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Film transparency of postcard showing a boat transporting gold ore on Lake Mead, circa late 1930s

Date

1935 to 1939

Archival Collection

Description

An image of a mining building and a boat on Lake Mead. Gold ore claims were made near the northern shores of Lake Mead in the late 1930s, after the completion of Hoover Dam. Shipments of ore were towed down Lake Mead by barge for railroad transport. Text on bottom of image reads: "First load of gold ore to be transported on Boulder Lake by barge." Note: Boulder Dam was officially renamed Hoover Dam in 1947.

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Film transparency of a postcard showing a boat transporting gold ore on Lake Mead, circa late 1930s

Date

1935 to 1939

Archival Collection

Description

An image of a mining building and a boat on Lake Mead. Gold ore claims were made near the northern shores of Lake Mead in the late 1930s, after the completion of Hoover Dam. Shipments of ore were towed down Lake Mead by barge for railroad transport. Text on bottom of image reads: "First load of gold ore to be transported on Boulder Lake by barge." Note: Boulder Dam was officially renamed Hoover Dam in 1947.

Image

Film transparency showing a street in Boulder City, Nevada, circa 1932-1940s

Date

1933 to 1949

Archival Collection

Description

A view of a street in Boulder City; a sign indicating the direction of the Hoover Dam is posted on Arizona street. At the end of the street lies the Bureau of Reclamation Administration Building located at 1200 Park Street Boulder City, Nevada.

Image

Unidentified construction workers on top of a large piece of equipment: photographic print

Date

1932 (year approximate) to 1934 (year approximate)

Description

From the UNLV Libraries Single Item Accession Photograph Collection (PH-00171). Men on truck-mounted giant drilling rig used to cut the diversion tunnels in Black Canyon during building of the Hoover dam.

Image

Betty Dokter oral history interview

Identifier

OH-00471

Abstract

Oral history interview with Betty Ham Dokter conducted by Roger Jablonski on February 27, 1977 for the Ralph Roske Oral History Project on Early Las Vegas. Dokter describes church activity and the first casino properties that were built. She later talks about presidential visits, economic changes in Nevada, and the construction of Hoover Dam. The latter part of the interview covers the topics of racial minorities, as well as social and environmental changes.

Archival Collection

William McCullough oral history interview

Identifier

OH-01243

Abstract

Oral history interview with William McCullough conducted by Pete Wahlquist on February 26, 1979 for the Ralph Roske Oral History Project on Early Las Vegas. In this interview, McCullough discusses moving to Las Vegas, Nevada in 1931 for employment opportunities at the Boulder (Hoover) Dam. McCullough later goes into detail about the process of building the dam and what it was like to work there. Lastly, McCullough discusses the Las Vegas Strip, the hotels, and entertainers.

Archival Collection

Vernon G. Stockall oral history interview

Identifier

OH-01771

Abstract

Oral history interview with Vernon G. Stockall conducted by Stephanie Aylward on February 11, 1979 for the Ralph Roske Oral History Project on Early Las Vegas. In this interview, Stockall discusses arriving to Pioche, Nevada in 1935 as a miner. Stockall then describes the early aboveground atomic tests that were done at the Nevada Test Site. Stockall later shares his thoughts on the growth of gaming in Las Vegas, Nevada. Stockall also recalls the growth of Boulder City, Nevada and the construction of Boulder (Hoover) Dam.

Archival Collection

Postcard of electric lines in the desert, (Nev.), 1934-1952

Date

1934 to 1952

Description

The postcard is displaying one of the many power lines leading from Hoover Dam to Los Angeles.

Image

Tom Mead Photograph

Identifier

PH-00385

Abstract

The Tom Mead Photograph consists of a black-and-white photographic print from 1928. The image depicts members present for the Presidential signing of the Boulder Canyon Project Act on December 21, 1928, including Elwood Mead, Calvin Coolidge, and Hiram W. Johnson.

Archival Collection

Merle Frehner Map of St. Thomas, Nevada

Identifier

MS-00047

Abstract

The Merle Frehner Map of St. Thomas, Nevada (1981) consists of a hand-drawn map by Frehner of St. Thomas, Nevada who lived there from 1914 to 1932. The town was abandoned in 1933 due to the construction of Hoover Dam and is now beneath the waters of Lake Mead. Also included are instructions to the Geography 135 class at University of Nevada, Las Vegas to reproduce the map, which became a student project.

Archival Collection