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Clark's Las Vegas Townsite auction, 1905
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| Title | Clark's Las Vegas Townsite auction, 1905 |
| Original Date | 1905 |
| Summary/Description | The photo depicts an auction held May 15th-16th, 1905, for the purpose of selling lots within Clark's Las Vegas Townsite. A group of men and two women are standing on and around a covered wooden platform outdoors. The auctioneer is standing to the left of center at the front of the platform. ; The decision to auction the lots within Clark's Las Vegas Townsite was not made until May 10, 1905, prompted by the numerous requests for land. Auctioneer C.O. Whittemore was the president of the Las Vegas Land and Water Company. Results from the first day of the auction as described by Whittemore in a telegram: "Sales today of blocks one, two, fifteen, sixteen, eighteen and west half of seventeen aggregate seventy nine thousand five hundred and sixty five dollars. |
| Subject | Auctions -- Nevada -- Las Vegas -- 1900-1910Men -- Nevada -- Las Vegas -- 1900-1910Photographic prints -- Nevada -- Las Vegas -- 1900-1910Whittemore, C. O. |
| Coverage | Nevada -- Las Vegas |
| Image Number | 0001 album 3, p. 4.1 |
| 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 47kb |
| Digital Reproduction Information | Tiff master image; 300 dpi; AGFA Duoscan T1200 scanner; AGFA FotoLook 32 V3.50.0 scanning software |
| File Name | 0001_album3_p4_1.jpg |
| Resource Type | Image |
| Source | Ferron-Bracken Collection |
| Holding Institution | University of Nevada, Las Vegas Libraries, Special Collections |
| Digital Collection | Early Las Vegas. Early Las Vegas |
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