Photograph of Floyd Francis and Jake Beckley in the old swimming hole on the Von Tobel and Beckley property, circa 1910
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- Title
- Photograph of Floyd Francis and Jake Beckley in the old swimming hole on the Von Tobel and Beckley property, circa 1910
- Description
- Floyd Francis (center), Jake Beckley (right), and unidentified man in the "Old Swimming Hole" on the Von Tobel and Beckley property
- Transcribed Notes
- Transcribed from photo sleeve: "Floyd Francis (center), Jake Beckley (right), and unidentified man (on left) in an old swimming hole formed on the property of Von Tobel and Beckley."; Transcribed background history: "Early Las Vegas History by Florence Lee Jones, April 1969: Creating their own oasis in the Las Vegas Valley was the hobby of the late Ed Von Tobel, Sr., and his partner, the late Jake Beckley, when they came to Las Vegas in 1905 as gay young bachelors. At their ranch in Paradise Valley, where they owned the 120 acres now comprising the Sierra Vista Ranchos, exclusive residential area, they used the facilities at hand to form an 'old swimming hole.' From one of the three wells they drilled they diverted the free-flowing water into a nearby creek bed, built a cement dam to contain the water, and had their own pleasure resort. In this picture, from left, an unidentified man; Floyd Francis, early employee of the Von Tobel Lumber Company; and Jake Beckley, a partner in the fi
- Identified Individuals
- Accession Number
- 0126:0009
- Original Collection
- Formatted Date
- 1908-1912
- Alternative Date
- Circa 1910
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- Is Part of
- http://digital.library.unlv.edu/u?/dig,2
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- Format
- image/tiff
- Measurements
- 10.04 x 8.01 inches
- Digital Publisher
- University of Nevada, Las Vegas University Libraries
- Digital Collection
- Conversion Specifications
- Original material scanned on Epson Expression 10000XL using Epson Scan Ver. 2.94A
- Digital ID
- hln000219
- Access ID
- 342
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