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Transcript of interview with Bess Rosenberg by Jerry Masini, November 12, 1975
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Archival Collection
Description
Interview with Bess Rosenberg by Jerry Masini on November 12, 1975. In this interview, Rosenberg describes coming to Las Vegas in 1942, and the desert landscape. She gives an in-depth recollection of the first atomic test, and talks about different weather and the seasons in Las Vegas. Rosenberg describes several clubs and hotels around downtown and the recreation at Lake Mead and Mount Charleston.
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Photograph of flooding at the Clark Avenue Railroad Underpass in Las Vegas, circa 1950
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Archival Collection
Description
Flooding at the Clark Avenue Railroad Underpass in Las Vegas.
Transcribed Notes: Transcribed from back of photo: "Clark Underpass, Built 1924"
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Photograph of flooding in Las Vegas, circa 1950's
Date
Archival Collection
Description
Flooding in Las Vegas at the intersection of West Charleston and Hinson Street.
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Photograph of the flooded Charleston Underpass, Las Vegas, before 1960
Date
Archival Collection
Description
Flooding in Las Vegas at the Charleston Underpass.
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Telegram from Walter R. Bracken (Las Vegas) to W. H. Comstock and J. Ross Clark (Los Angeles), December 8, 1919
Date
Archival Collection
Description
The pipeline between the springs and the shops had burst. Two weeks had passed and still the water service was not working on it. Bracken requested that it be fixed immediately.
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The Virgin River and the Virgin Valley, circa 1945
Date
Archival Collection
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Discussion of changes to the Virgin River bed and irrigation works around Beaver Dam Wash in Arizona and Bunkerville in Nevada.
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Photograph of road washout five miles southeast of Las Vegas, circa 1931
Date
Archival Collection
Description
Washout at 4-mile on the Boulder Highway, about 5 miles southeast of Las Vegas.
Transcribed Notes: Notes on photo sleeve: 'New pavement finished in May. Cloudburst in October took out culvert. Took out a Chevrolet and a Packard. About 5 mi. southeast of Las Vegas.' (James J. Hester, quote from W.A. Davis)
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Photograph of cars overturned by a 4 mile cloudburst flood, circa 1931
Date
Archival Collection
Description
Car overturned by flood at 4-mile on the Boulder Highway, about 5 miles southeast of Las Vegas
Transcribed Notes: Handwritten collection note on back of photo: Cars overturned by cloudburst flood near wash by present-day Showboat. c. 1931-1932; Notes on photo sleeve: 'Photo taken at night with flash. Probably Chevrolet wrecked in flood in Vegas Wash. Water was 4 ft. deep on pavement.' (W.A. Davis, photographer)
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Photograph of advancing waters of Lake Mead through St. Thomas, 1938
Date
Archival Collection
Description
A view of the advancing waters of Lake Mead through St. Thomas.
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Photograph of flooded street in Saint Thomas, Nevada, June 1938
Date
Archival Collection
Description
A shack on fire, probably Hugh Lords', in Saint Thomas flooding.
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