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Frehner, Vivian, 1914-1999
Born in St. Thomas, Nevada on May 6, 1914, Vivian “Viv” Frehner was a lifelong resident of southern Nevada. He worked on the construction of the Hoover Dam before becoming deputy sheriff in Caliente, Nevada in the 1950s. Frehner also worked as a rancher and heavy equipment operator. Viv Frehner died on July 18, 1999.
Source:
Bass, Debra D. “Nevadan Who Loved Horses and Rodeo ‘Viv’ Frehner Dies at Age 85.” Las Vegas Review-Journal, July 21, 1999.
Person
Dondich, Josie, 1908-1976
Josie Dondich (1908-1976) owned the Cut Rate Liquor Store located at 132 South Fifth Street (now Las
Vegas Boulevard) in the 1940s in Las Vegas, Nevada. She married Ali T. Dondich, a veteran and a construction worker for the Hoover Dam project. The couple had three children, Alex, Elena, and James. Josie Dondich passed away in 1976.
Source:
Josie Dondich Papers, 1935-1974. MS-00261. Special Collections and Archives, University Libraries, University of Nevada, Las Vegas. Las Vegas, Nevada.
Person
Construction phase of the Boulder Canyon Project; first round of drilling to enlarge the upper portal of diversion tunnel No. 2; the welded steel "Jumbo Rig" mounted on the truck has 25 air drills on it; the swing shift crew standing next to the rig prepare for work, 1931 November 18
Archival Collection
Collection Name: Bureau of Reclamation Photographs of the Hoover Dam and Boulder City, Nevada
Box/Folder: Folder 02 (Restrictions apply)
Archival Component
H. O. Watts and others uncovering human skeletal remains during an archaeological excavation at Willow Beach near Lake Mohave, approximately 1948-1952
Archival Collection
Collection Name: Bureau of Reclamation Photographs of the Hoover Dam and Boulder City, Nevada
Box/Folder: Box SH-046 (Restrictions apply)
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Marion type of 125 electric dragline with 5 cubic yard bucket loading into 30 cubic yard side dump cars at gravel pit. Mikado type locomotives pull 10-car trains, 3 trains of this type in operation: photographic print, 1932 May 03
Archival Collection
Collection Name: Six Companies, Inc. Hoover Dam Photograph Collection
Box/Folder: Oversized Box 03
Archival Component
View showing forms set for first side-wall pour in upper portal of tunnel Number 3. Form is 80-feet long and consists of four 20-foot sections bolted together. Note size of man in upper right: photographic print, 1932 April 29
Archival Collection
Collection Name: Six Companies, Inc. Hoover Dam Photograph Collection
Box/Folder: Oversized Box 03
Archival Component
Telephoto view from the Nevada side, showing some of the Arizona power house roof girders in position. Note the universal crane on top. The girder on the flat car has just been lowered by means of the government cableway: photographic print, 1935 April 25
Archival Collection
Collection Name: Six Companies, Inc. Hoover Dam Photograph Collection
Box/Folder: Oversized Box 02
Archival Component
Looking upstream in Black Canyon, from the Nevada side, showing Boulder Dam and the Arizona intake towers in center. Arizona spillway shown at upper right. Himix plant at lower left, and government head tower at lower right: photographic print, 1934 April 17
Archival Collection
Collection Name: Six Companies, Inc. Hoover Dam Photograph Collection
Box/Folder: Oversized Box 02
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