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| Title | Wilson Street, McWilliams' Original Las Vegas Townsite, 1905 |
| Original Date | 1905 |
| Summary/Description | The item is an original photograph depicting the west side of Wilson Street in Las Vegas in 1905. The view is looking northwest, with eighteen unidentified men standing in front of four buildings. Center left is the Las Vegas Bank and Trust Co., center right is the Las Vegas Drug Co. ; Wilson Street was located within McWilliams' Original Las Vegas Townsite. The townsite was founded in 1904 by surveyor J.T. McWilliams. The McWilliams Townsite was the first town within the Las Vegas valley. The proprietor of the Las Vegas Drug Co. was Dr. C.A. Rucker. The Las Vegas Bank and Trust Co., with a capitol of $30,000.00, was the first bank in the Las Vegas Valley. |
| Subject | Banks -- Nevada -- Las Vegas -- 1900-1910Drugstores -- Nevada -- Las Vegas -- 1900-1910Las Vegas Bank and Trust Co. (Las Vegas, Nev.) -- 1900-1910Las Vegas Drug Co. (Las Vegas, Nev.) -- 1900-1910Men -- Nevada -- Las Vegas -- 1900-1910Photographic prints -- Nevada -- Las Vegas -- 1900-1910Stores & shops -- Nevada -- Las Vegas -- 1900-1910Wilson Street (Las Vegas, Nev.) -- 1900-1910 |
| Coverage | Nevada -- Las Vegas |
| Image Number | 0104 0086 |
| Access and Ordering Information | Not to be reproduced without permission. To purchase copies of images and/or for copyright information, contact University of Nevada, Las Vegas Libraries, Special Collections at: http://www.library.unlv.edu/speccol/ |
| Format | Image/jpeg 41kb |
| Digital Reproduction Information | Tiff master image; 800 dpi; AGFA Duoscan T1200 scanner; AGFA FotoLook 32 V3.50.0 scanning software |
| File Name | 0104_0086.jpg |
| Resource Type | Image |
| Source | Helen J. Stewart Collection |
| Holding Institution | University of Nevada, Las Vegas Libraries, Special Collections |
| Digital Collection | Early Las Vegas. Early Las Vegas |
