, NV, Nov. 1904
1:86.4 Indian camp, LV, 1907
1:123.2 Man and dog next to adobe building, L.V. Creek
Album 2
2:1.1 Moonlight view of Delamar Mill
2:8.8 (neg. only) man at side of house
2:15.1 Fremont Street-early view
2:17.6 Unidentified "Mormon" group
2:20.4 American Railway Express office
2:20.5 Locomotive
2:22.6 Remnant of Old Fort, Las Vegas
2:24.4 (neg. only) picnic
2:25.6 (neg. only) L.V. Ice Plant
2:31.1 Inside of an old log cabin
2:35.1 (neg. only) Desert scene
2:35.4 (neg. only) Desert wash scene
2:42.4 (neg. only) picnic
2:42.8 (neg. only) 5 people on side of hill
2:43.2 Farm yard scene, Las Vegas Ranch, NV Women on side of hill
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Album 2 cont.
2:67.1 Boulder Canyon
2:67.2 Black Canyon Dam site, Colorado River
2:85.6 (neg. only) Old Ranch swimming pool, Las Vegas
2:95.4 (neg. only) "Handsome Joe"
2.95.5 (neg. only) Party on bank of creek
Album 3
3:1.2 Scene at The Big Springs, Las Vegas
3:1.4 Anna Bracken and Walter Bracken's sister, Old ranch
3:2.1 Scene at the Big Springs, Las Vegas
3:2.4 First State Bank-P.O. in tents, Las Vegas, 1905
3:3.1 (neg. only) Anna Bracken at Old Ranch, Las Vegas, NV
3:4.1 (neg. only) Clark's Las Vegas Townsite Auction
3:4.3 R.R. tracks, U.P. Depot downtown Las Vegas, 1908
3:5.1 Scene at the Big Springs, Las Vegas
3:7.1 Stewart residence at the "Old Ranch"
3:7.2 View of the Old Ranch, Las Vegas; Remains of the Old Fort, ranch house at left
3:9.2 (neg. only) Single figure on Vegas Creek, below the Big Springs
3:9.3 (neg. only) 3 figures on Vegas Creek, below the Big springs
3:9.4 Las Vegas Ranch
3:10.1 L-R: "Mr. Metz, Mr. Loofborrow, Mr. Liudeman, Miss Smith, Mr. McDonald,
Mr. Parsons, Mr. Smith, Mr. Gallath, Mr. Bracken".
3:10.2 "For this postal we have sat, although we are so very fat. And we did not even
make a fuss, when the picture man was taking us."
3:10.3 Walter Bracken and unidentified man in desert. "Fine execution, but poor test subjects
3:11.1 3 women at Big Springs
3:11.2 May Corkhill at Las Vegas Creek, Old Ranch
3.11.3 2 ladies by tent house
3.11.4 Tents on Las Vegas Creek, Old Ranch
3:12.1 Las Vegas railroad yards, ca. 1907
3:12.2 William Clark on his private R.R. car in Las Vegas, 1905
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Album 4
4:17.6 (neg. only) Man camping
4:18.3 (neg. only) Adobe structure at Moapa
4:34.4 (neg. only) Ducks on Las Vegas Creek
4:35.4 (neg. only) Corral area, Old Ranch
4:42.4 (neg. only) Road, Las Vegas, Old Ranch
4:50.6 (neg. only) Child on horseback
4:58.4 (neg. only) Family by creek
4:60.2 (neg. only) Picnic scene
4:74.1 (neg. only) Walter and Anne Bracken
4:90.5 (neg. only) Man resting in shade of wagon
4:91.8 (neg. only) Carriage with dogs
4:111.2 (neg. only) L.V. Creek scene
4:112.3 (neg. only) Adobe storehouse, Old Ranch
4:115.5 (neg. only) L.V. Creek tents, Old Ranch
Identifications made by Dave Coons, 1983
FERRON BRACKEN ALBUM 1
P1.3 Labeled "Moapa", 1907. Moapa branch not built until 1912 Probably Las Vegas, 1907
P16.1-5 Utah Copper Co.? Bingham, Utah, 1907
P17.1-3 Shows damage done by runaway Shay locomotive. Possibly rolled downhill. Trestle being built. Not part of runaway sequence.
P33.3,4 Utah Copper mine track, Bingham, Utah
P42.1 Another shot runaway Shay locomotive, Bingham, Utah
P50.2, 3 Panorama Las Vegas yards, SP, LA & SL, 1906
P56.2,3 Buildings SP, LA, &SL. Where?
P56.5,7,8 Same
P70.4 Bingham, Utah mill?
P72.1,3 Union Pacific Railroad train in Utah
P77.3 Denver & Rio Grande 2-8-0 No. 268 in Utah, 1900 Narrow gauge line to Salt Lake City
P81.4 D & RG narrow gauge caboose (4 wheel) No.4, Springville, 1892
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Album 1 (cont.)
P.85 All photos apparently are of survey and preliminary construction parties of SP, LA, In eastern California around Barstow Mojave River in pictures no. 3, 1901-1902
P.124. UPRR Pullmans, Ogden, Utah, 1912
6,7
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P.04.5 SP, LA, & SL caboose with people, probably Las Vegas
P.11.1 SP, LA & SL business car with people
P.15.2 SP, LA & SL roundhouse, Las Vegas, 1907. No.8? On lead track (rear view)
P.20.4,5 No. 4 Eureka, Nevada gas car at Eureka, NV., (possibly came from Nevada
Central. Photo no. 5 Eureka, NV., locomotive still lettered from Sumpter Valley,
Oregon)
P.22.3 Moapa Valley branch of SP, LA, & SL, 1912
P.25.6 SP, LA & SL shops, Las Vegas, 1910
P.32.3 Eureka & Palisades combine 1912. Possibly same car at Gold Strike.
P.47.2,4 Moapa Branch SP, LA, &SL, no.1 McKeen car branch. This car was built about 1910 and was gas powered.
P.48.1-4 SP, LA,& SL yards and shops, Las Vegas, 1910
P.68.5 Mother dog with pups. Notice Sp, LA & SL logo on dog. Was it a joke? Possibly Intended as a slight "dig". Apparently this collection is made up of Utah-Nevada survey photos. There was a great deal of friction between the Utah crew of the Oregon Short Line (UPRR) and the Clark crews. There was several minor skirmishes in the Meadow Valley Wash before it was resolved.
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P.4.3 SP, LA, &SSL yard, Las Vegas, 1908
P.12.1,2 Clark's private car in Las Vegas yards
FERRON-BECKEN ALBUM 4
P.07.6 Quartette Mine locomotive Searchlight?
P.21.6 Construction camp SP, LA & SL, see also p14.4
P.23.1 Construction camp SP, LA, & SL
P.24.6 Construction camp SP, LA &SL
P.66.1 Early yard at Las Vegas before roundhouse and shops were built
P.71.3 Maybe SP, LA,& SL survey party
p.80.3,6 Early views of Rhyolite before 1907, before B & G was built
P.83.1 SP, LA & SL water car
P.92.3 UPRR locomotive No. 1701. In Utah? Note: many of these photos are of early SP, LA & SL or Oregon Short Line Survey crews. In Utah?