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Boulder City Elks Lodge 3rd Annual Barbecue poster, approximately 1945 to 1960
Level of Description
File
Archival Collection
UNLV University Libraries Collection of Boulder City, Hoover Dam, and Lake Mead National Recreation Area Maps and Brochures
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Collection Number: MS-00955
Collection Name: UNLV University Libraries Collection of Boulder City, Hoover Dam, and Lake Mead National Recreation Area Maps and Brochures
Box/Folder: Flat File 06 (Restrictions apply)
Collection Name: UNLV University Libraries Collection of Boulder City, Hoover Dam, and Lake Mead National Recreation Area Maps and Brochures
Box/Folder: Flat File 06 (Restrictions apply)
Archival Component
Boulder City section 8 subdivision plat map, 1965 December 02
Level of Description
File
Archival Collection
UNLV University Libraries Collection of Boulder City, Hoover Dam, and Lake Mead National Recreation Area Maps and Brochures
To request this item in person:
Collection Number: MS-00955
Collection Name: UNLV University Libraries Collection of Boulder City, Hoover Dam, and Lake Mead National Recreation Area Maps and Brochures
Box/Folder: Flat File 05 (Restrictions apply)
Collection Name: UNLV University Libraries Collection of Boulder City, Hoover Dam, and Lake Mead National Recreation Area Maps and Brochures
Box/Folder: Flat File 05 (Restrictions apply)
Archival Component
Ligouri, Steven, 1962-
Steven Ligouri was born February 22, 1962 and raised in Las Vegas, Nevada. He’s an artist whose creations can be enjoyed at such places as the Hoover Dam, where his famous High Scaler sculptor sits comfortably. Ligouri began mastering his trade making jewelry with assistance of his father, Bruno Ligouri, who owned a turquoise shop in Boulder City, Nevada.
Person
Reverend Prentiss Walker oral history interview
Identifier
OH-01902
Abstract
Oral history interview with Reverend Prentiss Walker conducted by Bernard Timberg on January 27, 1974 for the Ralph Roske Oral History Project on Early Las Vegas. Walker discusses Las Vegas, Nevada from 1933 to the early 1970s, including the equality of opportunity and social acceptance that black citizens enjoyed in Las Vegas in the thirties. He also recalls how black people did not look upon southern Nevada as a place of permanent residence, but rather as a temporary place to earn money quickly.
Archival Collection
Bernice Reid oral history interview
Identifier
OH-01551
Abstract
Oral history interview with Bernice Reid conducted by Brenda Sawyer on March 12, 1975 for the Ralph Roske Oral History Project on Early Las Vegas. Reid describes life in Nevada after moving there in 1926 and the challenges she and her ex-husband faced trying to breed chinchillas on their ranch on Mount Charleston. Reid also discusses the development of Las Vegas, Nevada, seeing President Hoover speak at the Hoover (Boulder) Dam, and the nuclear weapons tests.
Archival Collection
Cecile Dotson Crowe oral history interview
Identifier
OH-00452
Abstract
Oral history interview with Cecile Dotson Crowe conducted by Darin Toldisky on April 27, 1981 for the Ralph Roske Oral History Project on Early Las Vegas. This interview covers Mrs. Crowe’s account of the building of Hoover (Boulder) Dam. Crowe discusses the Six Companies, Boulder City, Nevada, and President Franklin Delano Roosevelt’s visit to Nevada by train to dedicate the dam on the September 31, 1937.
Archival Collection
Teresa Jones Denning oral history interview
Identifier
OH-00419
Abstract
Oral history interview with Teresa Jones Denning conducted by Lynn Ballard on February 26, 1977 for the Ralph Roske Oral History Project on Early Las Vegas. Denning first discusses living on a farm and her education in Overton, Nevada. Denning also talks about the construction of Hoover (Boulder) Dam while living there, her work as a bus driver for Las Vegas High School and the changes in Boulder City, Nevada over time.
Archival Collection
Photograph of passenger boat on Lake Mead, Boulder City (Nev.), 1940s
Date
1940 to 1949
Archival Collection
Description
Boat passengers race across Lake Mead in a "Sea Craft short run" boat. It travels back and forth between Boulder Beach and the Hoover Dam. People can be seen looking at the photographer of the photo, many wearing hats and sunglasses. Two photographers stand at the front area of the passenger seating, taking pictures of the photographer. Image by Bureau of Reclamation, Boulder City, Nevada.
Image
Photograph of the Mike O'Callaghan-Pat Tillman Memorial Bridge, Nevada-Arizona border, January 12, 2011
Date
2011-01-12
Archival Collection
Description
Photographer's notes: "The form and structure of the bridge, its arch, piers and girders, are revealed in a view from the Nevada canyon wall near the old Nevada hairpin turn. The reflected light of Hoover Dam provides the primary night time illumination of this side of the bridge. January 12, 2011." Site Name: Mike O'Callaghan-Pat Tillman Memorial Bridge
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