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Photograph of William L. Sweet, circa 1951

Date

1951

Description

Description provided with image: "Naval Reserves Officer Training Corps Midshipman third class William L. Sweet, University of Southern California, son of Mr. & Mrs. Charles L. Sweet of 519 New Mexico St., Boulder City, Nevada. Sweet operates the anchor windlass on board the USS Missouri during the current midshipmen cruise. The midshipmen are receiving instruction and "on-the-job" training in communications, navigation, gunnery, operations, and engineering during the four-week summer training cruise which will visit New York, Panama, and Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. There are 765 college students now aboard the MISSOURI studying to become future naval officers under the Holloway Plan. Upon returning to Norfolk, Virginia on September 3, the Midshipmen will depart for their homes to prepare for entering the forthcoming college term August 1951."

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Photograph of Elton Garrett and Albert Fischer, circa 1950s-1970s

Date

1950 to 1979

Description

Elton Garrett, left, and Albert Fischer, center, sitting at a restaurant probably located in Boulder City or Las Vegas, Nevada.

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Photograph of a children's Christmas party, Boulder City, Nevada, December 23, 1960

Date

1960-12-23

Description

A Children's Christmas Party held in the Boulder Theatre in Boulder City, Nevada. The caption reads, "Thank you, Don! President Bob Glinski of the Boulder City Chamber of Commerce tells Don Jones of appreciation of business men and the youngsters for the theatre manager's help in giving the kids a wonderful party Saturday afternoon. Santa is in the background with some of the youngsters and Bill French, member of the chamber's board of directors, helps host, watching presentation of a thank you present to Jones." Individual Creator credit goes to Dick Lewis.

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Photograph of Elton M. Garrett and others, circa 1960s-1970s

Date

1960 to 1979

Description

Description included with image: "Elton M. Garrett and Albert J. Fischer sitting at a table, probably in Boulder City, Nevada."

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Photograph of John Brown, Boulder City, Nevada, 1971

Date

1971

Description

President John Brown posing in Boulder City, Nevada. It is unknown what Brown was President of. Individual Creators credit goes to W. D. Knighton Photo in Boulder City, Nevada.

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Photograph of Governors of Nevada plaque, Boulder City, Nevada, circa 1960s-1970s

Date

1960 to 1979

Description

A plaque portraying the Governors of Nevada, acting and elected, in the Chamber of Commerce in Boulder City, Nevada. Description provided with image: "Pictured: 1. James W. Nye (1861-1864), 2. H.G. Blasdel (1864-1870), 3. L.R. Bradley (1871-1878), 4. John H. Kinkead (1879- 1882), 5. Jewett W. Adams (1883-1886), 6. C.C. Stevenson (1887-1890), 7. Frank Bell (1890), 8. R.K. Colcord (1891-1894), 9. John E. Jones (1895-1896), 10. Reinhold Sadler (1896-1902), 11. John Sparks (1903-1908), 12. Denver S. Dickerson (1908-1910), 13. Tasker L. Oddie (1911-1914), 14. Emmet D. Boyle (1915-1922), 15. Jas G. Scrugham (1923-1926), 16. Fred B. Balzar (1927-1934), 17. Morley Griswwold (1934), 18. Richard Kirman Sr. (1935-1938), 19. E.P. Carville (1939-1945), 20. Vail M. Pittman (1945- 1950), 21. Charles H. Russell (1951-1958), 22. Grant Sawyer (1959-1966), 23. Paul D. Laxalt (1967-)."

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Photograph of John Batchelor and others, Boulder City, Nevada, circa 1961

Date

1961

Description

John Batchelor posing with others in Boulder City, Nevada. The caption provided with the image reads: "Mayor John Batchelor of Boulder City (center) expresses Boulder City's hopes for Proton Accelerator for Eldorado Valley to Dr. Rodney L. Cool, Associated Director, Brookhaven National Laboratory, and Herbert E. Grier, President, Southern Nevada Industrial Foundation, who recently visited the proposed sites adjacent to Boulder City for the benefit of the Atomic Energy Commission. Mayor Batchelor and Boulder City delegation accompanied the team of five and officials of Southern Nevada Industrial Foundation, E.G. & G. and other agencies seeking placing of the $300 million project in this area. This picture was taken at the proposed site in Eldorado Valley just before the five experts boarded the plane with Pat Head of the Colorado River Commission to complete their reconnaissance."

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Photograph of Goodrich W. Lineweaver, Washington, D.C., 1945

Date

1945

Description

The caption reads: "To help veterans get farms: Directing the program for settlement of veterans irrigated farms in the West is Goodrich W. Lineweaver, recently named director of the Branch of Operation and Maintenance for the Bureau of Reclamation, Washington, D.C. Nearly 200,000 new family-size farms would be created on irrigation projects under plans of the Bureau presented to the Congress for postwar construction of 415 projects in 17 Western States. More than 100 of these projects have been authorized. Others are under construction. The two largest for postwar development are the Columbia Basin project, Washington State, and the Central Valley project, California. Mr. Lineweaver also will direct the Bureau's land-use program and serve as an adviser to Commissioner H. W. Dashore on programs for repayment to the Federal Government of nearly a billion dollars invested in projects irrigating more than four million acres."

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Photograph of people performing play, circa 1979

Date

1979

Description

From left to right, Elton Garrett, an unknown woman, Jeanne Clark, and an unknown man performing the play "The Fall of the Chinese Wall" probably in Boulder City, Nevada. The play was written in 1934 by a Boulder City student, Lora Glen, about peace in the world.

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Photograph of Jeanne Clark and others, circa 1977

Date

1977

Description

Jeanne Clark (left), an unidentified person (middle), and Elton Garrett (right) examining photos or documents probably in Boulder City, Nevada. Individual Creators credit goes to W. D. Knighton Photo in Boulder City, Nevada.

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