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Photograph of the Las Vegas Chamber of Commerce, Las Vegas, February 27, 1940

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Date

1940-02-27

Description

A black and white image from a Chamber of Commerce meeting in Las Vegas. This group of men and women are standing in front of an unidentified building with signs advertising its dining room and the Apache Beauty Salon. This photo was taken from a time capsule in the cornerstone of the Union Pacific Railroad station located in Las Vegas. The time capsule was placed there in 1940 and was later retrieved when the building was demolished around 1970.

Digital ID

pho004108

Physical Identifier

0043_0147
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Citation

pho004108. Union Pacific Railroad Photographs. PH-00043. Special Collections and Archives, University Libraries, University of Nevada, Las Vegas. Las Vegas, Nevada. http://n2t.net/ark:/62930/d17w6752c.

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Digital Provenance

Digitized materials: physical originals can be viewed in Special Collections and Archives reading room

Extent

5800 x 4666 pixels
9.6667 x 7.7767 inches
81215444 bytes

Language

English

Publisher

University of Nevada, Las Vegas. Libraries

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image/tiff