Bliss, Duane L., Jr., 1874-1938
Person
Dates
- Existence: 1874-1938
- Existence: 1874 - 1938
Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:
Bliss Family Records
Collection
Identifier: 96-53
Abstract
Records of the Bliss family businesses which centered around Lake Tahoe, California and Nevada, include those of the Carson and Tahoe Lumber and Fluming Company, Lake Tahoe Transportation Company, Lake Tahoe Railway and Transportation Company, Sierra Realty Company, Truckee Lumber Company, Lake Tahoe and San Francisco Water Works, and Glenbrook Improvement Company. Topics include the lumber industry; Lake Tahoe development; Lake Tahoe tourism industry; Tahoe Tavern at Tahoe City; railroads...
Dates:
1869-1949
Duane L. Bliss, Jr. Papers
Collection
Identifier: 2015-20
Abstract
Duane Leroy Bliss, Jr. (1874-1938) was born in Carson City, Nevada, the son of prominent Lake Tahoe developer Duane L. Bliss. Materials consist of documents that pertain to companies with which Bliss was involved (Lake Tahoe Railway and Transportation Company, the Spanish Peak Lumber Company, Dunham, Carrigan, & Hayden Company, the California Pacific Trading Corporation, and the Post Street Investment Company). Also included are various personal receipts, loans given to individuals, and...
Dates:
1909-1938
A. W. Von Schmidt Letter to D. L. Bliss
Collection
Identifier: 2011-26
Abstract
A. W. (Alexis Waldemar) Von Schmidt worked as a stateline surveyor and also was employed by James Lick, of observatory fame, to find a suitable location for his observatory around Lake Tahoe. The collection contains one letter written by Von Schmidt to D. L. Bliss regarding purchasing land owned by Bliss for the observatory.
Dates:
October 24, 1873
Additional filters:
- Subject
- Business correspondence 2
- Tahoe, Lake (Calif. and Nev.) 2
- Glenbrook (Nev.) -- History 1
- Hotels -- Tahoe, Lake (Calif. and Nev.) 1
- Lake steamers -- Tahoe, Lake (Calif. and Nev.) 1
- Land titles -- Tahoe, Lake (Calif. and Nev.) 1
- Land use -- Tahoe, Lake (Calif. and Nev.) 1
- Legal instruments 1
- Lumber trade -- Tahoe, Lake (Calif. and Nev.) 1
- Motorboats -- Tahoe, Lake (Calif. and Nev.) 1
- Personal correspondence 1
- Photographs 1
- Railroads -- Tahoe, Lake (Calif. and Nev.) 1
- Tahoe City (Calif.) -- History 1
- Tahoe, Lake (Calif. and Nev.) -- Commerce 1
- Tahoe, Lake (Calif. and Nev.) -- History 1
- Tahoe, Lake (Calif. and Nev.) -- Water rights 1
- Taverns (Inns) -- Tahoe, Lake (Calif. and Nev.) 1
- Truckee River (Calif. and Nev.) -- Water rights 1
- Water rights -- Tahoe, Lake (Calif. and Nev.) 1 ∧ less
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