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0188Bearden, Ned V. Sr.
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(Note: These photos are a record of air conditioning installations. In the process of recording his installations, Bearden also documents Las Vegas structures during 1940s and 1950s. The numbers in parentheses are the numbers which were originally assigned to the photos before the final processing.)
0001 [Apache Hotel is on the left. Now the Golden Gate Hotel parking lot, 1946]
0002 [1946. Bearden Air Conditioning Co.]
0003 “Bank of Nevada, 1st and Fremont.”
0004 The Patio Club, Los Angeles Highway, Las Vegas, NV. [ca. 1955] (#1)
0005 Fred Soly Residence, 905 Cashman Dr., Las Vegas, NV. (#2)
0006 Gilbert Brothers Grocery, 400 West Bonanza Rd., Las Vegas. [ca. 1940s-50s] (#3)
0007 Flake ice machine. [Each machine made 2,000 lbs. Of ice per day.] (#4.1)
0008 Golden Nugget Gambling Hall. [ca. late 1940s-early 1950s] (#4.2)
0009 Golden Nugget, 129 Fremont St., Las Vegas; [ca. late ‘40s-early ‘50s] (#5)
0010 Mr. And Mrs. George Rosen residence, 711 Park Paseo, Las Vegas; [ca. ‘40s-50s] (#6.1)
0011 Same as above. (#6.2)
0012 York Air Conditioning Unit. [used in late 1940s, early 1950s] (#7.1)
0013 York Air Condition Unit. “ “ “ “ “ “ (#7.2)
0014 Beard invention, air distribution baskets (supply & return). [Beard invented This but didn’t patent his invention; was most inexpensive way to install Refrig. Air conditioning for open room, e.g., restaurant or small store.] (#7.3)
0015 York Equipment Convention. [ca. 1945-55] (#8)
0016 Chic Hecht Women’s Clothing Store, 413 Fremont St., Las Vegas. [ca. 1945-55] (#10.1)
0017 Air conditioning unit in Chic Hecht Women’s Store, Las Vegas. [ca. 1945-1955] (#10.2)
0018 Cragin & Pike General Insurance Building, 308 Fremont St., Las Vegas, NV. [ca. 1945-55] (#10.3)
0019 Buckley’s Arcade, 20 Fremont St., Las Vegas. [ca. 1945-55] (#11.1)
0020 California Club, 101 Fremont St., Las Vegas. [ca. 1945-55] (#11.2)
0021 Art Schellang residence, Paradise Valley, Nevada. [ca. 1945-55] (#12.1)
0022 Lee Alred residence, 1329 South 7th St., Las Vegas, Nev. [ca. 1945-55] (#12.2)
0023 Benjamin Gartman residence, 508 So. 6th ST., Las Vegas, NV. [ca. 1945-55] (#12.3)
0024 Sal Sagev Café interior, 1 Fremont St., Las Vegas. [ca. 1945-55] (#13.1)
0025 Cut Rate Liquor Store, 132 Fifth St., Las Vegas. [ca. 1945-55] (#13.2)
0026 Steel’s Jewelry, 11 Fremont St., Las Vegas. [ca. 1945-55] (#13.3)
0027 Sal Sagev Café (interior), 1 Fremont St., Las Vegas. [ca. 1945-55] (#13.4)
0028 Pioneer Club, 25 Fremont St., Las Vega. [ca. 1945-55] (#14.1)
0029 Sal Sagev Tavern, 1 Fremont St., Las Vegas. [ca. 1945-55] [Note: Sign above bar: “We do not serve minors or Indians.”] (#14.2)
0030 Fortune Club, 109 Fremont St., Las Vegas. [ca. 1945-55] (#15.1)
0031 Monte Carlo Club, 15 Fremont St., Las Vegas. [ca. 1945-55] (#15.2)
0032 Par-A-Dice Motel (color postcard), 2217 Fremont St., Las Vegas. [ca. 1945-55] (#16.1)
0033 McDonald-Kolben-Gabriele, Architectural Firm (interior), 1420 S. Sixth St., Las Vegas. [ca. 1945-55] (#16.2)
0034 Par-A-Dice Motel, 2217 Fremont St., Las Vegas; [ca. 1945-55] (#16.3)
0035 Nevada Laundry and Dry Cleaners, 1530 South “A” St., Las Vegas. [ca. 1945-55] (#17.1)
0036 Cornet Store, 401 Fremont St., Las Vegas. [ca. late 1940s, early 1950s] (#17.2)
0037 Radio Station KORK, Thunderbird Hotel, Las Vegas. [ca. late 1940s, early 1950s] (#17.3)
0038 Ammonia compressor at Union Pacific Ice House. [ca. 1945-55] (#18.1)
0039 Pacific Fruit Express (Union Pacific Ice Plant), Las Vegas. [ca. 1945-55] (#18.2)
0040 Bill Greene residence, 2525 Alta Drive, Las Vegas. [ca. late 1940s, early 1950s](#19.1)
0041 Dr. Martin W. Payne residence (or medical building?), 621 Hoover St., Las Vegas. [ca. 1945-55] (#19.2)
0042 El Cortez Hotel, 600 Fremont St., Las Vegas. [ca. 1940s-1950s] (#20.1)
0043 El Cortez Hotel (interior), 600 Fremont St., Las Vegas. [ca. late 1940s, Early 1950s] (#20.2)
0044 Las Vegas Club, 18 Fremont St., Las Vegas; [ca. later 1940s, early 1950s] (#21.1)
0045 Las Vegas Club bar, 18 Fremont St., Las Vegas, NV. (#21.2)
0046 McColley & Kraft Offices, 331 West Utah St., Las Vegas; [ca. 1945-55] (#22.2)
0047 Sears Roebuck Farm Store, 601 Fremont, Las Vegas; [ca. later 1940s, early 1950s] (#23.2)
0048 Sears Roebuck & Co. Main Store, 601 Fremont St., Las Vegas; [ca. 1945-55](#23.1)
0049 Thunderbird Hotel, Los Angeles Highway, Las Vegas, Nevada. [ca. later 1940s, Early 1950s] (#23.3)