Record Details
Photograph looking west over the Colorado River and Hemenway Wash from Fortification Hill, before 1931
UNLV Digital Collections
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Title | Photograph looking west over the Colorado River and Hemenway Wash from Fortification Hill, before 1931 |
| Creator | Davis, W. A.; |
| Description | Looking west over the Colorado River and Hemenway Wash from Fortification Hill. Handwritten collection note on back of photo: [Las Vegas Wash and area under water now(?)]; Notes on photo sleeve: [Las Vegas Wash area] from top of Fortification Mountain. (Credit: W.A. Davis); 'Wint made a fire at night on top then kicked it off into space. Lacey hired Wint to do it for some tourists.' - James J. Hester, son-in-law of W.A. ('Wint') Davis, 1992 |
| Source | 0123:0001 Ray Cutright Collection; |
| Date | 1920-1930 |
| Coverage | Hemenway Wash; Colorado River; Las Vegas Valley; Clark; Nevada; United States; |
| Subject | North America--Colorado River; Landscapes; Mountains; |
| Type | Still Image; |
| Language | eng |
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| Format | image/tiff 7.03 x 5.06 inches |
| Publisher | University of Nevada, Las Vegas University Libraries |
| Identifier | http://digital.library.unlv.edu:81/u?/hln,296 |
