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Photograph of speed boat races on Lake Mead, Boulder City (Nev.), 1947
Date
1947
Archival Collection
Description
Speed Boat Regatta taking place on Lake Mead. Racer flies through the water on a small speedboat as spectators watch from dry land, their cars parked in neat rows behind them. The desert landscape can be seen in the background, with mountains reaching up out of the image. Photograph taken by Bureau of Reclamation, Boulder City, Nevada.
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Photograph of speed boat and passengers on Lake Mead, Boulder City (Nev.), 1940s
Date
1940 to 1949
Archival Collection
Description
Speedboat catches air above the waves as it passes by on Lake Mead. A woman sits at the front of the speedboat, her hair bouncing in the air. Another woman sits higher in the back of the boat with her hands up. A man is at the front of the boat, steering it. Inscription with photograph reads "Doc's (Dorothy) Lady Girl charter speed boat." Photograph taken by Bureau of Reclamation, Boulder City, Nevada.
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Photograph of water skier, Boulder City (Nev.), 1943
Date
1943
Archival Collection
Description
Unidentified water skier, possibly, James (Rusty) Russell Meyers, on Lake Mead, for promotional photos taken at the lake by Bureau of Reclamation, Boulder City, Nevada.
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Water skiier, image 001
Date
1943
Description
Water skiier on Lake Mead. Picture taken for promotional photos of the Lake by the Bureau of Reclamation, Boulder City, Nevada.
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Water skiier, image 002
Date
1943
Description
Help Us Write History article from UNLV Special Collections, posted in the Las Vegas Review Journal on August 28, 1983 on behalf of the Dorothy Dorothy Collection. The purpose of this article was to identify the man in the image after the collection was donated.
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Water skiier, image 003
Date
1943
Description
Help Us Write History responses to article from UNLV Special Collections, posted in the Las Vegas Review Journal on August 28, 1983 on behalf of the Dorothy Dorothy Collection. As stated, 2 callers attempted to identify the man. The callers' names and numbers are listed in order of call. The first caller believed it to be her son, a model with some acting work. The second caller believed it to be her ex-husband, and was upset as to why another woman had a photograph of him. However, the dates were off in her assumption. It is likely to be the first person, James (Rusty) Russell Meyers.
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Photograph of "Hae Dae" boat passengers on Lake Mead, Boulder City (Nev.), 1940s
Date
1940 to 1949
Archival Collection
Description
Tourist cruist boat "Hae Dae" sits in "Wishing Well" stop at Lake Mead. Men and women can be seen looking over the boat's edge, while another man to the left fishes off of the side of the vessel. For another picture of this boat, see image 0131 068 pho023445. Photograph taken by Bureau of Reclamation, Boulder City, Nevada.
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Photograph of man waterskiing on Lake Mead, Boulder City (Nev.) 1948
Date
1948
Archival Collection
Description
Man identified as "Harlan Diller" water skiing on Lake Mead. The area where he skiis is now a boat dock on the lake. Photograph taken by Bureau of Reclamation, Boulder City, Nevada.
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Photograph of young boy with water flippers on shore of Lake Mead, Boulder City (Nev.), 1940s
Date
1940 to 1949
Archival Collection
Description
Young boy, identifed as "Bobby Miller" on the shore of Lake Mead. Inscription with photo reads "Bobby Miller (youth on water skis) M.P.(S)? Ranger at Las Vegas Wash." Photograph taken by Bureau of Reclamation, Boulder City, Nevada.
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Photograph of sailboat on Lake Mead, Boulder City (Nev.), 1940s
Date
1940 to 1949
Archival Collection
Description
Sailboat sits on a calm lake with three visible passengers. The mountains are visible in the background. Inscription with photo reads: "Laki on lake since 1941 Breeze (R?) atoon Mexico." Image taken by Bureau of Reclamation, Boulder City, Nevada.
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