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Caption: Clark's Las Vegas Townsite Auction, May 15, 1905
Additional Description: Photograph courtesy of UNLV Special Collections.
An auction held May 15-16, 1905 to sell lots within Clark's Las Vegas Townsite. A group of men and women stand on and around a covered wooden platform outdoors. The auctioneer stands to the left of center at the front of the platform. The decision to auction lots within Clark's Las Vegas Townsite was not made until May 10, 1905. Auctioneer C.O. Whittemore was the president of the Las Vegas Land and Water Company.
Submitted: February 16, 2020, by Douglass Halvorsen of Klamath Falls, Oregon.
Database Locator Identification Number: p510324
File Size: 0.088 Megabytes

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