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Letter from E. E. Bennett (Los Angeles) to William Reinhardt, August 17, 1949
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Archival Collection
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Discussion of the legal issues surrounding the effort to get the Nevada Public Service Commission to force the water company to run a pipeline to Lake Mead.
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Harris, Otis
Otis R. Harris Jr. was born May 19, 1941 to Otis R. Harris Sr. and Florence Harris. In the early 1940s, after an argument with a white person, Otis Harris's father decided to relocate from Texas to California. During the trip west, he stopped in Las Vegas where they were hiring at the Basic Magnesium plant. Though he only worked there briefly, Las Vegas became home to the Harris family. In this interview, Otis talks about his father's hard working nature and being raised with seven siblings in Las Vegas.
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Whiteley, Harry Hayden, 1890-1970
Architect Harry Hayden Whitely, born in 1890 in Bakersfield, California, studied drafting and worked as the chief draftsman for Twentieth Century Fox in 1920 after serving in World War I. Whiteley graduated in 1924 from the University of Southern California with a degree in engineering. He designed elegant residences in Beverly Hills before World War II, working among the architects Paul Revere Williams, Frank Taylor, and Adrian Wilson.
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Carver Park sign. Carver Park was the segregated housing development for black families: photographic print
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Archival Collection
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Photograph of aerial view of plant construction, Henderson (Nev.), January 13, 1942
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Archival Collection
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Photograph of aerial view of preparation plant construction, Henderson (Nev.), March 31, 1942
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Archival Collection
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Photograph of plant construction, Henderson (Nev.), March 31, 1942
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Archival Collection
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Photograph of aerial view of building units, Henderson (Nev.), March 31, 1942
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Archival Collection
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Photograph of aerial view of construction progress, Henderson (Nev.), December 8, 1941
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Archival Collection
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