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Slide of people at the Hoover Dam pier sign, April 18, 1931
Date
1931-04-18
Archival Collection
Description
A black and white image of people standing by the Boulder Dam Pier sign, which is draped with rattlesnakes. Note: Boulder Dam was officially renamed Hoover Dam in 1947.
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Slide of a family in Boulder City, Nevada, circa early 1930s
Date
1931
Archival Collection
Description
A black and white image of women and children posing in front of a makeshift home in in Ragtown, an area near the Hoover Dam construction site at Black Canyon, not far from Boulder City.
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Slide of people at a food truck in Boulder City, Nevada, August 13, 1931
Date
1931-08-13
Archival Collection
Description
A black and white image of a woman and three children standing behind a food truck in Ragtown, an area near the Hoover Dam construction site at Black Canyon, not far from Boulder City. Two men appear to be distributing food from the bed of the truck.
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Slide of a woman and children in a Boulder City, circa early 1930s
Date
1931
Archival Collection
Description
A black and white image of a woman and three children standing next to a makeshift home in an area known as Ragtown near the Hoover Dam construction site at Black Canyon, not far from Boulder City.
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Film transparency showing the first grocery in Boulder City, Nevada, April 18, 1931
Date
1931-04-18
Archival Collection
Description
A black and white image of the first grocery in an area known as Ragtown near the Hoover Dam construction site at Black Canyon, not far from Boulder City. Standing in front (from left to right) are W.F. Shields, Harry Buchanan (the chef), and Shields' wife. The sign above the store reads: "Free Information Bureau. Home farm products. Elevation here 2442 ft. Damsite 642 ft."
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Film transparency of men playing roulette, Las Vegas, circa 1930s
Date
1932 to 1939
Archival Collection
Description
Black and white image showing an interior view of the Apache Casino gaming floor.
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Photograph of Clark County High School students and staff, Las Vegas, 1912
Date
1912
Archival Collection
Description
Black and white image of students, teachers, and the principal of Clark County High School taking a school picture. Back row (left to right): Reynolds Robbins, Harry Gentry, Florence Bishop, Miss Lester (teacher), Wanda Ball, Leon Ronnow, Joe Coughlin, Herbert Squires, Vernon Delameter. Front row (left to right): Leland Ronnow, Clara Kiernan, Martha Kramer, Zatta McDonald, Olive Lake, Helene Reed, Louella Wengert, and Harry Overman (Principal).
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Photograph of Ada Lake's Sunday school class, Las Vegas, circa 1917
Date
1917
Archival Collection
Description
Black and white image of Ada Lake's Sunday school class at her Methodist Church on 3rd and Bridger Streets in Las Vegas. Standing (left to right): unidentified, unidentified, Edith Fell, unidentified, unidentified, Byrd Rhodes, Fontella Feetham, Ada Lake, unidentified, unidentified, unidentified, Jack (Lucille) Rhoades, Emily Lake, Margaret Moffat, unidentified. Seated (left to right): unidentified, unidentified, unidentified, Dora Boyd, Louise Crowe, unidentified, unidentified, unidentified, unidentified.
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Photograph of the Lake family's home on on Third Street, Las Vegas, circa early 1900s
Date
1905 to 1939
Archival Collection
Description
Black and white image of several people posing for a photo outside the Lake family's home on North 3rd Street in Las Vegas.
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Photograph of the Eglington barn, Las Vegas, circa 1911-1912
Date
1911 to 1912
Archival Collection
Description
Black and white image of three people, probably the Lake-Eglington family, in front of the Eglington barn home in Las Vegas. The barn home was where the Lake-Eglingtons lived on the ranch while their actual house was being built.
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