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Photograph of Sam Jones in Williamsville, Nevada, May 13, 1931

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Date

1931-05-13

Description

A black and white image of 75-year-old Sam Jones by a tent in Williamsville (known to the residents as Ragtown), a makeshift community created near Black Canyon as construction began on the Hoover Dam.

Digital ID

pho004019

Physical Identifier

0043_0035
Details

Citation

pho004019. Union Pacific Railroad Photographs. PH-00043. Special Collections and Archives, University Libraries, University of Nevada, Las Vegas. Las Vegas, Nevada. http://n2t.net/ark:/62930/d1rb6w202.

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Digital Provenance

Digitized materials: physical originals can be viewed in Special Collections and Archives reading room

Extent

6087 x 4895 pixels
10.145 x 8.1583 inches
89411030 bytes

Language

English

Publisher

University of Nevada, Las Vegas. Libraries

Format

image/tiff