From L-R: Martha McCarran; F.O. Case, project manager for Basic Magnesium Plant; U.S. Senator Pat McCarran; unidentified; Pop Mooney, gen. prog. store and warehouse manager.
Ralph Simpkins and Victor V. Kunkel shaking hands at the Basic Magnesium Inc. plant. The sign behind them reads: "Completion of worlds largest asbestos protected metal installation. Last bolt placed by Victor V. Kunkel. Genl. Supt. Sheet Metal. McNeil Construction Co. Oct. 2 1943."
From L-R: Martha McCarran; F.O. Case, project manager for Basic Magnesium Plant; U.S. Senator Pat McCarran; unidentified; Pop Mooney, gen. prog. store and warehouse manager.
Victor V. Kunkel placing the last bolt in a building constructed for th Basic Magnesium Inc. plant. The sign next to him reads: "Completion of worlds largest asbestos protected metal installation. Last bolt placed by Victor V. Kunkel. Genl. Supt. Sheet Metal. McNeil Construction Co. Oct. 2 1943."
Victor V. Kunkel placing the last bolt in a building constructed for the Basic Magnesium Inc. plant. The sign below him reads: "Completion of worlds largest asbestos protected metal installation. Last bolt placed by Victor V. Kunkel. Genl. Supt. Sheet Metal. McNeil Construction Co. Oct. 2 1943."
Three men sitting outside of a building in front of a large puddle or shallow body of water. Original description: Brownie, Keaton, and Dave Anderson sitting by the "Lake." The signs read: "Danger 'Sharks'" and "No swimming, rip-tide."
From left to right: V.E. McDonnel, R.E. Thomas, W.E. Whittier, Bruce McNeil, F.O. Case, Jack Charles, and H. Satterthwaite. Bruce McNeil and F.O. Case are holding a large key. The photo is labeled: "McNeil Construction Co. Magnesium Plant, Las Vegas, Nevada. 5-28-43." McNeil Construction built the Basic Magnesium Inc. plant in an unincorporated area outside of Las Vegas, which is now Henderson, Nevada.